diff --git a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable.html b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable.html
index 3d1d3326e0..17f9745a6c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable.html
+++ b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable.html
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@
 <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 <ol id="qunit-tests"></ol>
 <div id="qunit-fixture">
-	<div id="main"></div>
-	<div id="draggable1" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px;">Relative</div>
-	<div id="draggable2" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px; position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 10px;"><span><em>Absolute</em></span></div>
-	<div id="droppable" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px; position: absolute; top: 110px; left: 110px;"><span>Absolute</span></div>
+	<div id="main">
+		<div id="draggable1" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px;">Relative</div>
+		<div id="draggable2" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px; position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 10px;"><span><em>Absolute</em></span></div>
+		<div id="droppable" style="background: green; width: 200px; height: 100px; position: absolute; top: 110px; left: 110px;"><span>Absolute</span></div>
+	</div>
 	<div style="width: 1px; height: 1000px;"></div>
 	<div style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 2000px;"></div>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_options.js b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_options.js
index ef551003db..27d53639f2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_options.js
+++ b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_options.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test( "{ appendTo: 'parent' }, default", function() {
 	equal( element.draggable( "option", "appendTo" ), "parent" );
 
 	TestHelpers.draggable.move( element, 1, 1 );
-	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#qunit-fixture" )[ 0 ] );
+	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#main" )[ 0 ] );
 });
 
 test( "{ appendTo: Element }", function() {
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ test( "appendTo, default, switching after initialization", function() {
 
 	// Move and make sure element was appended to fixture
 	TestHelpers.draggable.move( element, 1, 1 );
-	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#qunit-fixture" )[ 0 ] );
+	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#main" )[ 0 ] );
 
 	// Move and make sure element was appended to main
-	element.draggable( "option", "appendTo", $( "#main" ) );
+	element.draggable( "option", "appendTo", $( "#qunit-fixture" ) );
 	TestHelpers.draggable.move( element, 2, 2 );
-	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#main" )[ 0 ] );
+	equal( element.data( "last_dragged_parent" ), $( "#qunit-fixture" )[ 0 ] );
 });
 
 test( "{ axis: false }, default", function() {
diff --git a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_test_helpers.js b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_test_helpers.js
index b365055568..00ff08d3e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_test_helpers.js
+++ b/tests/unit/draggable/draggable_test_helpers.js
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ TestHelpers.draggable = {
 
 		$( handle ).simulate( "drag", {
 			dx: dx,
-			dy: dy
+			dy: dy,
+			// moves is 1 here because simulate currently fire events synchronously
+			// so we can't faithfully test things that rely on a scroll event (which is async)
+			moves: 1
 		});
 		offsetAfter = el.offset();
 
@@ -43,9 +46,7 @@ TestHelpers.draggable = {
 	},
 	setScroll: function( what ) {
 		if( what ) {
-			// TODO: currently, the draggable interaction doesn't properly account for scrolled pages,
-			// uncomment the line below to make the tests fail that should when the page is scrolled
-			// $( document ).scrollTop( 100 ).scrollLeft( 100 );
+			$( document ).scrollTop( 100 ).scrollLeft( 100 );
 		} else {
 			$( "#main" ).scrollTop( 100 ).scrollLeft( 100 );
 		}