diff --git a/test/setup_transfer.cpp b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
index af0bc714f..768012692 100644
--- a/test/setup_transfer.cpp
+++ b/test/setup_transfer.cpp
@@ -388,15 +388,11 @@ void stop_all_proxies()
 	{
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		HANDLE proc = OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE | SYNCHRONIZE, FALSE, i->second.pid);
-		GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(CTRL_C_EVENT, i->second.pid);
-		int ret = WaitForSingleObject(proc, 1000);
-		// if the process didn't terminate in 1 second, kill it
-		if (ret != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
-			TerminateProcess(proc, 138);
+		TerminateProcess(proc, 138);
 		CloseHandle(proc);
 #else
 		printf("killing pid: %d\n", i->second.pid);
-		kill(i->second.pid, SIGINT);
+		kill(i->second.pid, SIGKILL);
 #endif
 		running_proxies.erase(i->second.pid);
 	}