diff --git a/tests/test-archive b/tests/test-archive
--- a/tests/test-archive
+++ b/tests/test-archive
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ echo "name = test-archive" >> .hg/hgrc
 echo "allowzip = true" >> .hg/hgrc
 echo "allowgz = true" >> .hg/hgrc
 echo "allowbz2 = true" >> .hg/hgrc
-hg serve -p 20059 > /dev/null &
-sleep 1 # wait for server to be started
+serverpid=`mktemp`
+hg serve -p 20059 -d --pid-file=$serverpid
 
 TIP=`hg id -v | cut -f1 -d' '`
 QTIP=`hg id -q`
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ http_proxy= python getarchive.py "$TIP" 
 http_proxy= python getarchive.py "$TIP" zip > archive.zip
 unzip -t archive.zip | sed "s/$QTIP/TIP/"
 
-kill $!
+kill `cat $serverpid`
+rm $serverpid