diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-improve-cleanup-63cfc21ffb3aff6f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-improve-cleanup-63cfc21ffb3aff6f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e48510113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-improve-cleanup-63cfc21ffb3aff6f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Improve cleanup after Swift testing. Ensures containers are empty before
+    deleting to prevent errors due to delayed execution.
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
index 77e26ef100..8d8039ba71 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ def delete_containers(containers, container_client, object_client):
 
     The containers should be visible from the container_client given.
     Will not throw any error if the containers don't exist.
-    Will not check that object and container deletions succeed.
-    After delete all the objects from a container, it will wait 2
-    seconds before delete the container itself, in order to deployments
-    using HA proxy sync the deletion properly, otherwise, the container
-    might fail to be deleted because it's not empty.
 
     :param containers: List of containers(or string of a container)
                        to be deleted
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
index 31c33db9af..51c711f9ca 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_services_negative.py
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ class ContainerNegativeTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
             body = cls.capabilities_client.list_capabilities()
             cls.constraints = body['swift']
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
+        cls.delete_containers()
+        super(ContainerNegativeTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
+
     @decorators.attr(type=["negative"])
     @decorators.idempotent_id('30686921-4bed-4764-a038-40d741ed4e78')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
@@ -167,11 +172,7 @@ class ContainerNegativeTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
         # create a container and an object within it
         # attempt to delete a container that isn't empty.
         container_name = self.create_container()
-        self.addCleanup(self.container_client.delete_container,
-                        container_name)
         object_name, _ = self.create_object(container_name)
-        self.addCleanup(self.object_client.delete_object,
-                        container_name, object_name)
 
         ex = self.assertRaises(exceptions.Conflict,
                                self.container_client.delete_container,
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_slo.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_slo.py
index 0c84357249..22d12ceb6b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_slo.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_slo.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from oslo_utils.secretutils import md5
 from tempest.api.object_storage import base
 from tempest.common import utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
-from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 # Each segment, except for the final one, must be at least 1 megabyte
@@ -34,11 +33,7 @@ class ObjectSloTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
         self.objects = []
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        for obj in self.objects:
-            test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc(
-                self.object_client.delete_object,
-                self.container_name, obj)
-        self.container_client.delete_container(self.container_name)
+        self.delete_containers()
         super(ObjectSloTest, self).tearDown()
 
     def _create_object(self, container_name, object_name, data, params=None):