diff --git a/cicd_testing/afl-zafl.sh b/cicd_testing/afl-zafl.sh
index d1af96458ddf6590abe932222b1f4c4fc9059955..a70022f5dcb8ec521b37e511186397c4d04585d8 100755
--- a/cicd_testing/afl-zafl.sh
+++ b/cicd_testing/afl-zafl.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ cd /tmp/zafl_test
 source set_env_vars
 
 # Test with afl
-echo "Core pattern settings"
-save_core_pattern=/tmp/$(whoami).core_pattern
-sudo cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern > $save_core_pattern
 
 echo "Setup afl - ZAFL_HOME=$ZAFL_HOME ZFUZZ_HOME=$ZFULL_HOME"
 $ZAFL_HOME/zfuzz/util/setup-afl.sh
-$ZAFL_HOME/zfuzz/util/afl_setup_core_pattern.sh
+sudo $ZAFL_HOME/zfuzz/util/afl_setup_core_pattern.sh
 
 echo "Test various zafl configurations"
 $ZAFL_HOME/zfuzz/test/strings/test_strings.sh