diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
index ab2af8c4ccf..9f8eb8e92bd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
@@ -476,14 +476,6 @@ sub mtr_kill_leftovers () {
 
         mtr_debug("Got pid: $pid from file '$pidfile'");
 
-        # Race, could have been removed between I tested with -f
-        # and the unlink() below, so I better check again with -f
-
-        if ( ! unlink($pidfile) and -f $pidfile )
-        {
-          mtr_error("can't remove $pidfile");
-        }
-
         if ( $::glob_cygwin_perl or kill(0, $pid) )
         {
           mtr_debug("There is process with pid $pid -- scheduling for kill.");
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index fc39ba9c6e1..dcfd4e85182 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ sub kill_running_server () {
   {
     # Ensure that no old mysqld test servers are running
     # This is different from terminating processes we have
-    # started from ths run of the script, this is terminating
+    # started from this run of the script, this is terminating
     # leftovers from previous runs.
 
     mtr_report("Killing Possible Leftover Processes");
@@ -3421,7 +3421,6 @@ sub run_testcase_stop_servers($$$) {
   my %admin_pids; # hash of admin processes that requests shutdown
   my @kill_pids;  # list of processes to shutdown/kill
 
-
   # Remember if we restarted for this test case
   $tinfo->{'restarted'}= $do_restart;