diff --git a/crates/registry-mock/src/kill_verdaccio.rs b/crates/registry-mock/src/kill_verdaccio.rs
index e45d7b7e..f86724e1 100644
--- a/crates/registry-mock/src/kill_verdaccio.rs
+++ b/crates/registry-mock/src/kill_verdaccio.rs
@@ -3,31 +3,27 @@ use sysinfo::{
     Pid, Process, ProcessExt, ProcessRefreshKind, RefreshKind, Signal, System, SystemExt,
 };
 
-pub fn kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_process(process: &Process, signal: Signal) -> u64 {
-    let kill_count = process
-        .tasks
-        .values()
-        .map(|process| kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_process(process, signal))
-        .sum();
-    if process.name().to_lowercase().contains("verdaccio")
-        && process.kill_with(signal).unwrap_or_else(|| process.kill())
-    {
-        kill_count + 1
-    } else {
-        kill_count
+fn is_descent_of(process: &Process, suspect_ancestor: Pid, system: &System) -> bool {
+    let Some(parent) = process.parent() else { return false };
+    if parent == suspect_ancestor {
+        return true;
     }
+    let Some(parent) = system.processes().get(&parent) else { return false };
+    is_descent_of(parent, suspect_ancestor, system)
 }
 
-pub fn kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid_in(system: &System, pid: Pid, signal: Signal) -> u64 {
+pub fn kill_all_verdaccio_children_in(root: Pid, signal: Signal, system: &System) -> usize {
     system
         .processes()
-        .get(&pid)
-        .map_or(0, |process| kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_process(process, signal))
+        .values()
+        .filter(|process| is_descent_of(process, root, system))
+        .filter(|process| process.kill_with(signal).unwrap_or_else(|| process.kill()))
+        .count()
 }
 
-pub fn kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid(pid: Pid, signal: Signal) -> u64 {
+pub fn kill_all_verdaccio_children(root: Pid, signal: Signal) -> usize {
     let system = RefreshKind::new()
         .with_processes(ProcessRefreshKind::new())
         .pipe(System::new_with_specifics);
-    kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid_in(&system, pid, signal)
+    kill_all_verdaccio_children_in(root, signal, &system)
 }
diff --git a/crates/registry-mock/src/mock_instance.rs b/crates/registry-mock/src/mock_instance.rs
index 550512cf..2db292df 100644
--- a/crates/registry-mock/src/mock_instance.rs
+++ b/crates/registry-mock/src/mock_instance.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{kill_verdaccio::kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid, node_registry_mock, registry_mock};
+use crate::{kill_verdaccio::kill_all_verdaccio_children, node_registry_mock, registry_mock};
 use advisory_lock::{AdvisoryFileLock, FileLockError, FileLockMode};
 use assert_cmd::prelude::*;
 use pipe_trait::Pipe;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl Drop for MockInstance {
         let MockInstance { process, .. } = self;
         let pid = process.id();
         eprintln!("info: Terminating all verdaccio instances below {pid}...");
-        let kill_count = kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid(Pid::from_u32(pid), Signal::Interrupt);
+        let kill_count = kill_all_verdaccio_children(Pid::from_u32(pid), Signal::Interrupt);
         eprintln!("info: Terminated {kill_count} verdaccio instances");
     }
 }
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl Drop for RegistryAnchor {
         let pid = anchor.info.pid;
         eprintln!("info: There are no more users that use the mocked server");
         eprintln!("info: Terminating all verdaccio instances below {pid}...");
-        let kill_count = kill_verdaccio_recursive_by_pid(Pid::from_u32(pid), Signal::Interrupt);
+        let kill_count = kill_all_verdaccio_children(Pid::from_u32(pid), Signal::Interrupt);
         eprintln!("info: Terminated {kill_count} verdaccio instances");
 
         RegistryAnchor::delete();