diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7ad49b372..fa10c6c90 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ env:
   global:
     - PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/pandoc:$PATH
   matrix:
+    - GROUP=js/notebook
     - GROUP=python
     - GROUP=js/base
-    - GROUP=js/notebook
     - GROUP=js/services
     - GROUP=js/tree
 
diff --git a/notebook/tests/util.js b/notebook/tests/util.js
index 0db1966a5..75969a7cc 100644
--- a/notebook/tests/util.js
+++ b/notebook/tests/util.js
@@ -78,15 +78,6 @@ casper.open_new_notebook = function () {
             });
         });
     });
-
-    // Because of the asynchronous nature of SlimerJS (Gecko), we need to make
-    // sure the notebook has actually been loaded into the IPython namespace
-    // before running any tests.
-    this.waitFor(function() {
-        return this.evaluate(function () {
-            return IPython.notebook;
-        });
-    });
 };
 
 casper.page_loaded = function() {