diff --git a/test/e2e/pkg/infra/docker/docker.go b/test/e2e/pkg/infra/docker/docker.go
index 979b00b5b..a6ccf8978 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pkg/infra/docker/docker.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pkg/infra/docker/docker.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Setup() error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (Provider) StartTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error { panic("unimplemented") }
-func (Provider) StopTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error  { panic("unimplemented") }
+func (Provider) KillTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error  { panic("unimplemented") }
 
 // dockerComposeBytes generates a Docker Compose config file for a testnet and returns the
 // file as bytes to be written out to disk.
diff --git a/test/e2e/pkg/infra/provider.go b/test/e2e/pkg/infra/provider.go
index 47fa7a702..1822d895e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pkg/infra/provider.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pkg/infra/provider.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Provider interface {
 	Setup() error
 
 	StartTendermint(context.Context, *e2e.Node) error
-	StopTendermint(context.Context, *e2e.Node) error
+	KillTendermint(context.Context, *e2e.Node) error
 }
 
 // NoopProvider implements the provider interface by performing noops for every
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ type NoopProvider struct {
 
 func (NoopProvider) Setup() error                                         { return nil }
 func (NoopProvider) StartTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error { return nil }
-func (NoopProvider) StopTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error  { return nil }
+func (NoopProvider) KillTendermint(_ context.Context, _ *e2e.Node) error  { return nil }
 
 var _ Provider = NoopProvider{}