diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/EnableAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/EnableAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
index b8dab15000..e818bdc9d2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/EnableAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/EnableAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
@@ -161,20 +161,31 @@ public class EnableAutoConfigurationImportSelector
 
 	private void checkExcludedClasses(List<String> configurations,
 			Set<String> exclusions) {
-		StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+		List<String> invalidExcludes = new ArrayList<String>();
 		for (String exclusion : exclusions) {
 			if (ClassUtils.isPresent(exclusion, getClass().getClassLoader())
 					&& !configurations.contains(exclusion)) {
-				message.append("\t- ").append(exclusion).append(String.format("%n"));
+				invalidExcludes.add(exclusion);
 			}
 		}
-		if (!message.toString().isEmpty()) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException(String.format(
-					"The following classes could not be excluded because they are"
-							+ " not auto-configuration classes:%n%s",
-					message.toString()));
+		if (!invalidExcludes.isEmpty()) {
+			handleInvalidExcludes(invalidExcludes);
 		}
+	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle any invalid excludes that have been specified.
+	 * @param invalidExcludes the list of invalid excludes (will always have at least on
+	 * element)
+	 */
+	protected void handleInvalidExcludes(List<String> invalidExcludes) {
+		StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+		for (String exclude : invalidExcludes) {
+			message.append("\t- ").append(exclude).append(String.format("%n"));
+		}
+		throw new IllegalStateException(String
+				.format("The following classes could not be excluded because they are"
+						+ " not auto-configuration classes:%n%s", message));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
index 90abf076f8..44021075a9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelector.java
@@ -146,4 +146,9 @@ class ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelector
 		return super.getOrder() - 1;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void handleInvalidExcludes(List<String> invalidExcludes) {
+		// Ignore for test
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests.java
index 60f274ecbb..bb0587b01c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests.java
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ public class ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests {
 		assertThat(imports).containsOnly(FreeMarkerAutoConfiguration.class.getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void exclusionsWithoutImport() throws Exception {
+		AnnotationMetadata annotationMetadata = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory()
+				.getMetadataReader(ExclusionWithoutImport.class.getName())
+				.getAnnotationMetadata();
+		String[] imports = this.importSelector.selectImports(annotationMetadata);
+		assertThat(imports).containsOnly(FreeMarkerAutoConfiguration.class.getName());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void exclusionsAliasesAreApplied() throws Exception {
 		AnnotationMetadata annotationMetadata = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory()
@@ -149,6 +158,12 @@ public class ImportAutoConfigurationImportSelectorTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@ImportOne
+	@ImportAutoConfiguration(exclude = ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.class)
+	static class ExclusionWithoutImport {
+
+	}
+
 	@SelfAnnotating
 	static class ImportWithSelfAnnotatingAnnotation {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/livereload/LiveReloadServerTests.java b/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/livereload/LiveReloadServerTests.java
index 79df32a07f..5fd384e9f2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/livereload/LiveReloadServerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/livereload/LiveReloadServerTests.java
@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@ public class LiveReloadServerTests {
 	@Test
 	public void triggerReload() throws Exception {
 		LiveReloadWebSocketHandler handler = connect();
-		handler.setExpectedMessageCount(1);
 		this.server.triggerReload();
-		handler.awaitMessages();
+		Thread.sleep(200);
 		this.server.stop();
 		assertThat(handler.getMessages().get(0))
 				.contains("http://livereload.com/protocols/official-7");
@@ -208,8 +207,6 @@ public class LiveReloadServerTests {
 
 		private final CountDownLatch helloLatch = new CountDownLatch(2);
 
-		private CountDownLatch messagesLatch;
-
 		private final List<String> messages = new ArrayList<String>();
 
 		private int pongCount;
@@ -229,19 +226,12 @@ public class LiveReloadServerTests {
 			Thread.sleep(200);
 		}
 
-		public void setExpectedMessageCount(int count) {
-			this.messagesLatch = new CountDownLatch(count);
-		}
-
 		@Override
 		protected void handleTextMessage(WebSocketSession session, TextMessage message)
 				throws Exception {
 			if (message.getPayload().contains("hello")) {
 				this.helloLatch.countDown();
 			}
-			if (this.messagesLatch != null) {
-				this.messagesLatch.countDown();
-			}
 			this.messages.add(message.getPayload());
 		}
 
@@ -265,10 +255,6 @@ public class LiveReloadServerTests {
 			this.session.close();
 		}
 
-		public void awaitMessages() throws InterruptedException {
-			this.messagesLatch.await(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
-		}
-
 		public List<String> getMessages() {
 			return this.messages;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
index cba5329854..a36f3d3ba1 100755
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/launch.script
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ force_stop() {
 
 do_force_stop() {
   kill -9 "$1" &> /dev/null || { echoRed "Unable to kill process $1"; return 1; }
-  for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+  for i in $(seq 1 $STOP_WAIT_TIME); do
     isRunning "$1" || { echoGreen "Stopped [$1]"; rm -f "$2"; return 0; }
-    [[ $i -eq 30 ]] && kill -9 "$1" &> /dev/null
+    [[ $i -eq STOP_WAIT_TIME/2 ]] && kill "$1" &> /dev/null
     sleep 1
   done
   echoRed "Unable to kill process $1";
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ status)
 run)
   run "$@"; exit $?;;
 *)
-  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status|run}"; exit 1;
+  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|force-stop|restart|force-reload|status|run}"; exit 1;
 esac
 
 exit 0