diff --git a/zun/compute/manager.py b/zun/compute/manager.py
index 2034b1510..e393a03f4 100644
--- a/zun/compute/manager.py
+++ b/zun/compute/manager.py
@@ -912,9 +912,10 @@ class Manager(periodic_task.PeriodicTasks):
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception("Unexpected exception while uploading image: %s",
                           six.text_type(e))
-            image_driver.delete_image(context, snapshot_image.id,
-                                      'glance')
-            self.driver.delete_image(container_image_id)
+            self.driver.delete_image(context, snapshot_image.id,
+                                     'glance')
+            self.driver.delete_image(context, container_image_id,
+                                     'docker')
             raise
 
     @wrap_container_event(prefix='compute')
@@ -939,8 +940,8 @@ class Manager(periodic_task.PeriodicTasks):
         except exception.DockerError as e:
             LOG.error("Error occurred while calling docker commit API: %s",
                       six.text_type(e))
-            image_driver.delete_image(context, snapshot_image.id,
-                                      'glance')
+            self.driver.delete_image(context, snapshot_image.id,
+                                     'glance')
             raise
         finally:
             if unpause:
diff --git a/zun/container/docker/driver.py b/zun/container/docker/driver.py
index dcc21b37a..5f7eb4790 100644
--- a/zun/container/docker/driver.py
+++ b/zun/container/docker/driver.py
@@ -125,10 +125,18 @@ class DockerDriver(driver.ContainerDriver):
         with docker_utils.docker_client() as docker:
             return docker.get_image(name)
 
-    def delete_image(self, image):
-        with docker_utils.docker_client() as docker:
-            LOG.debug('Deleting image %s', image)
-            return docker.remove_image(image)
+    def delete_image(context, img_id, image_driver=None):
+        if image_driver:
+            image_driver_list = [image_driver.lower()]
+        else:
+            image_driver_list = CONF.image_driver_list
+        for driver_name in image_driver_list:
+            try:
+                image_driver = img_driver.load_image_driver(driver_name)
+                image_driver.delete_image(context, img_id)
+            except exception.ZunException:
+                LOG.exception('Unknown exception occurred while deleting '
+                              'image %s', img_id)
 
     def images(self, repo, quiet=False):
         with docker_utils.docker_client() as docker:
diff --git a/zun/container/driver.py b/zun/container/driver.py
index ad318c67e..6dc044166 100644
--- a/zun/container/driver.py
+++ b/zun/container/driver.py
@@ -279,3 +279,6 @@ class ContainerDriver(object):
     def upload_image_data(self, context, image, image_tag, image_data,
                           image_driver):
         raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def delete_image(context, img_id, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/zun/image/driver.py b/zun/image/driver.py
index afc98130d..b87501404 100644
--- a/zun/image/driver.py
+++ b/zun/image/driver.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import sys
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 import stevedore
 
-from zun.common import exception
 from zun.common.i18n import _
 import zun.conf
 
@@ -59,20 +58,6 @@ def load_image_driver(image_driver=None):
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
-def delete_image(context, img_id, image_driver=None):
-    if image_driver:
-        image_driver_list = [image_driver.lower()]
-    else:
-        image_driver_list = CONF.image_driver_list
-    for driver_name in image_driver_list:
-        try:
-            image_driver = load_image_driver(driver_name)
-            image_driver.delete_image(context, img_id)
-        except exception.ZunException:
-            LOG.exception('Unknown exception occurred while deleting'
-                          'image %s', img_id)
-
-
 class ContainerImageDriver(object):
     """Base class for container image driver."""
 
diff --git a/zun/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_manager.py b/zun/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_manager.py
index f7fc6d22c..d7117b293 100644
--- a/zun/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_manager.py
+++ b/zun/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_manager.py
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ class TestManager(base.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch.object(ContainerActionEvent, 'event_start')
     @mock.patch.object(ContainerActionEvent, 'event_finish')
-    @mock.patch('zun.image.driver.delete_image')
+    @mock.patch.object(fake_driver, 'delete_image')
     @mock.patch.object(fake_driver, 'commit')
     @mock.patch.object(fake_driver, 'pause')
     @mock.patch.object(fake_driver, 'unpause')