diff --git a/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
index c63faca8a86..3ce734a7a36 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
   always:
   - name: stop apache after tests
-    command: apachectl -k stop -f {{ subversion_server_dir }}/subversion.conf
+    shell: "kill -9 $(cat '{{ subversion_server_dir }}/apache.pid')"
 
   - name: remove tmp subversion server dir
     file: