diff --git a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-delete-page/workspaceitems-delete-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-delete-page/workspaceitems-delete-page.component.spec.ts
index c0094e36aa..ac2878e8bd 100644
--- a/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-delete-page/workspaceitems-delete-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-delete-page/workspaceitems-delete-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { routeServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/route-service.stub';
 import { LocationStub } from '../../shared/testing/location.stub';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router.stub';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
@@ -39,10 +40,6 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemsDeletePageComponent', () => {
     onDefaultLangChange: new EventEmitter()
   };
 
-  const modalService = {
-    open: () => {/** empty */},
-  };
-
   beforeEach(async () => {
     await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
@@ -94,12 +91,12 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemsDeletePageComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  /*it('should delete the target workspace item', () => {
-    spyOn((component as any).modalService, 'open').and.returnValue({});
+  it('should delete the target workspace item', () => {
+    spyOn((component as any).modalService, 'open').and.returnValue({result: Promise.resolve('ok')});
     component.confirmDelete(By.css('#delete-modal'));
     fixture.detectChanges();
     expect((component as any).modalService.open).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });*/
+  });
 
   it('should call workspaceItemService.delete', () => {
     component.sendDeleteRequest();