diff --git a/tests/integration/shell/test_syndic.py b/tests/integration/shell/test_syndic.py
index 5abd7e5e785..43280af26d8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/shell/test_syndic.py
+++ b/tests/integration/shell/test_syndic.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # Import python libs
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
-import signal
 import shutil
 import logging
 
@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ import salt.utils.platform
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+SIGKILL = 9
+
+
 class SyndicTest(ShellCase, testprogram.TestProgramCase, ShellCaseCommonTestsMixin):
     '''
     Test the salt-syndic command
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ class SyndicTest(ShellCase, testprogram.TestProgramCase, ShellCaseCommonTestsMix
         if os.path.exists(pid_path):
             with salt.utils.files.fopen(pid_path) as fhr:
                 try:
-                    os.kill(int(fhr.read()), signal.SIGKILL)
+                    os.kill(int(fhr.read()), SIGKILL)
                 except OSError:
                     pass
         try: