diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index e8a73fc87..40a6448fe 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -3051,16 +3051,12 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
         atom.packages.deactivatePackages()
         atom.packages.unloadPackages()
 
-      it 'will return correct values based on the scope of the set grammars', ->
+      it 'returns correct values based on the scope of the set grammars', ->
         atom.config.set '.source.coffee', 'editor.tabLength', 6
-        atom.config.set '.source.coffee .class', 'editor.tabLength', 4
 
         expect(editor.getTabLength()).toBe 2
         expect(coffeeEditor.getTabLength()).toBe 6
 
-        coffeeEditor.setCursorBufferPosition [0, 10]
-        expect(coffeeEditor.getTabLength(coffeeEditor.scopesAtCursor())).toBe 4
-
       it 'retokenizes when the tab length is updated via .setTabLength()', ->
         expect(editor.getTabLength()).toBe 2
         expect(editor.tokenizedLineForScreenRow(5).tokens[0].firstNonWhitespaceIndex).toBe 2