diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
index f3b478c307..c1271d6863 100644
--- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
+++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ maybe_start_httpd () {
 		LIB_HTTPD_SVN="$loc"
 		start_httpd
 		;;
-	*)
-		stop_httpd () {
-			: noop
-		}
-		;;
 	esac
 }
 
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 0dfb48c2f6..b3cc62bd36 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #
 #	test_expect_success ...
 #
-#	stop_httpd
 #	test_done
 #
 # Can be configured using the following variables.
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ prepare_httpd() {
 start_httpd() {
 	prepare_httpd >&3 2>&4
 
-	trap 'code=$?; stop_httpd; (exit $code); die' EXIT
+	test_atexit stop_httpd
 
 	"$LIB_HTTPD_PATH" -d "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH" \
 		-f "$TEST_PATH/apache.conf" $HTTPD_PARA \
@@ -184,15 +183,12 @@ start_httpd() {
 		>&3 2>&4
 	if test $? -ne 0
 	then
-		trap 'die' EXIT
 		cat "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/error.log >&4 2>/dev/null
 		test_skip_or_die $GIT_TEST_HTTPD "web server setup failed"
 	fi
 }
 
 stop_httpd() {
-	trap 'die' EXIT
-
 	"$LIB_HTTPD_PATH" -d "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH" \
 		-f "$TEST_PATH/apache.conf" $HTTPD_PARA -k stop
 }
diff --git a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
index bce02788e6..5bd892f2f7 100755
--- a/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t0410-partial-clone.sh
@@ -518,6 +518,4 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching of missing objects from an HTTP server' '
 	git verify-pack --verbose "$IDX" | grep "$HASH"
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
index 49c540b1e1..32426fa5d1 100755
--- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
@@ -918,7 +918,4 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch with --filter=blob:limit=0 and HTTP' '
 	fetch_filter_blob_limit_zero "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/server" "$HTTPD_URL/smart/server"
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 3b7b30568c..e98d90dd9b 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -978,6 +978,4 @@ test_expect_success '--negotiation-tip limits "have" lines sent with HTTP protoc
 	check_negotiation_tip
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5537-fetch-shallow.sh b/t/t5537-fetch-shallow.sh
index 6caf628efa..66f0b64d39 100755
--- a/t/t5537-fetch-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5537-fetch-shallow.sh
@@ -255,6 +255,4 @@ test_expect_success 'shallow fetches check connectivity before writing shallow f
 	git -C client fsck
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh b/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
index 5fbf67c446..98f028f203 100755
--- a/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5539-fetch-http-shallow.sh
@@ -146,5 +146,4 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching deepen' '
 	)
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh b/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
index 88ff5a49e4..a094fd5e71 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
@@ -176,6 +176,4 @@ test_expect_failure 'push to password-protected repository (no user in URL)' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
index 5475afc052..bdf40f445e 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
@@ -373,5 +373,4 @@ test_expect_success 'colorize errors/hints' '
 	test_i18ngrep ! "^hint: " decoded
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
index 5165833157..ddc1db722d 100755
--- a/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5542-push-http-shallow.sh
@@ -90,5 +90,4 @@ EOF
 	)
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5545-push-options.sh b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
index b47a95871c..6d1d59c9b1 100755
--- a/t/t5545-push-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
@@ -278,6 +278,4 @@ test_expect_success 'push options keep quoted characters intact (http)' '
 	test_cmp expect "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git/hooks/pre-receive.push_options
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
index 6d7d88ccc9..57f6f8c628 100755
--- a/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
+++ b/t/t5550-http-fetch-dumb.sh
@@ -408,5 +408,4 @@ test_expect_success 'print HTTP error when any intermediate redirect throws erro
 	test_i18ngrep "unable to access.*/redir-to/502" stderr
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index ba83e567e5..9faf6349cf 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -434,5 +434,4 @@ test_expect_success 'server-side error detected' '
 	grep "server-side error" actual
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5561-http-backend.sh b/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
index 1c49054595..6eb0294978 100755
--- a/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
+++ b/t/t5561-http-backend.sh
@@ -132,5 +132,4 @@ test_expect_success 'server request log matches test results' '
 	check_access_log exp
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh b/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
index cd9283eeec..5129b0724f 100755
--- a/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
+++ b/t/t5581-http-curl-verbose.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ test_expect_success 'failure in git-upload-pack is shown' '
 	grep "< HTTP/1.1 500 Intentional Breakage" curl_log
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index d6948cbdab..b04d668684 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -733,6 +733,4 @@ test_expect_success 'partial clone using HTTP' '
 	partial_clone "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/server" "$HTTPD_URL/smart/server"
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
index 9643acb161..9a8f9886b3 100755
--- a/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5616-partial-clone.sh
@@ -331,6 +331,4 @@ test_expect_success 'when partial cloning, tolerate server not sending target of
 	! test -e "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/one-time-sed"
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5700-protocol-v1.sh b/t/t5700-protocol-v1.sh
index ba86a44eb1..b0e4752232 100755
--- a/t/t5700-protocol-v1.sh
+++ b/t/t5700-protocol-v1.sh
@@ -289,6 +289,4 @@ test_expect_success 'push with http:// using protocol v1' '
 	grep "git< version 1" log
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index db4ae09f2f..35424bb8af 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -656,6 +656,4 @@ test_expect_success 'when server does not send "ready", expect FLUSH' '
 	test_i18ngrep "expected no other sections to be sent after no .ready." err
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
index f87b2f6df3..b6a995e857 100755
--- a/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
+++ b/t/t5703-upload-pack-ref-in-want.sh
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ test_expect_success 'server loses a ref - ref in want' '
 	test_i18ngrep "fatal: remote error: unknown ref refs/heads/raster" err
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 REPO="$(pwd)/repo"
 LOCAL_PRISTINE="$(pwd)/local_pristine"
 
diff --git a/t/t5812-proto-disable-http.sh b/t/t5812-proto-disable-http.sh
index 872788ac8c..af8772fada 100755
--- a/t/t5812-proto-disable-http.sh
+++ b/t/t5812-proto-disable-http.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ test_expect_success 'http can be limited to from-user' '
 		clone "$HTTPD_URL/smart-redir-perm/repo.git" redir.git
 '
 
-stop_httpd
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh b/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
index 64bb495834..9b44a44bc1 100755
--- a/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
+++ b/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
@@ -120,6 +120,4 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW,!UTF8_NFD_TO_NFC 'svn.pathnameencoding=cp932 rename o
 	git svn dcommit
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
index 41a026637f..a159ff96b7 100755
--- a/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
+++ b/t/t9118-git-svn-funky-branch-names.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,4 @@ test_expect_success 'test dcommit to trailing_dotlock branch' '
 	)
 	'
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9120-git-svn-clone-with-percent-escapes.sh b/t/t9120-git-svn-clone-with-percent-escapes.sh
index b28a1741e3..40b714df31 100755
--- a/t/t9120-git-svn-clone-with-percent-escapes.sh
+++ b/t/t9120-git-svn-clone-with-percent-escapes.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,4 @@ test_expect_success 'test clone -s with unescaped space' '
 	)
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9142-git-svn-shallow-clone.sh b/t/t9142-git-svn-shallow-clone.sh
index 9ee23be640..a30730502d 100755
--- a/t/t9142-git-svn-shallow-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t9142-git-svn-shallow-clone.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ test_expect_success 'clone trunk with "-r HEAD"' '
 	( cd g && git rev-parse --symbolic --verify HEAD )
 '
 
-stop_httpd
-
 test_done
