diff --git a/tmcd/freebsd/rc.setup b/tmcd/freebsd/rc.setup
index 97fa9d3c3d967ab249d50e61914d8add44cecdf2..e7203aa1ccd691cf0ca6a71394dc6e241dcbcf69 100755
--- a/tmcd/freebsd/rc.setup
+++ b/tmcd/freebsd/rc.setup
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 if [ -x /etc/testbed/slothd ]; then
 	echo "Starting usage detector ..."
         killall slothd
-        rm -f /var/run/slothd
+        rm -f /var/run/slothd.pid
 	/etc/testbed/slothd
 fi
 
diff --git a/tmcd/linux/rc.setup b/tmcd/linux/rc.setup
index 987351d39422f8ebdd689bb6abb0615c0258f885..e7553d1c3aa3cda52108bff9c5c58d2754019f15 100755
--- a/tmcd/linux/rc.setup
+++ b/tmcd/linux/rc.setup
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/testbed/slothd ]; then
             echo "Starting usage detector ..."
             killall slothd
-            rm -f /var/run/slothd
+            rm -f /var/run/slothd.pid
             /etc/rc.d/testbed/slothd
 fi