diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/issues_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/issues_controller_spec.rb
index 18d0be3c103c658c352a7567b2cc334d23196b37..13a39b1b260df9b04be924d243d0e8e0ca5d9c18 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/issues_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/issues_controller_spec.rb
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ describe Projects::IssuesController do
         delete :destroy, namespace_id: project.namespace, project_id: project, id: issue.iid
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(302)
-        expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/The issue was successfully deleted\./).now
+        expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/The issue was successfully deleted\./)
       end
 
       it 'delegates the update of the todos count cache to TodoService' do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
index c193babead039eeefffbe3feb672b9d6e62ca959..2fce4b7a85f38baaafe115a2da632f07f9577d74 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/projects/merge_requests_controller_spec.rb
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ describe Projects::MergeRequestsController do
         delete :destroy, namespace_id: project.namespace, project_id: project, id: merge_request.iid
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(302)
-        expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/The merge request was successfully deleted\./).now
+        expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/The merge request was successfully deleted\./)
       end
 
       it 'delegates the update of the todos count cache to TodoService' do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/sent_notifications_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/sent_notifications_controller_spec.rb
index 7340a4e16c02043b9c1fa73825fc38f5532b1c02..c8771eda3130192acdef00e5da51c41b860a121a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/sent_notifications_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/sent_notifications_controller_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe SentNotificationsController, type: :controller do
         end
 
         it 'sets the flash message' do
-          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/).now
+          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/)
         end
 
         it 'redirects to the login page' do
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe SentNotificationsController, type: :controller do
         end
 
         it 'sets the flash message' do
-          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/).now
+          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/)
         end
 
         it 'redirects to the issue page' do
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe SentNotificationsController, type: :controller do
         end
 
         it 'sets the flash message' do
-          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/).now
+          expect(controller).to set_flash[:notice].to(/unsubscribed/)
         end
 
         it 'redirects to the merge request page' do