diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index abe4bbd467..0b6c5dd98e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-      - uses: systemd/mkosi@00db6f1a12fb04ed9f837b40ff34f82fab4d4a03
+      - uses: systemd/mkosi@0df7ef3f404b211fbc8d856214929de10311ee22
 
       # Freeing up disk space with rm -rf can take multiple minutes. Since we don't need the extra free space
       # immediately, we remove the files in the background. However, we first move them to a different location
@@ -83,25 +83,23 @@ jobs:
         run: mkosi summary
 
       - name: Build tools tree
-        run: sudo --preserve-env mkosi -f sandbox true
+        run: sudo mkosi -f sandbox true
 
       - name: Configure meson
         run: |
-          sudo --preserve-env --preserve-env=PATH \
-            mkosi sandbox \
+          sudo mkosi sandbox \
             meson setup \
             --buildtype=debugoptimized \
             -Dintegration-tests=true \
             build
 
       - name: Build image
-        run: sudo --preserve-env mkosi sandbox meson compile -C build mkosi
+        run: sudo mkosi sandbox meson compile -C build mkosi
 
       - name: Initial coverage report
         run: |
-          sudo --preserve-env mkdir -p build/test/coverage
-          sudo --preserve-env \
-            mkosi sandbox \
+          sudo mkdir -p build/test/coverage
+          sudo mkosi sandbox \
             lcov \
             --directory build/mkosi.builddir/arch~rolling~x86-64 \
             --capture \
@@ -115,8 +113,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: |
-          sudo --preserve-env \
-            mkosi sandbox \
+          sudo mkosi sandbox \
             meson test \
             -C build \
             --no-rebuild \
@@ -145,10 +142,10 @@ jobs:
               lcov_args+=(--add-tracefile "${file}")
           done < <(find build/test/coverage -name "TEST-*.coverage-info")
 
-          sudo --preserve-env mkosi sandbox lcov --ignore-errors inconsistent,inconsistent "${lcov_args[@]}" --output-file build/test/coverage/everything.coverage-info
+          sudo mkosi sandbox lcov --ignore-errors inconsistent,inconsistent "${lcov_args[@]}" --output-file build/test/coverage/everything.coverage-info
 
       - name: List coverage report
-        run: mkosi sandbox lcov --ignore-errors inconsistent,inconsistent --list build/test/coverage/everything.coverage-info
+        run: sudo mkosi sandbox lcov --ignore-errors inconsistent,inconsistent --list build/test/coverage/everything.coverage-info
 
       - name: Coveralls
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@cfd0633edbd2411b532b808ba7a8b5e04f76d2c8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
index 47a43c689f..7a4c7b6d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-      - uses: systemd/mkosi@00db6f1a12fb04ed9f837b40ff34f82fab4d4a03
+      - uses: systemd/mkosi@0df7ef3f404b211fbc8d856214929de10311ee22
 
       # Freeing up disk space with rm -rf can take multiple minutes. Since we don't need the extra free space
       # immediately, we remove the files in the background. However, we first move them to a different location
@@ -188,30 +188,28 @@ jobs:
         run: mkosi summary
 
       - name: Build tools tree
-        run: sudo --preserve-env mkosi -f sandbox true
+        run: sudo mkosi -f sandbox true
 
       - name: Configure meson
         run: |
-          sudo --preserve-env --preserve-env=PATH \
-            mkosi sandbox \
+          sudo mkosi sandbox \
             meson setup \
             --buildtype=debugoptimized \
             -Dintegration-tests=true \
             build
 
       - name: Build image
-        run: sudo --preserve-env mkosi sandbox meson compile -C build mkosi
+        run: sudo mkosi sandbox meson compile -C build mkosi
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: |
-          if [[ "$(mkosi sandbox meson test --help)" == *"--max-lines"* ]]; then
+          if [[ "$(sudo mkosi sandbox meson test --help)" == *"--max-lines"* ]]; then
               MAX_LINES=(--max-lines 300)
           else
               MAX_LINES=()
           fi
 
-          sudo --preserve-env \
-            mkosi sandbox \
+          sudo mkosi sandbox \
             env \
             TEST_PREFER_QEMU=${{ matrix.vm }} \
             TEST_SKIP=${{ matrix.skip }} \
diff --git a/docs/HACKING.md b/docs/HACKING.md
index f6f0500b75..b0cba3da0f 100644
--- a/docs/HACKING.md
+++ b/docs/HACKING.md
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ and allows building and booting an OS image with the latest systemd installed
 for testing purposes.
 
 First, install `mkosi` from the
-[GitHub repository](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi#running-mkosi-from-the-repository).
-Note that it's not possible to use your distribution's packaged version of mkosi
-as mkosi has to be installed outside of `/usr` for the following steps to work. When
-installing mkosi from the github repository, make sure to symlink it to `~/.local/bin`
-instead of `/usr/local/bin` if you want to add it to your `$PATH`.
+[GitHub repository](https://github.com/systemd/mkosi#running-mkosi-from-the-repository)
+or via your distribution's package manager. Note that systemd regularly adopts
+newer mkosi features that are not in an official release yet so there's a good
+chance that your distribution's packaged version of mkosi will be too old.
 
 Then, you can build and run systemd executables as follows: