diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
index 56d973e..e8b1161 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
-from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 CONF = config.CONF
@@ -40,11 +39,7 @@
         # If an admin password is provided on server creation, the server's
         # root password should be set to that password.
         server = self.create_test_server(adminPass='testpassword')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
 
         # Verify the password is set correctly in the response
         self.assertEqual('testpassword', server['adminPass'])
@@ -59,19 +54,11 @@
         server = self.create_test_server(name=server_name,
                                          wait_until='ACTIVE')
         id1 = server['id']
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, id1)
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, id1)
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, id1)
         server = self.create_test_server(name=server_name,
                                          wait_until='ACTIVE')
         id2 = server['id']
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, id2)
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, id2)
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, id2)
         self.assertNotEqual(id1, id2, "Did not create a new server")
         server = self.client.show_server(id1)['server']
         name1 = server['name']
@@ -87,13 +74,9 @@
         self.keypairs_client.create_keypair(name=key_name)
         self.addCleanup(self.keypairs_client.delete_keypair, key_name)
         self.keypairs_client.list_keypairs()
-        server = self.create_test_server(key_name=key_name)
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
-        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, server['id'], 'ACTIVE')
+        server = self.create_test_server(key_name=key_name,
+                                         wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
         server = self.client.show_server(server['id'])['server']
         self.assertEqual(key_name, server['key_name'])
 
@@ -115,11 +98,7 @@
     def test_update_server_name(self):
         # The server name should be changed to the provided value
         server = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
         # Update instance name with non-ASCII characters
         prefix_name = u'\u00CD\u00F1st\u00E1\u00F1c\u00E9'
         self._update_server_name(server['id'], 'ACTIVE', prefix_name)
@@ -137,11 +116,7 @@
     def test_update_access_server_address(self):
         # The server's access addresses should reflect the provided values
         server = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
 
         # Update the IPv4 and IPv6 access addresses
         self.client.update_server(server['id'],
@@ -157,13 +132,9 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('38fb1d02-c3c5-41de-91d3-9bc2025a75eb')
     def test_create_server_with_ipv6_addr_only(self):
         # Create a server without an IPv4 address(only IPv6 address).
-        server = self.create_test_server(accessIPv6='2001:2001::3')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
-            self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
-        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, server['id'], 'ACTIVE')
+        server = self.create_test_server(accessIPv6='2001:2001::3',
+                                         wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_server, server['id'])
         server = self.client.show_server(server['id'])['server']
         self.assertEqual('2001:2001::3', server['accessIPv6'])