--- trunk/qemu-networking/qemu-networking.in	2013/10/14 09:09:00	2202
+++ trunk/qemu-networking/qemu-networking.in	2014/03/04 10:12:48	2594
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
 
 		# destroy interface
 		ifconfig ${TAPDEV} down
-		kill -15 $(< /var/run/vde-qemu.pid)
+		pgrep -f vde_switch | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -TERM
 		;;
 esac