diff --git a/cmd/containerboot/main_test.go b/cmd/containerboot/main_test.go
index 67f75a4b3..2561e6724 100644
--- a/cmd/containerboot/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/containerboot/main_test.go
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ type phase struct {
 				t.Fatalf("starting containerboot: %v", err)
 			}
 			defer func() {
-				cmd.Process.Signal(unix.SIGKILL)
+				cmd.Process.Signal(unix.SIGTERM)
 				cmd.Process.Wait()
 			}()
 
diff --git a/cmd/containerboot/test_tailscaled.sh b/cmd/containerboot/test_tailscaled.sh
index cb84ff767..335e2cb0d 100644
--- a/cmd/containerboot/test_tailscaled.sh
+++ b/cmd/containerboot/test_tailscaled.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# This is a fake tailscale CLI that records its arguments, symlinks a
+# This is a fake tailscale daemon that records its arguments, symlinks a
 # fake LocalAPI socket into place, and does nothing until terminated.
 #
 # It is used by main_test.go to test the behavior of containerboot.
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ if [[ -z "$socket" ]]; then
 fi
 
 ln -s "$TS_TEST_SOCKET" "$socket"
+trap 'rm -f "$socket"' EXIT
 
-while true; do sleep 1; done
+while sleep 10; do :; done