diff --git a/test/functional/__init__.py b/test/functional/__init__.py
index fb9f421..75856c0 100644
--- a/test/functional/__init__.py
+++ b/test/functional/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 from test import get_config
-from test.functional.swift_test_client import Connection, ResponseError
+from test.functional.swift_test_client import Account, Connection, \
+    ResponseError
 # This has the side effect of mocking out the xattr module so that unit tests
 # (and in this case, when in-process functional tests are called for) can run
 # on file systems that don't support extended attributes.
@@ -507,6 +508,11 @@ def teardown_package():
     global orig_collate
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_COLLATE, orig_collate)
 
+    conn = Connection(config)
+    conn.authenticate()
+    account = Account(conn, config.get('account', config['username']))
+    account.delete_containers()
+
     global in_process
     if in_process:
         try: