diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 835be166..318cfcc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        distro: [debian_10, debian_11, ubuntu_18, ubuntu_20, ubuntu_22, centos_8, fedora_34]
+        distro: [debian_10, debian_11, ubuntu_20, ubuntu_22, centos_8, fedora_34]
     env:
       DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
     steps:
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index eb825965..1047d152 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ restartDNS() {
   local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE
   svcOption="${1:-restart}"
 
+  # get the current path to the pihole-FTL.pid
+  FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLPIDFile)"
+
   # Determine if we should reload or restart
   if [[ "${svcOption}" =~ "reload-lists" ]]; then
     # Reloading of the lists has been requested
@@ -111,9 +114,6 @@ restartDNS() {
     # Note 2: We cannot use killall here as it does
     #         not know about real-time signals
 
-    # get the current path to the pihole-FTL.pid
-    FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLPIDFile)"
-
     pid="$(getFTLPID ${FTL_PID_FILE})"
     if [[ "$pid" -eq "-1" ]]; then
       svc="true"
diff --git a/test/_ubuntu_18.Dockerfile b/test/_ubuntu_18.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 47f1893e..00000000
--- a/test/_ubuntu_18.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM buildpack-deps:bionic-scm
-
-ENV GITDIR /etc/.pihole
-ENV SCRIPTDIR /opt/pihole
-
-RUN mkdir -p $GITDIR $SCRIPTDIR /etc/pihole
-ADD . $GITDIR
-RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $SCRIPTDIR/
-ENV PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
-
-RUN true && \
-    chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
-
-ENV SKIP_INSTALL true
-ENV OS_CHECK_DOMAIN_NAME dev-supportedos.pi-hole.net
-
-#sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \
diff --git a/test/test_any_automated_install.py b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
index 1e2a849b..70300243 100644
--- a/test/test_any_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
@@ -880,13 +880,17 @@ def test_FTL_binary_installed_and_responsive_no_errors(host):
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
     funcOutput=$(get_binary_name)
+    echo "development" > /etc/pihole/ftlbranch
     binary="pihole-FTL${funcOutput##*pihole-FTL}"
     theRest="${funcOutput%pihole-FTL*}"
     FTLdetect "${binary}" "${theRest}"
-    pihole-FTL version
+    ''')
+    version_check = host.run('''
+    VERSION=$(pihole-FTL version)
+    echo ${VERSION:0:1}
     ''')
     expected_stdout = 'v'
-    assert expected_stdout in installed_binary.stdout
+    assert expected_stdout in version_check.stdout
 
 
 def test_IPv6_only_link_local(host):
diff --git a/test/tox.ubuntu_18.ini b/test/tox.ubuntu_18.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index a2513dfd..00000000
--- a/test/tox.ubuntu_18.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py38
-
-[testenv]
-whitelist_externals = docker
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
-commands = docker build -f _ubuntu_18.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py