diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall b/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
index ff8ff53..cf767c4 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-uninstall
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@
 
 remote=$ONOS_USER@${1:-$OCI}
 
-ssh $remote "
-    sudo stop onos 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-
+ssh -tt $remote "
+    sudo service onos stop  1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
     # Wait for onos to stop up to 5 seconds
     for i in \$(seq 1 5); do
       [ -z \"\$(ps -ef | grep karaf.jar | grep -v grep)\" ] && break