diff --git a/scripts/restart-server b/scripts/restart-server
index dd0bbb69a1..acc17a359e 100755
--- a/scripts/restart-server
+++ b/scripts/restart-server
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ subprocess.check_call(["python", "./manage.py", "fill_memcached_caches"])
 
 # Restart the FastCGI and related processes via supervisorctl.
 logging.info("Killing daemons")
-subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "stop", "all"])
+subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "stop", "zulip-workers:* zulip-django zulip-tornado"])
 subprocess.check_call(["ln", '-nsf', deploy_path, os.path.join(DEPLOYMENTS_DIR, "current")])
-subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "start", "all"])
+subprocess.check_call(["supervisorctl", "start", "zulip-tornado zulip-django zulip-workers:*"])
 
 using_sso = subprocess.check_output(['./bin/get-django-setting', 'USING_SSO'])
 if using_sso.strip() == 'True':