diff --git a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
index 6d70508..3df65ff 100644
--- a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
+++ b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/base.py
@@ -1202,18 +1202,22 @@ class BaseTempestTestCaseOvn(BaseTempestWhiteboxTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_ovn_db_monitor_cmds(cls):
-        monitorcmdprefix = 'sudo timeout 300 ovsdb-client monitor -f json '
+        monitorcmdprefix = 'timeout 300 ovsdb-client monitor -f json '
         if WB_CONF.openstack_type == 'podified':
-            # (rsafrono) still need to re-check if works properly
             nb_monitor_connection_opts = cls.nbctl.replace(
-                'ovn-nbctl', '{} punix:/tmp/ovnnb_db.sock'.format(
-                    monitorcmdprefix.replace('sudo', '')))
+                'ovn-nbctl', '{} unix:/tmp/ovnnb_db.sock'.format(
+                    monitorcmdprefix))
             sb_monitor_connection_opts = cls.sbctl.replace(
-                'ovn-sbctl', '{} punix:/tmp/ovsnb_db.sock'.format(
-                    monitorcmdprefix.replace('sudo', '')))
-            return (nb_monitor_connection_opts, sb_monitor_connection_opts)
+                'ovn-sbctl', '{} unix:/tmp/ovnsb_db.sock'.format(
+                    monitorcmdprefix))
+            # strip --db parameter from connection opts since we're
+            # going to run monitoring via a local socket
+            return tuple(map(
+                lambda cmd: re.sub(r'--db=[^\s]+', '', cmd),
+                [nb_monitor_connection_opts, sb_monitor_connection_opts]))
         if WB_CONF.openstack_type == 'devstack':
             regex = r'--db=(.*)$'
+            monitorcmdprefix = 'sudo ' + monitorcmdprefix
             # this regex search will return the connection string
             # (tcp:IP:port or ssl:IP:port) and in case of TLS,
             # will also include the TLS options