diff --git a/accounts/account_manager.go b/accounts/account_manager.go
index da0bd89004..f7a7506ba2 100644
--- a/accounts/account_manager.go
+++ b/accounts/account_manager.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func NewAccountManager(keyStore crypto.KeyStore2) AccountManager {
 	return *am
 }
 
+func (am AccountManager) DeleteAccount(address []byte, auth string) error {
+	return am.keyStore.DeleteKey(address, auth)
+}
+
 func (am *AccountManager) Sign(fromAccount *Account, keyAuth string, toSign []byte) (signature []byte, err error) {
 	key, err := am.keyStore.GetKey(fromAccount.Address, keyAuth)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/accounts/accounts_test.go b/accounts/accounts_test.go
index 127334404f..4e97de5456 100644
--- a/accounts/accounts_test.go
+++ b/accounts/accounts_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAccountManager(t *testing.T) {
-	ks := crypto.NewKeyStorePlain(ethutil.DefaultDataDir())
+	ks := crypto.NewKeyStorePlain(ethutil.DefaultDataDir() + "/testaccounts")
 	am := NewAccountManager(ks)
 	pass := "" // not used but required by API
 	a1, err := am.NewAccount(pass)
@@ -18,4 +18,16 @@ func TestAccountManager(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// Cleanup
+	accounts, err := am.Accounts()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, account := range accounts {
+		err := am.DeleteAccount(account.Address, pass)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/crypto/key_store_plain.go b/crypto/key_store_plain.go
index 255ae0ed72..338a4a2c34 100644
--- a/crypto/key_store_plain.go
+++ b/crypto/key_store_plain.go
@@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ func GetKeyAddresses(keysDirPath string) (addresses [][]byte, err error) {
 	}
 	addresses = make([][]byte, len(fileInfos))
 	for i, fileInfo := range fileInfos {
-		addresses[i] = make([]byte, 40)
-		addresses[i] = []byte(fileInfo.Name())
+		address, err := hex.DecodeString(fileInfo.Name())
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		addresses[i] = address
 	}
 	return addresses, err
 }