diff --git a/tests/p_httpd/httpd_vhost.sh b/tests/p_httpd/httpd_vhost.sh
index 252c8ac..0582ed7 100755
--- a/tests/p_httpd/httpd_vhost.sh
+++ b/tests/p_httpd/httpd_vhost.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ t_CheckExitStatus $?
 # SteveCB: remove vhost-test.conf to prevent later tests 
 # that assume DocumentRoot is /var/www/html from failing
 rm /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost-test.conf
-t_ServiceControl httpd reload
+t_ServiceControl httpd stop
 
diff --git a/tests/p_mod_wsgi/mod_wsgi_test.sh b/tests/p_mod_wsgi/mod_wsgi_test.sh
index b861a7a..7b1a9bc 100755
--- a/tests/p_mod_wsgi/mod_wsgi_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_mod_wsgi/mod_wsgi_test.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ curl -s http://localhost/tfapp | grep -q 't_functional_mod_wsgi_test'
 
 t_CheckExitStatus $?
 
-t_ServiceControl httpd stop
-
 else 
     echo "Skipped on CentOS 5"
 fi