diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
index 8e481fd..08e4072 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from tempest.api.compute import base
 from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest.common import credentials_factory as credentials
-from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_excs
@@ -152,9 +151,7 @@
         # create the server with no networking
         server, _ = compute.create_test_server(
             self.os, networks='none', wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
         # get the server ips
         addresses = self.servers_client.list_addresses(
             server['id'])['addresses']
@@ -182,9 +179,7 @@
             min_count=3)
         server_nets = set()
         for server in servers:
-            self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                            self.servers_client, server['id'])
-            self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+            self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
             # get the server ips
             addresses = self.servers_client.list_addresses(
                 server['id'])['addresses']
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
index a21ce94..1731bf3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
@@ -268,9 +268,7 @@
             self.os, tenant_network=network, wait_until='ACTIVE', min_count=2)
         # add our cleanups for the servers since we bypassed the base class
         for server in servers:
-            self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                            self.servers_client, server['id'])
-            self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+            self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
 
         for server in servers:
             # attach the port to the server
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
index b2d5ae7..1d502be 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from tempest.api.compute import base
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
-from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
 from tempest import test
@@ -196,9 +195,7 @@
                 }
             ])
 
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
 
         self.ssh_client = remote_client.RemoteClient(
             self.get_server_ip(server),