diff --git a/tests/p_tomcat/0-install_tomcat.sh b/tests/p_tomcat/0-install_tomcat.sh
index 6bb684b..e726041 100755
--- a/tests/p_tomcat/0-install_tomcat.sh
+++ b/tests/p_tomcat/0-install_tomcat.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ if (t_GetPkgRel basesystem | grep -q el6)
 then
    t_Log "$0 - installing Tomcat 6"
    t_InstallPackage  tomcat6 tomcat6-admin-webapps tomcat6-webapps
-   service tomcat6 start
 else
    t_Log "$0 - installing Tomcat 5"
    t_InstallPackage  tomcat5 tomcat5-admin-webapps tomcat5-webapps
-   service tomcat5 start
 fi