diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/23036-replace-dashboard-new-project-spinach.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/23036-replace-dashboard-new-project-spinach.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5f78202c932b5b1a16d7f316b8de56309dba12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/23036-replace-dashboard-new-project-spinach.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Replace 'dashboard/new-project.feature' spinach with rspec
+merge_request: 12550
+author: Alexander Randa (@randaalex)
diff --git a/features/dashboard/new_project.feature b/features/dashboard/new_project.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 046e2815d4ea8d3735c1f5c94c712d21ea701454..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/dashboard/new_project.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-@dashboard
-Feature: New Project
-Background:
-  Given I sign in as a user
-  And I own project "Shop"
-  And I visit dashboard page
-  And I click "New project" link
-
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: I should see New Projects page
-  Then I see "New Project" page
-  Then I see all possible import options
-
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: I should see instructions on how to import from Git URL
-  Given I see "New Project" page
-  When I click on "Repo by URL"
-  Then I see instructions on how to import from Git URL
-
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: I should see instructions on how to import from GitHub
-  Given I see "New Project" page
-  When I click on "Import project from GitHub"
-  Then I am redirected to the GitHub import page
-
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: I should see Google Code import page
-  Given I see "New Project" page
-  When I click on "Google Code"
-  Then I redirected to Google Code import page
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 530fd6f7bdb8148995dc20dcb3824b54dcd51c60..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/new_project.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-class Spinach::Features::NewProject < Spinach::FeatureSteps
-  include SharedAuthentication
-  include SharedPaths
-  include SharedProject
-
-  step 'I click "New project" link' do
-    page.within '#content-body' do
-      click_link "New project"
-    end
-  end
-
-  step 'I click "New project" in top right menu' do
-    page.within '.header-content' do
-      click_link "New project"
-    end
-  end
-
-  step 'I see "New Project" page' do
-    expect(page).to have_content('Project path')
-    expect(page).to have_content('Project name')
-  end
-
-  step 'I see all possible import options' do
-    expect(page).to have_link('GitHub')
-    expect(page).to have_link('Bitbucket')
-    expect(page).to have_link('GitLab.com')
-    expect(page).to have_link('Google Code')
-    expect(page).to have_button('Repo by URL')
-    expect(page).to have_link('GitLab export')
-  end
-
-  step 'I click on "Import project from GitHub"' do
-    first('.import_github').click
-  end
-
-  step 'I am redirected to the GitHub import page' do
-    expect(page).to have_content('Import Projects from GitHub')
-    expect(current_path).to eq new_import_github_path
-  end
-
-  step 'I click on "Repo by URL"' do
-    first('.import_git').click
-  end
-
-  step 'I see instructions on how to import from Git URL' do
-    git_import_instructions = first('.js-toggle-content')
-    expect(git_import_instructions).to be_visible
-    expect(git_import_instructions).to have_content "Git repository URL"
-  end
-
-  step 'I click on "Google Code"' do
-    first('.import_google_code').click
-  end
-
-  step 'I redirected to Google Code import page' do
-    expect(page).to have_content('Import projects from Google Code')
-    expect(current_path).to eq new_import_google_code_path
-  end
-end
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/starred_projects.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/starred_projects.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c33813e550b8e7c3f5b51cf202f46e1a5694ce17..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/starred_projects.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-class Spinach::Features::DashboardStarredProjects < Spinach::FeatureSteps
-  include SharedAuthentication
-  include SharedPaths
-  include SharedProject
-
-  step 'I starred project "Community"' do
-    current_user.toggle_star(Project.find_by(name: 'Community'))
-  end
-
-  step 'I should not see project "Shop"' do
-    page.within '.projects-list' do
-      expect(page).not_to have_content('Shop')
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
index f29186f368df749082fc9ccd962a58428ade1994..e9ef5d7983a8bb5cadf596cec9d2d2e3e70b0fd3 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Projects', feature: true do
+feature 'Dashboard Projects' do
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
-  let(:project) { create(:project, name: "awesome stuff") }
+  let(:project) { create(:project, name: 'awesome stuff') }
   let(:project2) { create(:project, :public, name: 'Community project') }
 
   before do
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Projects', feature: true do
     expect(page).to have_content('awesome stuff')
   end
 
+  it 'shows "New project" button' do
+    visit dashboard_projects_path
+
+    page.within '#content-body' do
+      expect(page).to have_link('New project')
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'when last_repository_updated_at, last_activity_at and update_at are present' do
     it 'shows the last_repository_updated_at attribute as the update date' do
       project.update_attributes!(last_repository_updated_at: Time.now, last_activity_at: 1.hour.ago)
@@ -47,8 +55,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Projects', feature: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "with a pipeline", redis: true do
-    let!(:pipeline) {  create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.sha) }
+  describe 'with a pipeline', redis: true do
+    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.sha) }
 
     before do
       # Since the cache isn't updated when a new pipeline is created
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/new_project_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/new_project_spec.rb
index 37d9a97033bca85b9229ab51e384f54bc8d22e00..22fb122373983a00f60fb9049c2b6d4274e9c20d 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/new_project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/new_project_spec.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
-require "spec_helper"
+require 'spec_helper'
 
