diff --git a/cgroups/cgroupsv1.go b/cgroups/cgroupsv1.go
index a1b648f..1c356ad 100644
--- a/cgroups/cgroupsv1.go
+++ b/cgroups/cgroupsv1.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ func AddV1(
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create cgroups (path: %s): %w", path, err)
 	}
-	defer cg.Delete()
 
 	if err := cg.Add(cgroup1.Process{Pid: pid}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("add cgroups (path: %s, pid: %d): %w", path, pid, err)
@@ -31,3 +30,18 @@ func AddV1(
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func DeleteV1(path string) error {
+	staticPath := cgroup1.StaticPath(path)
+
+	cg, err := cgroup1.Load(staticPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load cgroups (path: %s): %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := cg.Delete(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete cgroups (path: %s): %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/container/container_delete.go b/container/container_delete.go
index ef87de3..31d82c0 100644
--- a/container/container_delete.go
+++ b/container/container_delete.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/nixpig/brownie/cgroups"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 func (c *Container) Delete(force bool) error {
@@ -12,12 +14,12 @@ func (c *Container) Delete(force bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("container cannot be deleted in current state (%s)", c.Status())
 	}
 
-	process, err := os.FindProcess(c.PID())
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("find container process (%d): %w", c.PID(), err)
+	if err := c.Kill(unix.SIGKILL); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("send sigkill to container: %w", err)
 	}
-	if process != nil {
-		process.Signal(syscall.Signal(9))
+
+	if err := cgroups.DeleteV1(c.Spec.Linux.CgroupsPath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("delete cgroups: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(containerRootDir, c.ID())); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/commands/kill.go b/internal/commands/kill.go
index c04d070..12bf7ce 100644
--- a/internal/commands/kill.go
+++ b/internal/commands/kill.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/nixpig/brownie/container"
 	"github.com/nixpig/brownie/signal"
 )
@@ -18,10 +16,7 @@ func Kill(opts *KillOpts) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s, err := signal.FromString(opts.Signal)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert to signal: %w", err)
-	}
+	s := signal.FromString(opts.Signal)
 
 	return cntr.Kill(s)
 }
diff --git a/signal/signal.go b/signal/signal.go
index 091de26..917117a 100644
--- a/signal/signal.go
+++ b/signal/signal.go
@@ -1,140 +1,139 @@
 package signal
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-func FromInt(s int) (syscall.Signal, error) {
+func FromInt(s int) syscall.Signal {
 	switch s {
 	case 1:
-		return syscall.SIGHUP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGHUP
 	case 2:
-		return syscall.SIGINT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGINT
 	case 3:
-		return syscall.SIGQUIT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGQUIT
 	case 4:
-		return syscall.SIGILL, nil
+		return syscall.SIGILL
 	case 5:
-		return syscall.SIGTRAP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTRAP
 	case 6:
-		return syscall.SIGIOT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGIOT
 	case 7:
-		return syscall.SIGBUS, nil
+		return syscall.SIGBUS
 	case 8:
-		return syscall.SIGFPE, nil
+		return syscall.SIGFPE
 	case 9:
-		return syscall.SIGKILL, nil
+		return syscall.SIGKILL
 	case 10:
-		return syscall.SIGUSR1, nil
+		return syscall.SIGUSR1
 	case 11:
-		return syscall.SIGSEGV, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSEGV
 	case 12:
-		return syscall.SIGUSR2, nil
+		return syscall.SIGUSR2
 	case 13:
-		return syscall.SIGPIPE, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPIPE
 	case 14:
-		return syscall.SIGALRM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGALRM
 	case 15:
-		return syscall.SIGTERM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTERM
 	case 16:
-		return syscall.SIGSTKFLT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSTKFLT
 	case 17:
-		return syscall.SIGCHLD, nil
+		return syscall.SIGCHLD
 	case 18:
-		return syscall.SIGCONT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGCONT
 	case 19:
-		return syscall.SIGSTOP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSTOP
 	case 20:
-		return syscall.SIGTSTP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTSTP
 	case 21:
-		return syscall.SIGTTIN, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTTIN
 	case 22:
-		return syscall.SIGTTOU, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTTOU
 	case 23:
-		return syscall.SIGURG, nil
+		return syscall.SIGURG
 	case 24:
-		return syscall.SIGXCPU, nil
+		return syscall.SIGXCPU
 	case 25:
-		return syscall.SIGXFSZ, nil
+		return syscall.SIGXFSZ
 	case 26:
-		return syscall.SIGVTALRM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGVTALRM
 	case 27:
-		return syscall.SIGPROF, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPROF
 	case 28:
-		return syscall.SIGWINCH, nil
+		return syscall.SIGWINCH
 	case 29:
-		return syscall.SIGIO, nil
+		return syscall.SIGIO
 	case 30:
-		return syscall.SIGPWR, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPWR
 	}
 
