diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.cpp
index c698d8b635f..22b2c5e634c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.cpp
@@ -212,24 +212,6 @@ void MaemoSshRunner::unmount()
     }
 }
 
-QString MaemoSshRunner::killApplicationCommandLine() const
-{
-    // Prevent pkill from matching our own pkill call.
-    QString pkillArg = remoteExecutable();
-    const int lastPos = pkillArg.count() - 1;
-    pkillArg.replace(lastPos, 1, QLatin1Char('[') + pkillArg.at(lastPos) + QLatin1Char(']'));
-
-    // Fremantle's busybox configuration is strange.
-    const char *killTemplate;
-    if (devConfig()->osType() == QLatin1String(Maemo5OsType))
-        killTemplate = "pkill -f -%2 %1";
-    else
-        killTemplate = "pkill -%2 -f %1";
-    const QString niceKill = QString::fromLocal8Bit(killTemplate).arg(pkillArg).arg("SIGTERM");
-    const QString brutalKill = QString::fromLocal8Bit(killTemplate).arg(pkillArg).arg("SIGKILL");
-    return niceKill + QLatin1String("; sleep 1; ") + brutalKill;
-}
-
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Madde
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.h b/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.h
index e91c78f678e..f902e0e1258 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/maemosshrunner.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ private:
     void doAdditionalInitializations();
     void doPostRunCleanup();
     void doAdditionalConnectionErrorHandling();
-    QString killApplicationCommandLine() const;
 
     void mount();
     void unmount();
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
index 314986e2bee..72c0c754621 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,17 @@ void AbstractRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::handlePostRunCleanupDone()
         emit error(tr("Error running remote process: %1").arg(d->runner->errorString()));
 }
 
+QString AbstractRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::killApplicationCommandLine() const
+{
+    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("cd /proc; for pid in `ls -d [0123456789]*`; "
+        "do "
+            "if [ \"`readlink /proc/$pid/exe`\" = \"%1\" ]; then "
+            "    kill $pid; sleep 1; kill -9 $pid; "
+            "fi; "
+        "done").arg(remoteExecutable());
+}
+
+
 const qint64 AbstractRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::InvalidExitCode = std::numeric_limits<qint64>::min();
 
 
@@ -488,18 +499,5 @@ void GenericRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::doAdditionalConnectionErrorHandling()
 {
 }
 
-QString GenericRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::killApplicationCommandLine() const
-{
-    // Prevent pkill from matching our own pkill call.
-    QString pkillArg = remoteExecutable();
-    const int lastPos = pkillArg.count() - 1;
-    pkillArg.replace(lastPos, 1, QLatin1Char('[') + pkillArg.at(lastPos) + QLatin1Char(']'));
-
-    const char * const killTemplate = "pkill -%2 -f %1";
-    const QString niceKill = QString::fromLocal8Bit(killTemplate).arg(pkillArg).arg("SIGTERM");
-    const QString brutalKill = QString::fromLocal8Bit(killTemplate).arg(pkillArg).arg("SIGKILL");
-    return niceKill + QLatin1String("; sleep 1; ") + brutalKill;
-}
-
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.h
index 937201c884f..5fb7f529756 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
 
-    virtual QString killApplicationCommandLine() const = 0;
+    virtual QString killApplicationCommandLine() const;
 
     // Implement to do custom setup of the device *before* connecting.
     // Call handleDeviceSetupDone() afterwards.
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ protected:
     void doAdditionalInitializations();
     void doPostRunCleanup();
     void doAdditionalConnectionErrorHandling();
-
-private:
-    QString killApplicationCommandLine() const;
 };
 
 } // namespace RemoteLinux