diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 23c7edea6..2c3a66e0d 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ set -e
 function clean_exit(){
     local error_code="$?"
     rm -rf ${MONGO_DATA}
-    if [ "$MONGO_PID" ]; then
-        kill -9 ${MONGO_PID} || true
-    fi
+    kill $(jobs -p)
     return $error_code
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 mongod --maxConns 32 --nojournal --noprealloc --smallfiles --quiet --noauth --port ${MONGO_PORT} --dbpath "${MONGO_DATA}" --bind_ip localhost --config /dev/null &>${MONGO_DATA}/out &
-MONGO_PID=$!
 # Wait for Mongo to start listening to connections
 while read line
 do