diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/export/export_plugin.cpp b/platform/linuxbsd/export/export_plugin.cpp
index 77f2c79c33e..c63096cd642 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/export/export_plugin.cpp
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/export/export_plugin.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void EditorExportPlatformLinuxBSD::get_export_options(List<ExportOption> *r_opti
 						"\"{temp_dir}/{exe_name}\" {cmd_args}";
 
 	String cleanup_script = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n"
-							"kill $(pgrep -x -f \"{temp_dir}/{exe_name} {cmd_args}\")\n"
+							"pkill -x -f \"{temp_dir}/{exe_name} {cmd_args}\"\n"
 							"rm -rf \"{temp_dir}\"";
 
 	r_options->push_back(ExportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "ssh_remote_deploy/enabled"), false, true));
diff --git a/platform/macos/export/export_plugin.cpp b/platform/macos/export/export_plugin.cpp
index 60e339756a9..edebfe66260 100644
--- a/platform/macos/export/export_plugin.cpp
+++ b/platform/macos/export/export_plugin.cpp
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ void EditorExportPlatformMacOS::get_export_options(List<ExportOption> *r_options
 						"open \"{temp_dir}/{exe_name}.app\" --args {cmd_args}";
 
 	String cleanup_script = "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n"
-							"kill $(pgrep -x -f \"{temp_dir}/{exe_name}.app/Contents/MacOS/{exe_name} {cmd_args}\")\n"
+							"pkill -x -f \"{temp_dir}/{exe_name}.app/Contents/MacOS/{exe_name} {cmd_args}\"\n"
 							"rm -rf \"{temp_dir}\"";
 
 	r_options->push_back(ExportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "ssh_remote_deploy/enabled"), false, true));