diff --git a/spec/editor-component-spec.coffee b/spec/editor-component-spec.coffee
index 7ae9765eb..e7e6ccf68 100644
--- a/spec/editor-component-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/editor-component-spec.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ReactEditorView = require '../src/react-editor-view'
 nbsp = String.fromCharCode(160)
 
-describe "EditorComponent", ->
+fdescribe "EditorComponent", ->
   [editor, wrapperView, component, node, verticalScrollbarNode, horizontalScrollbarNode] = []
   [lineHeightInPixels, charWidth, delayAnimationFrames, nextAnimationFrame] = []
 
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ describe "EditorComponent", ->
         else
           fn()
 
-      editor = atom.project.openSync('sample.js')
+    waitsForPromise ->
+      atom.project.open('sample.js').then (o) -> editor = o
+
+    runs ->
       wrapperView = new ReactEditorView(editor)
       wrapperView.attachToDom()
       {component} = wrapperView
diff --git a/spec/tokenized-line-spec.coffee b/spec/tokenized-line-spec.coffee
index 9e017c9ec..cd0e1e497 100644
--- a/spec/tokenized-line-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/tokenized-line-spec.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe "TokenizedLine", ->
 
   describe "::getScopeTree()", ->
     it "returns a tree whose inner nodes are scopes and whose leaf nodes are tokens in those scopes", ->
-      editor = atom.project.openSync('coffee.coffee')
+      editor = null
 
       ensureValidScopeTree = (scopeTree, scopes=[]) ->
         if scopeTree.children?
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ describe "TokenizedLine", ->
           expect(scopeTree).toBe tokens[tokenIndex++]
           expect(scopes).toEqual scopeTree.scopes
 
-      tokenIndex = 0
-      tokens = editor.lineForScreenRow(1).tokens
-      scopeTree = editor.lineForScreenRow(1).getScopeTree()
-      ensureValidScopeTree(scopeTree)
+      waitsForPromise ->
+        atom.project.open('coffee.coffee').then (o) -> editor = o
+
+      runs ->
+        tokenIndex = 0
+        tokens = editor.lineForScreenRow(1).tokens
+        scopeTree = editor.lineForScreenRow(1).getScopeTree()
+        ensureValidScopeTree(scopeTree)