diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/accounts/requests.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/accounts/requests.go
index 66c46a97..e0418ba0 100644
--- a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/accounts/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/accounts/requests.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type UpdateOptsBuilder interface {
 // deleting an account's metadata.
 type UpdateOpts struct {
 	Metadata          map[string]string
+	DeleteMetadata    []string
 	ContentType       string `h:"Content-Type"`
 	DetectContentType bool   `h:"X-Detect-Content-Type"`
 	TempURLKey        string `h:"X-Account-Meta-Temp-URL-Key"`
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ func (opts UpdateOpts) ToAccountUpdateMap() (map[string]string, error) {
 	for k, v := range opts.Metadata {
 		headers["X-Account-Meta-"+k] = v
 	}
+	for _, k := range opts.DeleteMetadata {
+		headers["X-Remove-Account-Meta-"+k] = "true"
+	}
 	return headers, err
 }
 
diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
index 50ff9f48..bb8a51e2 100644
--- a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/containers/requests.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func Create(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName string, opts CreateOptsB
 // Delete is a function that deletes a container.
 func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName string) DeleteResult {
 	var res DeleteResult
-	_, res.Err = c.Delete(deleteURL(c, containerName), nil)
+	_, res.Err = c.Delete(deleteURL(c, containerName), &gophercloud.RequestOpts{})
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ type UpdateOptsBuilder interface {
 // UpdateOpts is a structure that holds parameters for updating, creating, or
 // deleting a container's metadata.
 type UpdateOpts struct {
-	Metadata               map[string]string
+	// a map of key-value pairs to add/update for the container.
+	Metadata map[string]string
+	// a slice a keys of the metadata to delete from the container.
+	DeleteMetadata         []string
 	ContainerRead          string `h:"X-Container-Read"`
 	ContainerSyncTo        string `h:"X-Container-Sync-To"`
 	ContainerSyncKey       string `h:"X-Container-Sync-Key"`
@@ -157,6 +160,9 @@ func (opts UpdateOpts) ToContainerUpdateMap() (map[string]string, error) {
 	for k, v := range opts.Metadata {
 		h["X-Container-Meta-"+k] = v
 	}
+	for _, k := range opts.DeleteMetadata {
+		h["X-Remove-Container-Meta-"+k] = "true"
+	}
 	return h, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/accounts/delegate.go b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/accounts/delegate.go
index 94739308..d0275986 100644
--- a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/accounts/delegate.go
+++ b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/accounts/delegate.go
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ func Get(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient) os.GetResult {
 // UpdateOpts is a structure that contains parameters for updating, creating, or
 // deleting an account's metadata.
 type UpdateOpts struct {
-	Metadata    map[string]string
-	TempURLKey  string `h:"X-Account-Meta-Temp-URL-Key"`
-	TempURLKey2 string `h:"X-Account-Meta-Temp-URL-Key-2"`
+	Metadata       map[string]string
+	DeleteMetadata []string
+	TempURLKey     string `h:"X-Account-Meta-Temp-URL-Key"`
+	TempURLKey2    string `h:"X-Account-Meta-Temp-URL-Key-2"`
 }
 
 // ToAccountUpdateMap formats an UpdateOpts into a map[string]string of headers.
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ func (opts UpdateOpts) ToAccountUpdateMap() (map[string]string, error) {
 	for k, v := range opts.Metadata {
 		headers["X-Account-Meta-"+k] = v
 	}
+	for _, k := range opts.DeleteMetadata {
+		headers["X-Remove-Account-Meta-"+k] = "true"
+	}
 	return headers, err
 }
 
diff --git a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/containers/delegate.go b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/containers/delegate.go
index 77ed0025..80d1e6f1 100644
--- a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/containers/delegate.go
+++ b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/containers/delegate.go
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ func Delete(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName string) os.DeleteResult
 // UpdateOpts is a structure that holds parameters for updating or creating a
 // container's metadata.
 type UpdateOpts struct {
-	Metadata               map[string]string
+	// a map of key-value pairs to add/update for the container.
+	Metadata map[string]string
+	// a slice a keys of the metadata to delete from the container.
+	DeleteMetadata         []string
 	ContainerRead          string `h:"X-Container-Read"`
 	ContainerWrite         string `h:"X-Container-Write"`
 	ContentType            string `h:"Content-Type"`
@@ -76,6 +79,9 @@ func (opts UpdateOpts) ToContainerUpdateMap() (map[string]string, error) {
 	for k, v := range opts.Metadata {
 		h["X-Container-Meta-"+k] = v
 	}
+	for _, k := range opts.DeleteMetadata {
+		h["X-Remove-Container-Meta-"+k] = "true"
+	}
 	return h, nil
 }