diff --git a/microceph/ceph/osd.go b/microceph/ceph/osd.go
index 8e56e001..f557d715 100644
--- a/microceph/ceph/osd.go
+++ b/microceph/ceph/osd.go
@@ -709,12 +709,9 @@ func doRemoveOSD(ctx context.Context, s common.StateInterface, osd int64, bypass
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	// stop the OSD service
+	// stop the OSD service, but don't fail if it's not running
 	if isPresent {
-		err = killOSD(osd)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		_ = killOSD(osd)
 	}
 	// perform safety check for destroying
 	if isPresent && !bypassSafety {
@@ -775,7 +772,7 @@ func outDownOSD(osd int64) error {
 func safetyCheckStop(osd int64) error {
 	var safeStop bool
 
-	retries := 12
+	retries := 16
 	var backoff time.Duration
 
 	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
@@ -799,7 +796,7 @@ func safetyCheckStop(osd int64) error {
 func safetyCheckDestroy(osd int64) error {
 	var safeDestroy bool
 
-	retries := 12
+	retries := 16
 	var backoff time.Duration
 
 	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
@@ -878,7 +875,7 @@ func haveOSDInCeph(osd int64) (bool, error) {
 
 // killOSD terminates the osd process for an osd.id
 func killOSD(osd int64) error {
-	cmdline := fmt.Sprintf("ceph-osd .* --id %d", osd)
+	cmdline := fmt.Sprintf("ceph-osd .* --id %d$", osd)
 	_, err := processExec.RunCommand("pkill", "-f", cmdline)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Failed to kill osd.%d: %v", osd, err)
diff --git a/microceph/ceph/osd_test.go b/microceph/ceph/osd_test.go
index 423f34e4..3ea94a4f 100644
--- a/microceph/ceph/osd_test.go
+++ b/microceph/ceph/osd_test.go
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ func addCrushRuleLsExpectations(r *mocks.Runner) {
 	r.On("RunCommand", cmdAny("ceph", 4)...).Return("microceph_auto_osd", nil).Once()
 }
 
-// Expect: run ceph osd crush rule create-replicated
-func addCrushRuleCreateExpectations(r *mocks.Runner) {
-	r.On("RunCommand", cmdAny("ceph", 7)...).Return("ok", nil).Once()
-}
-
 // Expect: run ceph osd crush rule dump
 func addCrushRuleDumpExpectations(r *mocks.Runner) {
 	json := `{ "rule_id": 77 }`
diff --git a/microceph/cmd/microceph/disk_remove.go b/microceph/cmd/microceph/disk_remove.go
index a6fe5b19..c176e883 100644
--- a/microceph/cmd/microceph/disk_remove.go
+++ b/microceph/cmd/microceph/disk_remove.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (c *cmdDiskRemove) Command() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:  c.Run,
 	}
 
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().Int64Var(&c.flagTimeout, "timeout", 300, "Timeout to wait for safe removal (seconds), default=300")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Int64Var(&c.flagTimeout, "timeout", 1800, "Timeout to wait for safe removal (seconds), default=1800")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&c.flagBypassSafety, "bypass-safety-checks", false, "Bypass safety checks")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&c.flagConfirmDowngrade, "confirm-failure-domain-downgrade", false, "Confirm failure domain downgrade if required")