diff --git a/fstest/test_all/test_all.go b/fstest/test_all/test_all.go
index 31bf8fcbe..8e4cc1a67 100644
--- a/fstest/test_all/test_all.go
+++ b/fstest/test_all/test_all.go
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ func (t *test) cleanFs() error {
 		remote := dir.Remote()
 		if fstest.MatchTestRemote.MatchString(remote) {
 			log.Printf("Purging %s%s", t.remote, remote)
+			time.Sleep(2500 * time.Millisecond) // sleep to rate limit bucket deletes for gcs
 			dir, err := fs.NewFs(t.remote + remote)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err