-	return 0, fmt.Errorf("convert int to signal (%d)", s)
+	return 0
 }
 
-func FromString(s string) (syscall.Signal, error) {
+func FromString(s string) syscall.Signal {
 	switch s {
 	case "SIGHUP", "HUP", "1":
-		return syscall.SIGHUP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGHUP
 	case "SIGINT", "INT", "2":
-		return syscall.SIGINT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGINT
 	case "SIGQUIT", "QUIT", "3":
-		return syscall.SIGQUIT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGQUIT
 	case "SIGILL", "ILL", "4":
-		return syscall.SIGILL, nil
+		return syscall.SIGILL
 	case "SIGTRAP", "TRAP", "5":
-		return syscall.SIGTRAP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTRAP
 	case "SIGIOT", "IOT", "6":
-		return syscall.SIGIOT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGIOT
 	case "SIGBUS", "BUS", "7":
-		return syscall.SIGBUS, nil
+		return syscall.SIGBUS
 	case "SIGFPE", "FPE", "8":
-		return syscall.SIGFPE, nil
+		return syscall.SIGFPE
 	case "SIGKILL", "KILL", "9":
-		return syscall.SIGKILL, nil
+		return syscall.SIGKILL
 	case "SIGUSR1", "USR1", "10":
-		return syscall.SIGUSR1, nil
+		return syscall.SIGUSR1
 	case "SIGSEGV", "SEGV", "11":
-		return syscall.SIGSEGV, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSEGV
 	case "SIGUSR2", "USR2", "12":
-		return syscall.SIGUSR2, nil
+		return syscall.SIGUSR2
 	case "SIGPIPE", "PIPE", "13":
-		return syscall.SIGPIPE, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPIPE
 	case "SIGALRM", "ALRM", "14":
-		return syscall.SIGALRM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGALRM
 	case "SIGTERM", "TERM", "15":
-		return syscall.SIGTERM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTERM
 	case "SIGSTKFLT", "STKFLT", "16":
-		return syscall.SIGSTKFLT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSTKFLT
 	case "SIGCHLD", "CHLD", "17":
-		return syscall.SIGCHLD, nil
+		return syscall.SIGCHLD
 	case "SIGCONT", "CONT", "18":
-		return syscall.SIGCONT, nil
+		return syscall.SIGCONT
 	case "SIGSTOP", "STOP", "19":
-		return syscall.SIGSTOP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGSTOP
 	case "SIGTSTP", "TSTP", "20":
-		return syscall.SIGTSTP, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTSTP
 	case "SIGTTIN", "TTIN", "21":
-		return syscall.SIGTTIN, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTTIN
 	case "SIGTTOU", "TTOU", "22":
-		return syscall.SIGTTOU, nil
+		return syscall.SIGTTOU
 	case "SIGURG", "URG", "23":
-		return syscall.SIGURG, nil
+		return syscall.SIGURG
 	case "SIGXCPU", "XCPU", "24":
-		return syscall.SIGXCPU, nil
+		return syscall.SIGXCPU
 	case "SIGXFSZ", "XFSZ", "25":
-		return syscall.SIGXFSZ, nil
+		return syscall.SIGXFSZ
 	case "SIGVTALRM", "VTALRM", "26":
-		return syscall.SIGVTALRM, nil
+		return syscall.SIGVTALRM
 	case "SIGPROF", "PROF", "27":
-		return syscall.SIGPROF, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPROF
 	case "SIGWINCH", "WINCH", "28":
-		return syscall.SIGWINCH, nil
+		return syscall.SIGWINCH
 	case "SIGIO", "IO", "29":
-		return syscall.SIGIO, nil
+		return syscall.SIGIO
 	case "SIGPWR", "PWR", "30":
-		return syscall.SIGPWR, nil
+		return syscall.SIGPWR
 	}
 
-	return syscall.Signal(0), fmt.Errorf("convert string to signal (%s)", s)
+	return syscall.Signal(0)
 }