diff --git a/test-browser-debugger/test/vmdebugger.js b/test-browser-debugger/test/vmdebugger.js
index 76cb2c0212..4869a60ec9 100644
--- a/test-browser-debugger/test/vmdebugger.js
+++ b/test-browser-debugger/test/vmdebugger.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ module.exports = {
   'vmdebugger': function (browser) {
     loadTraceNotFound(browser)
     .click('#unload')
-    loadTrace(browser)
-    .click('#unload')
     panels(browser)
     .click('#unload')
     slider(browser)
@@ -40,31 +38,13 @@ function loadTraceNotFound (browser) {
     .click('#load')
     .click('#txinfo .title')
     .execute(function () {
-      return document.querySelector('#txinfo .dropdownpanel .dropdownrawcontent').innerHTML
+      return document.querySelector('#debugger #error').innerHTML
     }, [], function (result) {
       console.log(result.value)
-      if (result.value.indexOf('not found') === -1) {
-        browser.assert.fail(' txinput panel does not contain <not found> ', 'info about error', '')
-      }
-    })
-  return browser
-}
-
-function loadTrace (browser) {
-  browser
-    .clearValue('#txinput')
-    .setValue('#txinput', '0x20ef65b8b186ca942fcccd634f37074dde49b541c27994fc7596740ef44cfd51')
-    .click('#load')
-    .click('#txinfo .title')
-    .execute(function () {
-      return document.querySelector('#txinfo .dropdownpanel .dropdownrawcontent').innerHTML
-    }, [], function (result) {
-      if (result.value.indexOf('0x20ef65b8b186ca942fcccd634f37074dde49b541c27994fc7596740ef44cfd51') === -1) {
-        browser.assert.fail(' txinput panel does not contain 0x20ef65b8b186ca942fcccd634f37074dde49b541c27994fc7596740ef44cfd51 ', 'info about error', '')
+      if (result.value.indexOf('unable to retrieve tx 0x20ef65b8b186ca942zcccd634f37074dde49b541c27994fc7596740ef44cfd51') === -1) {
+        browser.assert.fail(' "unable to retrieve tx ..." error message should have been displayed ', 'info about error', '')
       }
     })
-    .click('#unload')
-    .waitForElementNotVisible('#vmdebugger', 1000)
   return browser
 }
 
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
index 4e7b4b3ae7..1a1ab80eef 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
       .click('span#tx0x0571a2439ea58bd349dd130afb8aff62a33af14c06de0dbc3928519bdf13ce2e div[class^="debug"]')
       .pause(1000)
       .click('#jumppreviousbreakpoint')
-      .click('#stepdetail .title .fa')
-      .click('#asmcodes .title .fa')
       .pause(500)
       .perform(function (client, done) {
         console.log('goToVMtraceStep')