diff --git a/scripts/create-admin-certificate b/scripts/create-admin-certificate
index 4356571..96eb4d0 100755
--- a/scripts/create-admin-certificate
+++ b/scripts/create-admin-certificate
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ ssh-keyscan ${BASTION_IP}
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ${AWS_EC2_KEY_PATH} -nNT -L 8888:pki.${CLUSTER_NAME}.kz8s:8888 core@${BASTION_IP} &
 SSH_PID=$!
 
-function finish {
-  [ -z ${SSH_PID} ] || kill ${SSH_PID}
-}
-trap finish EXIT
 
 # test cfssl connection -- retry until up
 #
diff --git a/scripts/test-etcd b/scripts/test-etcd
index e850da6..a392843 100755
--- a/scripts/test-etcd
+++ b/scripts/test-etcd
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ ssh-keyscan ${BASTION_IP}
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ${KEY_FILE} -nNT -L 8822:etcd1.${INTERNAL_TLD}:22 core@${BASTION_IP} &
 SSH_PID=$!
 
-function finish {
-  [ -z ${SSH_PID} ] || kill ${SSH_PID}
-}
-trap finish EXIT
-
 sleep 1
 
 ${SSH_CMD} -- curl ${CERTS} -s ${ETCD_URL}/version | jq