diff --git a/regress/login-timeout.sh b/regress/login-timeout.sh
index eb76f554b..12207fd99 100644
--- a/regress/login-timeout.sh
+++ b/regress/login-timeout.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: login-timeout.sh,v 1.7 2014/03/13 20:44:49 djm Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: login-timeout.sh,v 1.8 2016/12/16 01:06:27 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="connect after login grace timeout"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	fail "ssh connect after login grace timeout failed with privsep"
 fi
 
-$SUDO kill `$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
+stop_sshd
 
 trace "test login grace without privsep"
 echo "UsePrivilegeSeparation no" >> $OBJ/sshd_config
diff --git a/regress/reexec.sh b/regress/reexec.sh
index 6ac648fd3..72957d4cd 100644
--- a/regress/reexec.sh
+++ b/regress/reexec.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: reexec.sh,v 1.9 2016/12/15 23:50:37 dtucker Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: reexec.sh,v 1.10 2016/12/16 01:06:27 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="reexec tests"
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ echo "InvalidXXX=no" >> $OBJ/sshd_config
 
 copy_tests
 
-$SUDO kill `$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
-rm -f $PIDFILE
+stop_sshd
 
 cp $OBJ/sshd_config.orig $OBJ/sshd_config
 
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@ rm -f $SSHD_COPY
 
 copy_tests
 
-$SUDO kill `$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
-rm -f $PIDFILE
+stop_sshd
 
 verbose "test reexec fallback without privsep"
 
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ rm -f $SSHD_COPY
 
 copy_tests
 
-$SUDO kill `$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
-rm -f $PIDFILE
+stop_sshd
 
 fi
diff --git a/regress/test-exec.sh b/regress/test-exec.sh
index 5d48706d4..bfa48803b 100644
--- a/regress/test-exec.sh
+++ b/regress/test-exec.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: test-exec.sh,v 1.57 2016/11/25 03:02:01 dtucker Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: test-exec.sh,v 1.58 2016/12/16 01:06:27 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 #SUDO=sudo
@@ -293,16 +293,8 @@ md5 () {
 }
 # End of portable specific functions
 
-# helper
-cleanup ()
+stop_sshd ()
 {
-	if [ "x$SSH_PID" != "x" ]; then
-		if [ $SSH_PID -lt 2 ]; then
-			echo bad pid for ssh: $SSH_PID
-		else
-			kill $SSH_PID
-		fi
-	fi
 	if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
 		pid=`$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
 		if [ "X$pid" = "X" ]; then
@@ -325,6 +317,19 @@ cleanup ()
 	fi
 }
 
+# helper
+cleanup ()
+{
+	if [ "x$SSH_PID" != "x" ]; then
+		if [ $SSH_PID -lt 2 ]; then
+			echo bad pid for ssh: $SSH_PID
+		else
+			kill $SSH_PID
+		fi
+	fi
+	stop_sshd
+}
+
 start_debug_log ()
 {
 	echo "trace: $@" >$TEST_REGRESS_LOGFILE