diff --git a/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers.go b/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers.go
index 91c3c6eb364e1..42f70c243e6db 100644
--- a/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers.go
+++ b/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	scriptShebangAndSetOptions = `#!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -euo pipefail`
+set -eu`
 	execGenericInstallScript = `
 INSTALL_SCRIPT_URL="https://{{.PublicProxyAddr}}/scripts/install.sh"
 
diff --git a/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers_test.go b/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers_test.go
index 212660fdbf271..6507a81ef5050 100644
--- a/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers_test.go
+++ b/lib/srv/server/installer/defaultinstallers_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const defaultInstallerSnapshot = `#!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -euo pipefail
+set -eu
 
 
 INSTALL_SCRIPT_URL="https://teleport.example.com:443/scripts/install.sh"