-feature "New project", feature: true do
+feature 'New project' do
   let(:user) { create(:admin) }
 
   before do
-    gitlab_sign_in(user)
+    sign_in(user)
   end
 
-  context "Visibility level selector" do
+  it 'shows "New project" page' do
+    visit new_project_path
+
+    expect(page).to have_content('Project path')
+    expect(page).to have_content('Project name')
+
+    expect(page).to have_link('GitHub')
+    expect(page).to have_link('Bitbucket')
+    expect(page).to have_link('GitLab.com')
+    expect(page).to have_link('Google Code')
+    expect(page).to have_button('Repo by URL')
+    expect(page).to have_link('GitLab export')
+  end
+
+  context 'Visibility level selector' do
     Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.options.each do |key, level|
       it "sets selector to #{key}" do
         stub_application_setting(default_project_visibility: level)
@@ -28,20 +42,20 @@ feature "New project", feature: true do
     end
   end
 
-  context "Namespace selector" do
-    context "with user namespace" do
+  context 'Namespace selector' do
+    context 'with user namespace' do
       before do
         visit new_project_path
       end
 
-      it "selects the user namespace" do
-        namespace = find("#project_namespace_id")
+      it 'selects the user namespace' do
+        namespace = find('#project_namespace_id')
 
         expect(namespace.text).to eq user.username
       end
     end
 
-    context "with group namespace" do
+    context 'with group namespace' do
       let(:group) { create(:group, :private, owner: user) }
 
       before do
@@ -49,13 +63,13 @@ feature "New project", feature: true do
         visit new_project_path(namespace_id: group.id)
       end
 
-      it "selects the group namespace" do
-        namespace = find("#project_namespace_id option[selected]")
+      it 'selects the group namespace' do
+        namespace = find('#project_namespace_id option[selected]')
 
         expect(namespace.text).to eq group.name
       end
 
-      context "on validation error" do
+      context 'on validation error' do
         before do
           fill_in('project_path', with: 'private-group-project')
           choose('Internal')
@@ -64,15 +78,15 @@ feature "New project", feature: true do
           expect(page).to have_css '.project-edit-errors .alert.alert-danger'
         end
 
-        it "selects the group namespace" do
-          namespace = find("#project_namespace_id option[selected]")
+        it 'selects the group namespace' do
+          namespace = find('#project_namespace_id option[selected]')
 
           expect(namespace.text).to eq group.name
         end
       end
     end
 
-    context "with subgroup namespace" do
+    context 'with subgroup namespace' do
       let(:group) { create(:group, :private, owner: user) }
       let(:subgroup) { create(:group, parent: group) }
 
@@ -81,8 +95,8 @@ feature "New project", feature: true do
         visit new_project_path(namespace_id: subgroup.id)
       end
 
-      it "selects the group namespace" do
-        namespace = find("#project_namespace_id option[selected]")
+      it 'selects the group namespace' do
+        namespace = find('#project_namespace_id option[selected]')
 
         expect(namespace.text).to eq subgroup.full_path
       end
@@ -94,10 +108,45 @@ feature "New project", feature: true do
       visit new_project_path
     end
 
-    it 'does not autocomplete sensitive git repo URL' do
-      autocomplete = find('#project_import_url')['autocomplete']
+    context 'from git repository url' do
+      before do
+        first('.import_git').click
+      end
+
+      it 'does not autocomplete sensitive git repo URL' do
+        autocomplete = find('#project_import_url')['autocomplete']
+
+        expect(autocomplete).to eq('off')
+      end
+
+      it 'shows import instructions' do
+        git_import_instructions = first('.js-toggle-content')
 
-      expect(autocomplete).to eq('off')
+        expect(git_import_instructions).to be_visible
+        expect(git_import_instructions).to have_content 'Git repository URL'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'from GitHub' do
+      before do
+        first('.import_github').click
+      end
+
+      it 'shows import instructions' do
+        expect(page).to have_content('Import Projects from GitHub')
+        expect(current_path).to eq new_import_github_path
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'from Google Code' do
+      before do
+        first('.import_google_code').click
+      end
+
+      it 'shows import instructions' do
+        expect(page).to have_content('Import projects from Google Code')
+        expect(current_path).to eq new_import_google_code_path
+      end
     end
   end
 end