diff --git a/spec/atom-spec.coffee b/spec/atom-spec.coffee
index 4dc934587..54a94c9a8 100644
--- a/spec/atom-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/atom-spec.coffee
@@ -241,15 +241,15 @@ describe "the `atom` global", ->
               two = atom.themes.stringToId(two)
               three = atom.themes.stringToId(three)
 
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).not.toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).not.toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).not.toExist()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).toBeNull()
 
               atom.packages.activatePackage("package-with-stylesheets-manifest")
 
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).not.toExist()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).not.toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).not.toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).toBeNull()
               expect($('#jasmine-content').css('font-size')).toBe '1px'
 
           describe "when the metadata does not contain a 'stylesheets' manifest", ->
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ describe "the `atom` global", ->
               two = atom.themes.stringToId(two)
               three = atom.themes.stringToId(three)
 
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).not.toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).not.toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).not.toExist()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).toBeNull()
 
               atom.packages.activatePackage("package-with-stylesheets")
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).toExist()
-              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).toExist()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(one)).not.toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(two)).not.toBeNull()
+              expect(atom.themes.stylesheetElementForId(three)).not.toBeNull()
               expect($('#jasmine-content').css('font-size')).toBe '3px'
 
         describe "grammar loading", ->