diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
index 4ab3a430f6a32a9d75232eef30b6787f54589db0..ebfaba6b5ef99eaf3a5429799057d459172c5063 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/RecordSteps.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class RecordSteps extends TestsBase {
     public void tearDown() {
         for (String kind : inputIndexMap.keySet()) {
             TestIndex testIndex = inputIndexMap.get(kind);
-            testIndex.cleanupIndex();
+            testIndex.cleanupIndex(kind);
             testIndex.deleteSchema(kind);
         }
 
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/SchemaServiceRecordSteps.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/SchemaServiceRecordSteps.java
index 993c26b25b545bcac741b7de314e31b6bd8ed984..af48584f1b8e315f0435c65d78442913b8cbfd6f 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/SchemaServiceRecordSteps.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/SchemaServiceRecordSteps.java
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ public class SchemaServiceRecordSteps extends RecordSteps {
 
     public void the_schema_is_created_with_the_following_kind(DataTable dataTable) {
         List<Setup> inputList = dataTable.asList(Setup.class);
-        inputList.forEach(this::createSchema);
-        inputList.forEach(s -> deleteIndex(generateActualNameWithoutTs(s.getIndex())));
+        inputList.forEach(this::setup);
         super.addShutDownHook();
     }
 
-    private void createSchema(Setup input) {
+    private void setup(Setup input) {
         PersistentSchemaTestIndex testIndex = new PersistentSchemaTestIndex(super.elasticUtils, super.httpClient, this);
         testIndex.setIndex(generateActualName(input.getIndex(), super.getTimeStamp()));
         testIndex.setSchemaFile(input.getSchemaFile());
@@ -31,10 +30,12 @@ public class SchemaServiceRecordSteps extends RecordSteps {
         testIndex.setKind(testIndex.getSchemaModel().getSchemaInfo().getSchemaIdentity().getId());
 
         super.getInputIndexMap().put(testIndex.getKind(), testIndex);
+
+        deleteIndex(testIndex.getKind());
     }
 
-    private void deleteIndex(String index) {
-        this.elasticUtils.deleteIndex(index);
+    private void deleteIndex(String kind) {
+        this.indexerClientUtil.deleteIndex(kind);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
index 2b8d960eccc3cc1a934e480e9e2d6b31c725be47..c441a25ed892793d9ff5885c3d36a5382e8f0f15 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/common/TestsBase.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.opengroup.osdu.util.HTTPClient;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
 import cucumber.api.Scenario;
 import lombok.extern.java.Log;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.util.IndexerClientUtil;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public abstract class TestsBase {
     protected Map<String, String> tenantMap = new HashMap<>();
     protected Map<String, TestIndex> inputRecordMap = new HashMap<>();
     protected ElasticUtils elasticUtils;
+    protected IndexerClientUtil indexerClientUtil;
 
     public TestsBase(HTTPClient httpClient) {
         this.httpClient = httpClient;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ public abstract class TestsBase {
         tenantMap.put("common", "common");
 
         elasticUtils = new ElasticUtils();
+        this.indexerClientUtil = new IndexerClientUtil(this.httpClient);
     }
 
     public TestsBase(HTTPClient httpClient, ElasticUtils elasticUtils) {
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ public abstract class TestsBase {
         tenantMap.put("common", "common");
 
         this.elasticUtils = elasticUtils;
+        this.indexerClientUtil = new IndexerClientUtil(this.httpClient);
     }
 
     protected TestIndex getTextIndex(){
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ public abstract class TestsBase {
     public void tearDown() {
         for (String kind : inputRecordMap.keySet()) {
             TestIndex testIndex = inputRecordMap.get(kind);
-            testIndex.cleanupIndex();
+            testIndex.cleanupIndex(kind);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/models/TestIndex.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/models/TestIndex.java
index d10712707e051e24f5fb8c79d9d500cf653d5646..0bc1eae64f034cfebe4ded22f9e999e39c3ec782 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/models/TestIndex.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/models/TestIndex.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.legal.Legal;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.util.ElasticUtils;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.util.FileHandler;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.util.HTTPClient;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.util.IndexerClientUtil;
 
