diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
index 120e846523..5b5ccd31ef 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/testing/utils';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 const itemType = 'Person';
 const metadataField = 'dc.contributor.author';
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [MetadataRepresentationListComponent],
+      declarations: [MetadataRepresentationListComponent, VarDirective],
       providers: [
         { provide: RelationshipService, useValue: relationshipService }
       ],
@@ -93,12 +94,16 @@ describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
   });
 
   describe('when viewMore is called', () => {
+    let originalLimit;
+
     beforeEach(() => {
+      // Store the original value of limit
+      originalLimit = comp.limit;
       comp.viewMore();
     });
 
-    it('should set the limit to a high number in order to retrieve all metadata representations', () => {
-      expect(comp.limit).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(999);
+    it('should increment the limit with incrementBy', () => {
+      expect(comp.limit).toEqual(originalLimit + comp.incrementBy);
     });
   });
 
@@ -108,8 +113,8 @@ describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       // Store the original value of limit
       originalLimit = comp.limit;
-      // Set limit to a random number
-      comp.limit = 458;
+      // Increase limit with incrementBy
+      comp.limit = originalLimit + comp.incrementBy;
       comp.viewLess();
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
index 6637091f02..842ac32bfb 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/related-items/related-items.component.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { createRelationshipsObservable } from '../item-types/shared/item.compone
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/testing/utils';
 import { RelationshipService } from '../../../core/data/relationship.service';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 const parentItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bitstreams: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(new PaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [])),
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ describe('RelatedItemsComponent', () => {
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [RelatedItemsComponent],
+      declarations: [RelatedItemsComponent, VarDirective],
       providers: [
         { provide: RelationshipService, useValue: relationshipService }
       ],
@@ -71,25 +72,23 @@ describe('RelatedItemsComponent', () => {
     });
 
     it('should call relationship-service\'s getRelatedItemsByLabel with the correct arguments', () => {
-      expect(relationshipService.getRelatedItemsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentItem, relationType, comp.allOptions);
-    });
-
-    it('should set showingAll to true', () => {
-      expect(comp.showingAll).toEqual(true);
+      expect(relationshipService.getRelatedItemsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentItem, relationType, Object.assign(comp.options, { elementsPerPage: comp.limit + comp.incrementBy }));
     });
   });
 
   describe('when viewLess is called', () => {
+    let originalLimit;
+
     beforeEach(() => {
+      // Store the original value of limit
+      originalLimit = comp.limit;
+      // Increase limit with incrementBy
+      comp.limit = originalLimit + comp.incrementBy;
       comp.viewLess();
     });
 
     it('should call relationship-service\'s getRelatedItemsByLabel with the correct arguments', () => {
-      expect(relationshipService.getRelatedItemsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentItem, relationType, comp.options);
-    });
-
-    it('should set showingAll to false', () => {
-      expect(comp.showingAll).toEqual(false);
+      expect(relationshipService.getRelatedItemsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentItem, relationType, Object.assign(comp.options, { elementsPerPage: originalLimit }));
     });
   });