diff --git a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
index 032bfbc..f82c5ff 100644
--- a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
+++ b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
@@ -156,14 +156,4 @@ class DeployInstance(object):
 
 
     def reload_apache(self):
-        fd = None
-        try:
-            fd = os.popen('sudo -S /etc/init.d/apache2 reload', 'w')
-            print >> fd, 'plop' # this is not the password
-        except Exception, e:
-            pass
-        if fd:
-            try:
-                fd.close()
-            except IOError:
-                pass
+        os.system('sudo -n /etc/init.d/apache2 reload')