diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index 903be375b..3ee5949ab 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1579,6 +1579,23 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         editor.setText "var"
         expect(editor.find('.line').html()).toBe '<span class="source js"><span class="storage modifier js">var</span></span><span class="invisible">¬</span>'
 
+      it "allows invisible glyphs to be customized via config.editor.invisibles", ->
+        rootView.height(200)
+        rootView.attachToDom()
+        rightEditor = rootView.getActiveEditor()
+        rightEditor.setText(" \t ")
+        leftEditor = rightEditor.splitLeft()
+
+        config.editor.showInvisibles = true
+        config.editor.invisibles =
+          eol:   ";"
+          space: "_"
+          tab:   "tab"
+        config.update()
+
+        expect(rightEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
+        expect(leftEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
+
   describe "gutter rendering", ->
     beforeEach ->
       editor.attachToDom(heightInLines: 5.5)
diff --git a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
index 3f62422ab..6f00dd0b6 100644
--- a/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -712,30 +712,3 @@ describe "RootView", ->
 
       lowerRightEditor = rightEditor.splitDown()
       expect(lowerRightEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "    "
-
-  describe 'setInvisibles', ->
-    it 'updates the display of all edit sessions with the new map', ->
-      rootView.height(200)
-      rootView.attachToDom()
-      rightEditor = rootView.getActiveEditor()
-      rightEditor.setText(" \t ")
-      leftEditor = rightEditor.splitLeft()
-
-      rootView.setInvisibles
-        eol:   ";"
-        space: "_"
-        tab:   "tab"
-
-      rootView.trigger "window:toggle-invisibles"
-      expect(rightEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
-      expect(leftEditor.find(".line:first").text()).toBe "_tab _;"
-
-  describe 'getInvisibles', ->
-    it 'contains an eol key with a value', ->
-      expect(rootView.getInvisibles().eol).toBe "¬"
-
-    it 'contains a space key with a value', ->
-      expect(rootView.getInvisibles().space).toBe "•"
-
-    it 'contains a tab key with a value', ->
-      expect(rootView.getInvisibles().tab).toBe "▸"