diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshTearDownTest.java b/src/test/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshTearDownTest.java
index 4b2c7f01..d50aa72c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshTearDownTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshTearDownTest.java
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ public static int getPID(Process process) throws Exception {
 
     public static int killProcess(Process process) throws Exception {
         String pid = Integer.toString(getPID(process));
-        String command = "kill -9";
-        return Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {command, pid}).waitFor();
+        return Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"kill", "-9", pid}).waitFor();
     }
 }