diff --git a/bin/mocha b/bin/mocha
index 6f67e22426..7d81333bc7 100755
--- a/bin/mocha
+++ b/bin/mocha
@@ -81,5 +81,4 @@ proc.on('exit', function (code, signal) {
 process.on('SIGINT', function () {
   proc.kill('SIGINT'); // calls runner.abort()
   proc.kill('SIGTERM'); // if that didn't work, we're probably in an infinite loop, so make it die.
-  process.kill(process.pid, 'SIGINT');
 });