diff --git a/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py b/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
index a305e42..f36ef56 100755
--- a/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/cleanup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 **NOTE**: The _tenants_to_clean array in dry-run.json lists the
 tenants that cleanup will loop through and delete child objects, not
 delete the tenant itself. This may differ from the tenants array as you
-can clean the tempest and alternate tempest tenants but not delete the
-tenants themselves.  This is actually the default behavior.
+can clean the tempest and alternate tempest tenants but by default,
+cleanup deletes the objects in the tempest and alternate tempest tenants
+but does not delete those tenants unless the --delete-tempest-conf-objects
+flag is used to force their deletion.
 
 **Normal mode**: running with no arguments, will query your deployment and
-build a list of objects to delete after filtering out out the objects
-found in saved_state.json and based on the
---preserve-tempest-conf-objects and
---delete-tempest-conf-objects flags.
+build a list of objects to delete after filtering out the objects found in
+saved_state.json and based on the --delete-tempest-conf-objects flag.
 
 By default the tempest and alternate tempest users and tenants are not
 deleted and the admin user specified in tempest.conf is never deleted.
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
         # available services
         self.tenant_services = cleanup_service.get_tenant_cleanup_services()
         self.global_services = cleanup_service.get_global_cleanup_services()
-        cleanup_service.init_conf()
 
     def run(self):
         opts = self.options
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@
     def _cleanup(self):
         LOG.debug("Begin cleanup")
         is_dry_run = self.options.dry_run
-        is_preserve = self.options.preserve_tempest_conf_objects
+        is_preserve = not self.options.delete_tempest_conf_objects
         is_save_state = False
 
         if is_dry_run:
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@
         LOG.debug("Cleaning tenant:  %s " % tenant['name'])
         is_dry_run = self.options.dry_run
         dry_run_data = self.dry_run_data
-        is_preserve = self.options.preserve_tempest_conf_objects
+        is_preserve = not self.options.delete_tempest_conf_objects
         tenant_id = tenant['id']
         tenant_name = tenant['name']
         tenant_data = None
@@ -194,23 +193,16 @@
                             dest='init_saved_state', default=False,
                             help="Creates JSON file: " + SAVED_STATE_JSON +
                             ", representing the current state of your "
-                            "deployment,  specifically objects types "
-                            "Tempest creates and destroys during a run. "
+                            "deployment,  specifically object types "
+                            "tempest creates and destroys during a run. "
                             "You must run with this flag prior to "
-                            "executing cleanup.")
-        parser.add_argument('--preserve-tempest-conf-objects',
-                            action="store_true",
-                            dest='preserve_tempest_conf_objects',
-                            default=True, help="Do not delete the "
-                            "tempest and alternate tempest users and "
-                            "tenants, so they may be used for future "
-                            "tempest runs. By default this is argument "
-                            "is true.")
+                            "executing cleanup in normal mode, which is with "
+                            "no arguments.")
         parser.add_argument('--delete-tempest-conf-objects',
-                            action="store_false",
-                            dest='preserve_tempest_conf_objects',
+                            action="store_true",
+                            dest='delete_tempest_conf_objects',
                             default=False,
-                            help="Delete the tempest and "
+                            help="Force deletion of the tempest and "
                             "alternate tempest users and tenants.")
         parser.add_argument('--dry-run', action="store_true",
                             dest='dry_run', default=False,
@@ -291,6 +283,7 @@
 
 
 def main():
+    cleanup_service.init_conf()
     cleanup = Cleanup()
     cleanup.run()
     LOG.info('Cleanup finished!')
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py b/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
index 8adfbef..67843e6 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/cleanup_service.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 # Copyright 2014 Dell Inc.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from tempest import clients
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.openstack.common import log as logging
 from tempest import test
@@ -19,13 +22,14 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = config.CONF
 
-CONF_USERS = None
-CONF_TENANTS = None
-CONF_PUB_NETWORK = None
-CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME = None
-CONF_PUB_ROUTER = None
 CONF_FLAVORS = None
 CONF_IMAGES = None
+CONF_NETWORKS = []
+CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME = None
+CONF_PUB_NETWORK = None
+CONF_PUB_ROUTER = None
+CONF_TENANTS = None
+CONF_USERS = None
 
 IS_CEILOMETER = None
 IS_CINDER = None
@@ -36,14 +40,15 @@
 
 
 def init_conf():
-    global CONF_USERS
-    global CONF_TENANTS
-    global CONF_PUB_NETWORK
-    global CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME
-    global CONF_PUB_ROUTER
     global CONF_FLAVORS
     global CONF_IMAGES
-
+    global CONF_NETWORKS
+    global CONF_PRIV_NETWORK
+    global CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME
+    global CONF_PUB_NETWORK
+    global CONF_PUB_ROUTER
+    global CONF_TENANTS
+    global CONF_USERS
     global IS_CEILOMETER
     global IS_CINDER
     global IS_GLANCE
@@ -51,17 +56,6 @@
     global IS_NEUTRON
     global IS_NOVA
 
