diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/quick-submit-fixture.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/quick-submit-fixture.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2cf05dabecdbedc893da3620d81831be898a497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/quick-submit-fixture.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Replace static fixture for behaviors/quick_submit_spec.js
+merge_request: 9086
+author: winniehell
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/behaviors/quick_submit_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/behaviors/quick_submit_spec.js
index 1541037888f2a647116d90d0e7d3cb1c0f2c1676..0e4c2c560cc44741172f8fa1e1dfb64cbd391556 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/behaviors/quick_submit_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/behaviors/quick_submit_spec.js
@@ -5,73 +5,83 @@ require('~/behaviors/quick_submit');
 (function() {
   describe('Quick Submit behavior', function() {
     var keydownEvent;
-    preloadFixtures('static/behaviors/quick_submit.html.raw');
+    preloadFixtures('issues/open-issue.html.raw');
     beforeEach(function() {
-      loadFixtures('static/behaviors/quick_submit.html.raw');
+      loadFixtures('issues/open-issue.html.raw');
       $('form').submit(function(e) {
         // Prevent a form submit from moving us off the testing page
         return e.preventDefault();
       });
-      return this.spies = {
+      this.spies = {
         submit: spyOnEvent('form', 'submit')
       };
+
+      this.textarea = $('.js-quick-submit textarea').first();
     });
     it('does not respond to other keyCodes', function() {
-      $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+      this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
         keyCode: 32
       }));
       return expect(this.spies.submit).not.toHaveBeenTriggered();
     });
     it('does not respond to Enter alone', function() {
-      $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+      this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
         ctrlKey: false,
         metaKey: false
       }));
       return expect(this.spies.submit).not.toHaveBeenTriggered();
     });
     it('does not respond to repeated events', function() {
-      $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+      this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
         repeat: true
       }));
       return expect(this.spies.submit).not.toHaveBeenTriggered();
     });
-    it('disables submit buttons', function() {
-      $('textarea').trigger(keydownEvent());
-      expect($('input[type=submit]')).toBeDisabled();
-      return expect($('button[type=submit]')).toBeDisabled();
+    it('disables input of type submit', function() {
+      const submitButton = $('.js-quick-submit input[type=submit]');
+      this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent());
+      expect(submitButton).toBeDisabled();
+    });
+    it('disables button of type submit', function() {
+      // button doesn't exist in fixture, add it manually
+      const submitButton = $('<button type="submit">Submit it</button>');
+      submitButton.insertAfter(this.textarea);
+
+      this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent());
+      expect(submitButton).toBeDisabled();
     });
     // We cannot stub `navigator.userAgent` for CI's `rake karma` task, so we'll
     // only run the tests that apply to the current platform
     if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Macintosh/)) {
       it('responds to Meta+Enter', function() {
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent());
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent());
         return expect(this.spies.submit).toHaveBeenTriggered();
       });
       it('excludes other modifier keys', function() {
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           altKey: true
         }));
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           ctrlKey: true
         }));
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           shiftKey: true
         }));
         return expect(this.spies.submit).not.toHaveBeenTriggered();
       });
     } else {
       it('responds to Ctrl+Enter', function() {
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent());
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent());
         return expect(this.spies.submit).toHaveBeenTriggered();
       });
       it('excludes other modifier keys', function() {
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           altKey: true
         }));
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           metaKey: true
         }));
-        $('input.quick-submit-input').trigger(keydownEvent({
+        this.textarea.trigger(keydownEvent({
           shiftKey: true
         }));
         return expect(this.spies.submit).not.toHaveBeenTriggered();
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/behaviors/quick_submit.html.haml b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/behaviors/quick_submit.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc2ceed42f4a22d067c59ed515e7dc595a79dd57..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/behaviors/quick_submit.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-%form.js-quick-submit{ action: '/foo' }
-  %input{ type: 'text', class: 'quick-submit-input'}
-  %textarea
-
-  %input{ type: 'submit'} Submit
-  %button.btn{ type: 'submit' } Submit