diff --git a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BaseEmulatorHelper.java b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BaseEmulatorHelper.java
index dee22e596c11..2b4276068d7b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BaseEmulatorHelper.java
+++ b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BaseEmulatorHelper.java
@@ -114,15 +114,15 @@ protected final void startProcess(String blockUntilOutput)
    * and stop any possible thread listening for its output.
    */
   protected final int waitForProcess(Duration timeout) throws IOException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
-    if (blockingProcessReader != null) {
-      blockingProcessReader.terminate();
-      blockingProcessReader = null;
-    }
     if (activeRunner != null) {
       int exitCode = activeRunner.waitFor(timeout);
       activeRunner = null;
       return exitCode;
     }
+    if (blockingProcessReader != null) {
+      blockingProcessReader.join();
+      blockingProcessReader = null;
+    }
     return 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReader.java b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReader.java
index 0fa10dcacebb..f4e69b9b6e19 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReader.java
+++ b/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReader.java
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ private BlockingProcessStreamReader(String emulator, InputStream stream, String
     }
   }
 
-  void terminate() throws IOException {
-    interrupt();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void run() {
     String previousLine = "";
@@ -79,9 +75,7 @@ public void run() {
         processLogLine(previousLine, nextLine);
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      if (!isInterrupted()) {
-        e.printStackTrace(System.err);
-      }
+      e.printStackTrace(System.err);
     }
     processLogLine(previousLine, firstNonNull(nextLine, ""));
     writeLog();
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReaderTest.java b/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReaderTest.java
index 6dedcb55b680..1b22c9f3ff91 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReaderTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/testing/BlockingProcessStreamReaderTest.java
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ Multimap<Level, String> getLogs() {
     }
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testBlockUntil() throws IOException {
-    InputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(OUTPUT.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
-    BlockingProcessStreamReader thread =
-        BlockingProcessStreamReader.start("emulator", stream, BLOCK_UNTIL, null);
-    thread.terminate();
-    stream.close();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testForwardLogEntry() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     TestLogger logger = new TestLogger();
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/LocalSystemTest.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/LocalSystemTest.java
index 3edb6342c0cb..aba64436933b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/LocalSystemTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/LocalSystemTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ public static void startServer() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
   public static void stopServer() throws Exception {
     pubsub.close();
     pubsubHelper.reset();
-    pubsubHelper.stop(Duration.standardMinutes(1));
+    pubsubHelper.stop(Duration.standardMinutes(3));
   }
 }