diff --git a/features/project/merge_requests.feature b/features/project/merge_requests.feature
index 3ca099b95726fd03b3a61fb760537318bbc35a70..556b96338d6de044a6cf912079cf4c50118902f8 100644
--- a/features/project/merge_requests.feature
+++ b/features/project/merge_requests.feature
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Feature: Project Merge Requests
     And I click link "Close"
     Then I should see closed merge request "Bug NS-04"
 
-  @javascript
   Scenario: I submit new unassigned merge request
     Given I click link "New Merge Request"
     And I submit new merge request "Wiki Feature"
diff --git a/features/steps/project/project_merge_requests.rb b/features/steps/project/project_merge_requests.rb
index fcbae8b8fb0dcc7452c19fee57b8f3656496c73e..cc2648c62043b3abefc581d796f1c91675a19f64 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/project_merge_requests.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/project_merge_requests.rb
@@ -60,20 +60,8 @@ class ProjectMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
 
   step 'I submit new merge request "Wiki Feature"' do
     fill_in "merge_request_title", with: "Wiki Feature"
-
-    # this must come first, so that the target branch is set
-    # by the time the "select" for "notes_refactoring" is executed
-    select project.path_with_namespace, from: "merge_request_target_project_id"
     select "master", from: "merge_request_source_branch"
-
-    find(:select, "merge_request_target_project_id", {}).value.should == project.id.to_s
-    find(:select, "merge_request_source_project_id", {}).value.should == project.id.to_s
-
-    # using "notes_refactoring" because "Bug NS-04" uses master/stable,
-    # this will fail merge_request validation if the branches are the same
-    find(:select, "merge_request_target_branch", {}).find(:option, "notes_refactoring", {}).value.should == "notes_refactoring"
     select "notes_refactoring", from: "merge_request_target_branch"
-
     click_button "Submit merge request"
   end