diff --git a/lib/neutron b/lib/neutron
index 1f54e0e043..b3e3d72e8c 100644
--- a/lib/neutron
+++ b/lib/neutron
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ function stop_neutron_new {
     fi
 
     if is_service_enabled neutron-metadata-agent; then
-        sudo pkill -9 -f neutron-ns-metadata-proxy || :
         stop_process neutron-metadata-agent
     fi
 }
diff --git a/lib/neutron-legacy b/lib/neutron-legacy
index 9229b47988..baf67f209e 100644
--- a/lib/neutron-legacy
+++ b/lib/neutron-legacy
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ function stop_mutnauq_other {
     fi
 
     if is_service_enabled q-meta; then
-        sudo pkill -9 -f neutron-ns-metadata-proxy || :
         stop_process q-meta
     fi