diff --git a/beets/importer.py b/beets/importer.py
index 16a2b123b..b3d3e2a3d 100644
--- a/beets/importer.py
+++ b/beets/importer.py
@@ -504,6 +504,9 @@ class ImportTask(object):
                          move=session.config['move'])
             self._emit_imported(session.lib)
 
+        if isinstance(self, ArchiveImportTask):
+            self.cleanup()
+
     def cleanup(self, copy=False, delete=False, move=False):
         """Remove and prune imported paths.
         """
diff --git a/test/test_importer.py b/test/test_importer.py
index 110c4a967..18f16254a 100644
--- a/test/test_importer.py
+++ b/test/test_importer.py
@@ -335,6 +335,41 @@ class NonAutotaggedImportTest(_common.TestCase, ImportHelper):
             self.assertEqual(os.readlink(filename), mediafile.path)
 
 
+def create_archive(session):
+    (handle, path) = mkstemp(dir=session.temp_dir)
+    os.close(handle)
+    archive = ZipFile(path, mode='w')
+    archive.write(os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'full.mp3'),
+                  'full.mp3')
+    archive.close()
+    return path
+
+
+class RmTempTest(unittest.TestCase, ImportHelper):
+    """Tests that temporarily extracted archives are properly removed
+    after usage.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.setup_beets()
+        self.want_resume = False
+        self.config['incremental'] = False
+        self._old_home = None
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.teardown_beets()
+
+    def test_rm(self):
+        zip_path = create_archive(self)
+        archive_task = importer.ArchiveImportTask(zip_path)
+        archive_task.extract()
+        tmp_path = archive_task.toppath
+        self._setup_import_session(autotag=False, import_dir=tmp_path)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(tmp_path))
+        archive_task.finalize(self)
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(tmp_path))
+
+
 class ImportZipTest(unittest.TestCase, ImportHelper):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -344,7 +379,7 @@ class ImportZipTest(unittest.TestCase, ImportHelper):
         self.teardown_beets()
 
     def test_import_zip(self):
-        zip_path = self.create_archive()
+        zip_path = create_archive(self)
         self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.items()), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.albums()), 0)
 
@@ -353,15 +388,6 @@ class ImportZipTest(unittest.TestCase, ImportHelper):
         self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.items()), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(self.lib.albums()), 1)
 
-    def create_archive(self):
-        (handle, path) = mkstemp(dir=self.temp_dir)
-        os.close(handle)
-        archive = ZipFile(path, mode='w')
-        archive.write(os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'full.mp3'),
-                      'full.mp3')
-        archive.close()
-        return path
-
 
 class ImportTarTest(ImportZipTest):