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class TestIndex {
     private HTTPClient httpClient;
     private Map<String, String> headers;
     private ElasticUtils elasticUtils;
+    private IndexerClientUtil indexerClientUtil;
     private Gson gson = new Gson();
 
     public TestIndex(ElasticUtils elasticUtils){
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ public class TestIndex {
     public void setHttpClient(HTTPClient httpClient) {
         this.httpClient = httpClient;
         headers = httpClient.getCommonHeader();
+        this.indexerClientUtil = new IndexerClientUtil(this.httpClient);
     }
 
     public void setupIndex() {
@@ -72,8 +75,8 @@ public class TestIndex {
         this.elasticUtils.createIndex(this.index, this.getIndexMappingFromJson());
     }
 
-    public void cleanupIndex() {
-        this.elasticUtils.deleteIndex(index);
+    public void cleanupIndex(String kind) {
+        this.indexerClientUtil.deleteIndex(kind);
     }
 
     private String getRecordFile() {
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/IndexerClientUtil.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/IndexerClientUtil.java
index 33771a92bcf0bf93852027e1a63e722d9cfd5752..4ebd244273344b3d23aa38610a130268a4d7e782 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/IndexerClientUtil.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/IndexerClientUtil.java
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 package org.opengroup.osdu.util;
 
-import static org.opengroup.osdu.util.Config.getDataPartitionIdTenant1;
-import static org.opengroup.osdu.util.Config.getIndexerBaseURL;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientResponse;
-import java.util.Map;
-import javax.ws.rs.HttpMethod;
 import lombok.extern.java.Log;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search.RecordChangedMessages;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.HttpMethod;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.opengroup.osdu.util.Config.getIndexerBaseURL;
 
 @Log
 public class IndexerClientUtil {
 
-    private final String purgeMessage = "{\"data\":\"[{\\\"kind\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"op\\\":\\\"purge_schema\\\"}]\",\"attributes\":{\"account-id\":\"%s\"}}";
-
     private final HTTPClient httpClient;
     private Map<String, String> headers;
 
@@ -24,15 +20,9 @@ public class IndexerClientUtil {
     }
 
     public void deleteIndex(String kind) {
-        String url = getIndexerBaseURL() + "index-cleanup";
+        String url = getIndexerBaseURL() + "index?kind=" + kind;
         log.info("URL: " + url);
-        ClientResponse response = httpClient.send(HttpMethod.POST, url, convertMessageIntoJson(kind), headers, httpClient.getAccessToken());
+        ClientResponse response = httpClient.send(HttpMethod.DELETE, url, "", headers, httpClient.getAccessToken());
         log.info(response.toString());
     }
-
-    private String convertMessageIntoJson(String kind) {
-        RecordChangedMessages
-            recordChangedMessages = (new Gson()).fromJson(String.format(purgeMessage, kind, getDataPartitionIdTenant1()), RecordChangedMessages.class);
-        return new Gson().toJson(recordChangedMessages);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/step_definitions/index/record/Steps.java b/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/step_definitions/index/record/Steps.java
index 3a3cdd3cab71937ba02f1a2a05b71eca3a430f47..a01ca063d369d546a19d52e69470784459f5b70c 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/step_definitions/index/record/Steps.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/step_definitions/index/record/Steps.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import lombok.extern.java.Log;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.common.SchemaServiceRecordSteps;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.util.ElasticUtils;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.util.GCPHTTPClient;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.util.GcpElasticUtils;
 
 @Log
 public class Steps extends SchemaServiceRecordSteps {
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ public class Steps extends SchemaServiceRecordSteps {
     public void before(Scenario scenario) {
         this.scenario = scenario;
         this.httpClient = new GCPHTTPClient();
-        this.elasticUtils = new GcpElasticUtils(this.httpClient);
     }
 
     @Given("^the schema is created with the following kind$")
diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/GcpElasticUtils.java b/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/GcpElasticUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ce781c6e8cafb3cd208c52e6ca86e5c670ce2a2e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/testing/indexer-test-gcp/src/test/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/GcpElasticUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package org.opengroup.osdu.util;
-
-public class GcpElasticUtils extends ElasticUtils {
-
-    private IndexerClientUtil indexerClientUtil;
-
-    public GcpElasticUtils(HTTPClient httpClient) {
-        super();
-        this.indexerClientUtil = new IndexerClientUtil(httpClient);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void deleteIndex(String index) {
-        indexerClientUtil.deleteIndex(convertIndexToKindName(index));
-    }
-
-    private String convertIndexToKindName(String index) {
-        return index.replaceAll("-",":");
-    }
-}