diff --git a/kombu/compat.py b/kombu/compat.py
index 1ca7bb7e..5dd260d8 100644
--- a/kombu/compat.py
+++ b/kombu/compat.py
@@ -234,15 +234,11 @@ class ConsumerSet(messaging.Consumer):
         return self.purge()
 
     def add_consumer_from_dict(self, queue, **options):
-        queue = entry_to_queue(queue, **options)(self.channel)
-        if self.auto_declare:
-            queue.declare()
-        self.queues.append(queue)
-        return queue
+        return self.add_queue(entry_to_queue(queue, **options))
 
     def add_consumer(self, consumer):
         for queue in consumer.queues:
-            self.queues.append(queue(self.channel))
+            self.add_queue(queue)
 
     def revive(self, channel):
         self.backend = channel
diff --git a/kombu/messaging.py b/kombu/messaging.py
index 2fc034ae..b78a720d 100644
--- a/kombu/messaging.py
+++ b/kombu/messaging.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class Producer(object):
         self.channel = channel
         self.exchange.revive(channel)
 
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
     def _prepare(self, body, serializer=None,
             content_type=None, content_encoding=None, compression=None,
             headers=None):
@@ -261,6 +264,13 @@ class Consumer(object):
     def __exit__(self, *exc_info):
         self.cancel()
 
+    def add_queue(self, queue):
+        queue = queue(self.channel)
+        if self.auto_declare:
+            queue.declare()
+        self.queues.append(queue)
+        return queue
+
     def consume(self, no_ack=None):
         """Register consumer on server.
 
diff --git a/kombu/transport/virtual/__init__.py b/kombu/transport/virtual/__init__.py
index b0b6d1de..c51dfae7 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/virtual/__init__.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/virtual/__init__.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class AbstractChannel(object):
         """Return the number of messages in `queue` as an :class:`int`."""
         return 0
 
-    def _delete(self, queue):
+    def _delete(self, queue, *args, **kwargs):
         """Delete `queue`.
 
         This just purges the queue, if you need to do more you can