-    CONF_USERS = [CONF.identity.admin_username, CONF.identity.username,
-                  CONF.identity.alt_username]
-    CONF_TENANTS = [CONF.identity.admin_tenant_name,
-                    CONF.identity.tenant_name,
-                    CONF.identity.alt_tenant_name]
-    CONF_PUB_NETWORK = CONF.network.public_network_id
-    CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME = CONF.compute.fixed_network_name
-    CONF_PUB_ROUTER = CONF.network.public_router_id
-    CONF_FLAVORS = [CONF.compute.flavor_ref, CONF.compute.flavor_ref_alt]
-    CONF_IMAGES = [CONF.compute.image_ref, CONF.compute.image_ref_alt]
-
     IS_CEILOMETER = CONF.service_available.ceilometer
     IS_CINDER = CONF.service_available.cinder
     IS_GLANCE = CONF.service_available.glance
@@ -69,6 +63,38 @@
     IS_NEUTRON = CONF.service_available.neutron
     IS_NOVA = CONF.service_available.nova
 
+    CONF_FLAVORS = [CONF.compute.flavor_ref, CONF.compute.flavor_ref_alt]
+    CONF_IMAGES = [CONF.compute.image_ref, CONF.compute.image_ref_alt]
+    CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME = CONF.compute.fixed_network_name
+    CONF_PUB_NETWORK = CONF.network.public_network_id
+    CONF_PUB_ROUTER = CONF.network.public_router_id
+    CONF_TENANTS = [CONF.identity.admin_tenant_name,
+                    CONF.identity.tenant_name,
+                    CONF.identity.alt_tenant_name]
+    CONF_USERS = [CONF.identity.admin_username, CONF.identity.username,
+                  CONF.identity.alt_username]
+
+    if IS_NEUTRON:
+        CONF_PRIV_NETWORK = _get_priv_net_id(CONF.compute.fixed_network_name,
+                                             CONF.identity.tenant_name)
+        CONF_NETWORKS = [CONF_PUB_NETWORK, CONF_PRIV_NETWORK]
+
+
+def _get_priv_net_id(prv_net_name, tenant_name):
+    am = clients.AdminManager()
+    net_cl = am.network_client
+    id_cl = am.identity_client
+
+    _, networks = net_cl.list_networks()
+    tenant = id_cl.get_tenant_by_name(tenant_name)
+    t_id = tenant['id']
+    n_id = None
+    for net in networks['networks']:
+        if (net['tenant_id'] == t_id and net['name'] == prv_net_name):
+            n_id = net['id']
+            break
+    return n_id
+
 
 class BaseService(object):
     def __init__(self, kwargs):
@@ -84,11 +110,8 @@
                 or 'tenant_id' not in item_list[0]):
             return item_list
 
-        _filtered_list = []
-        for item in item_list:
-            if item['tenant_id'] == self.tenant_id:
-                _filtered_list.append(item)
-        return _filtered_list
+        return [item for item in item_list
+                if item['tenant_id'] == self.tenant_id]
 
     def list(self):
         pass
@@ -325,6 +348,13 @@
         super(NetworkService, self).__init__(kwargs)
         self.client = manager.network_client
 
+    def _filter_by_conf_networks(self, item_list):
+        if not item_list or not all(('network_id' in i for i in item_list)):
+            return item_list
+
+        return [item for item in item_list if item['network_id']
+                not in CONF_NETWORKS]
+
     def list(self):
         client = self.client
         _, networks = client.list_networks()
@@ -332,8 +362,7 @@
         # filter out networks declared in tempest.conf
         if self.is_preserve:
             networks = [network for network in networks
-                        if (network['name'] != CONF_PRIV_NETWORK_NAME
-                            and network['id'] != CONF_PUB_NETWORK)]
+                        if network['id'] not in CONF_NETWORKS]
         LOG.debug("List count, %s Networks" % networks)
         return networks
 
@@ -527,7 +556,7 @@
                 for port in ports:
                     subid = port['fixed_ips'][0]['subnet_id']
                     client.remove_router_interface_with_subnet_id(rid, subid)
-                    client.delete_router(rid)
+                client.delete_router(rid)
             except Exception as e:
                 LOG.exception("Delete Router exception: %s" % e)
                 pass
@@ -694,6 +723,8 @@
         _, ports = client.list_ports()
         ports = ports['ports']
         ports = self._filter_by_tenant_id(ports)
+        if self.is_preserve:
+            ports = self._filter_by_conf_networks(ports)
         LOG.debug("List count, %s Ports" % len(ports))
         return ports
 
@@ -719,6 +750,8 @@
         _, subnets = client.list_subnets()
         subnets = subnets['subnets']
         subnets = self._filter_by_tenant_id(subnets)
+        if self.is_preserve:
+            subnets = self._filter_by_conf_networks(subnets)
         LOG.debug("List count, %s Subnets" % len(subnets))
         return subnets