diff --git a/files/zuul-executor.init b/files/zuul-executor.init
index 2081485..fd098a1 100644
--- a/files/zuul-executor.init
+++ b/files/zuul-executor.init
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ do_start()
 do_stop()
 {
     $DAEMON stop
-    if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
-        rm -f $PIDFILE
-    fi
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/files/zuul-mergerv3.init b/files/zuul-mergerv3.init
index 63c8917..9576c42 100644
--- a/files/zuul-mergerv3.init
+++ b/files/zuul-mergerv3.init
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ do_start()
 do_stop()
 {
     $DAEMON stop
-    rm -f /var/run/$NAME/*
     return 0
 }
  
diff --git a/files/zuul-schedulerv3.init b/files/zuul-schedulerv3.init
index 0d72eaa..90e6098 100644
--- a/files/zuul-schedulerv3.init
+++ b/files/zuul-schedulerv3.init
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ do_start()
 do_stop()
 {
     $DAEMON stop
-    rm -f /var/run/$NAME/*
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/files/zuul-web.init b/files/zuul-web.init
index 3dbcfca..b4a56d0 100644
--- a/files/zuul-web.init
+++ b/files/zuul-web.init
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ do_stop()
     start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 9 --pidfile $PIDFILE
     RETVAL="$?"
     [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
-    if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
-        rm -f $PIDFILE
-    fi
     return "$RETVAL"
 }