diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/DashboardBuilder_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/DashboardBuilder_spec.jsx
index 7215e0859b530..d7db40a245d17 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/DashboardBuilder_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/DashboardBuilder_spec.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import React from 'react';
 import { shallow, mount } from 'enzyme';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import ParentSize from '@vx/responsive/build/components/ParentSize';
 import { Sticky, StickyContainer } from 'react-sticky';
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ import DashboardBuilder from '../../../../src/dashboard/components/DashboardBuil
 import DashboardComponent from '../../../../src/dashboard/containers/DashboardComponent';
 import DashboardHeader from '../../../../src/dashboard/containers/DashboardHeader';
 import DashboardGrid from '../../../../src/dashboard/containers/DashboardGrid';
+import * as dashboardStateActions from '../../../../src/dashboard/actions/dashboardState';
+
 import WithDragDropContext from '../helpers/WithDragDropContext';
 import {
   dashboardLayout as undoableDashboardLayout,
@@ -24,6 +27,19 @@ const dashboardLayout = undoableDashboardLayout.present;
 const layoutWithTabs = undoableDashboardLayoutWithTabs.present;
 
 describe('DashboardBuilder', () => {
+  let favStarStub;
+
+  before(() => {
+    // this is invoked on mount, so we stub it instead of making a request
+    favStarStub = sinon
+      .stub(dashboardStateActions, 'fetchFaveStar')
+      .returns({ type: 'mock-action' });
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    favStarStub.restore();
+  });
+
   const props = {
     dashboardLayout,
     deleteTopLevelTabs() {},
diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/reducers/sliceEntities_spec.js b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/reducers/sliceEntities_spec.js
index df43ae591d5ae..1f15d391a6b47 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/reducers/sliceEntities_spec.js
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/reducers/sliceEntities_spec.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('sliceEntities reducer', () => {
   it('should set slices', () => {
     const result = sliceEntitiesReducer(
       { slices: { a: {} } },
-      { type: SET_ALL_SLICES, slices: { 1: {}, 2: {} } },
+      { type: SET_ALL_SLICES, payload: { slices: { 1: {}, 2: {} } } },
     );
 
     expect(result.slices).to.deep.equal({
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ describe('sliceEntities reducer', () => {
       {},
       {
         type: FETCH_ALL_SLICES_FAILED,
-        error: { responseJSON: { message: 'errorrr' } },
+        payload: { error: 'failed' },
       },
     );
     expect(result.isLoading).to.equal(false);
-    expect(result.errorMessage.indexOf('errorrr')).to.be.above(-1);
+    expect(result.errorMessage.indexOf('failed')).to.be.above(-1);
   });
 });