diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0cfa6d8bb5f7..faa5fd461339 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -269,15 +269,7 @@ supervisor:
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
 		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
 	fi; \
-	supervisord --pidfile=/tmp/supervisor_pid
-
-# Alternate approach to tmux to run all development tasks specified in
-# Procfile.
-honcho:
-	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
-		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
-	fi; \
-	honcho start -f tools/docker-compose/Procfile
+	supervisord --pidfile=/tmp/supervisor_pid -n
 
 collectstatic:
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
@@ -289,7 +281,7 @@ uwsgi: collectstatic
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
 		. $(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/activate; \
 	fi; \
-    uwsgi -b 32768 --socket 127.0.0.1:8050 --module=awx.wsgi:application --home=/venv/awx --chdir=/awx_devel/ --vacuum --processes=5 --harakiri=120 --master --no-orphans --py-autoreload 1 --max-requests=1000 --stats /tmp/stats.socket --lazy-apps --logformat "%(addr) %(method) %(uri) - %(proto) %(status)" --hook-accepting1="exec:awx-manage run_dispatcher --reload"
+    uwsgi -b 32768 --socket 127.0.0.1:8050 --module=awx.wsgi:application --home=/venv/awx --chdir=/awx_devel/ --vacuum --processes=5 --harakiri=120 --master --no-orphans --py-autoreload 1 --max-requests=1000 --stats /tmp/stats.socket --lazy-apps --logformat "%(addr) %(method) %(uri) - %(proto) %(status)" --hook-accepting1="exec:supervisorctl restart tower-processes:awx-dispatcher tower-processes:awx-receiver"
 
 daphne:
 	@if [ "$(VENV_BASE)" ]; then \
diff --git a/docs/websockets.md b/docs/websockets.md
index 42b456bbc548..2a2f21f0a438 100644
--- a/docs/websockets.md
+++ b/docs/websockets.md
@@ -64,4 +64,3 @@ by the *daphne* server and our *asgi_amqp* implementation to broadcast messages
 
 ### Development
  - nginx listens on 8013/8043 instead of 80/443
- - uwsgi, daphne, and runworker are started with honcho instead of supervisord
diff --git a/tools/clusterdevel/bootstrap_minishift.sh b/tools/clusterdevel/bootstrap_minishift.sh
index d5536664a61d..4cb69e881fba 100755
--- a/tools/clusterdevel/bootstrap_minishift.sh
+++ b/tools/clusterdevel/bootstrap_minishift.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,4 @@ mkdir -p /awx_devel/awx/public/static
 mkdir -p /awx_devel/awx/ui/static
 
 cd /awx_devel
-# Start the services
-if [ -f "/awx_devel/tools/docker-compose/use_dev_supervisor.txt" ]; then
-    make supervisor
-else
-    honcho start -f "tools/docker-compose/Procfile"
-fi
+make supervisor
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
index 248d2beda7cb..764414b7e077 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN python3 -m ensurepip
 RUN pip3 install virtualenv
 RUN /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -N "" -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa
 RUN mkdir -p /data/db
-RUN pip3 install honcho && pip install supervisor
+RUN pip install supervisor
 
 ADD requirements/requirements.txt \
   requirements/requirements_git.txt \
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/Procfile b/tools/docker-compose/Procfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 033a0e8eb041..000000000000
--- a/tools/docker-compose/Procfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-nginx:          make nginx
-runworker:      make runworker
-daphne:         make daphne
-dispatcher:     make dispatcher
-receiver:       make receiver
-uwsgi:          make uwsgi
-jupyter:        make jupyter
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/start_development.sh b/tools/docker-compose/start_development.sh
index b6455de131bd..c39b9f507fc0 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/start_development.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/start_development.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,4 @@ set +x
 
 cd /awx_devel
 # Start the services
-if [ -f "/awx_devel/tools/docker-compose/use_dev_supervisor.txt" ]; then
-    make supervisor
-else
-    export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf_8
-    honcho start -f "tools/docker-compose/Procfile"
-fi
+make supervisor
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/supervisor.conf b/tools/docker-compose/supervisor.conf
index c658e2689d07..6a6b71151cdd 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/supervisor.conf
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/supervisor.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ command = make uwsgi
 autostart = true
 autorestart = true
 redirect_stderr=true
+stopwaitsecs = 1
+stopsignal=KILL
+stopasgroup=true
+killasgroup=true
 stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0