diff --git a/cns.init b/cns.init
index b2cc272..7223adf 100644
--- a/cns.init
+++ b/cns.init
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ stop()
 	status | grep stopped && return 0
 	echo -n "Stopping cns:"
 	kill `cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null
-	kill -s 15 `pgrep cns` 2>/dev/null
 	sleep 1
 	grep -q cns /proc/`cat [cns_install_dir]/run.pid`/comm 2>/dev/null && \
 		echo -e "\033[60G[\033[31mFAILED\033[0m]" || \