diff --git a/authority/server/run.js b/authority/server/run.js
index 92d335f31b651242b547876e1e95b914fc483249..5a88a9fb56b96b7c44f2ecbd6298dba9d869cc8f 100644
--- a/authority/server/run.js
+++ b/authority/server/run.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ exports.handler = function(request, response, serveFile) {
     });
   } else if (urlpath === "/code_update") {
     console.log("code updated.  shutting down.");
-    require('process').exit();
+    process.exit();
   } else {
     // node.js takes care of sanitizing the request path
     serveFile(path.join(STATIC_DIR, urlpath), response);
diff --git a/primary/server/run.js b/primary/server/run.js
index ba1e47d843d8a34b7f74f301fa34f8f7883f647e..02e579bcb6eff3a49cf6c35a95d806dd22fe84e5 100644
--- a/primary/server/run.js
+++ b/primary/server/run.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ exports.handler = function(request, response, serveFile) {
     });
   } else if (urlpath === "/code_update") {
       console.log("code updated.  shutting down.");
-      require('process').exit();
+      process.exit();
   } else {
     // node.js takes care of sanitizing the request path
     if (urlpath == "/") urlpath = "/index.html"
diff --git a/run.js b/run.js
index a95b9e561f7a0309549b97b67044cd41526e1e43..f5a48ff58e0a522d0a15c2a3c96fc69bc364a6f1 100644
--- a/run.js
+++ b/run.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ dirs.forEach(function(dirObj) {
     }
   } catch(e) {
     console.log("Error loading " + handlerPath + ": " + e);
-    require('process').exit(1);
+    process.exit(1);
   }
 
   var so = {
diff --git a/verifier/server/run.js b/verifier/server/run.js
index 761a44abd413d368e0a607b449b916e7a1289f5a..5b7074ee11fa61299a3ab8a14b7a4a30c819fd22 100644
--- a/verifier/server/run.js
+++ b/verifier/server/run.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ exports.handler = function(request, response, serveFile) {
     }
   } else if (urlpath === "/code_update") {
     console.log("code updated.  shutting down.");
-    require('process').exit();
+    process.exit();
   } else {
     // node.js takes care of sanitizing the request path
     serveFile(path.join(STATIC_DIR, urlpath), response);