diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
index 39dd4d3..bbf8cdb 100644
--- a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 // Delete is a function that deletes a container.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName string) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Request("DELETE", deleteURL(c, containerName), gophercloud.RequestOpts{})
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(deleteURL(c, containerName), nil)
 	return res
 }