diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
index 78f5d52511..a507e8e585 100644
--- a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-date-page/browse-by-date-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ENV_CONFIG, GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { BrowseEntrySearchOptions } from '../../core/browse/browse-entry-search-options.model';
 import { toRemoteData } from '../+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.spec';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 describe('BrowseByDatePageComponent', () => {
   let comp: BrowseByDatePageComponent;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ describe('BrowseByDatePageComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [CommonModule, RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [BrowseByDatePageComponent, EnumKeysPipe],
+      declarations: [BrowseByDatePageComponent, EnumKeysPipe, VarDirective],
       providers: [
         { provide: GLOBAL_CONFIG, useValue: ENV_CONFIG },
         { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.spec.ts
index 927effd303..553bd00f56 100644
--- a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { MockRouter } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../core/shared/resource-type';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
 import { BrowseEntry } from '../../core/shared/browse-entry.model';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 describe('BrowseByMetadataPageComponent', () => {
   let comp: BrowseByMetadataPageComponent;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ describe('BrowseByMetadataPageComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [CommonModule, RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [BrowseByMetadataPageComponent, EnumKeysPipe],
+      declarations: [BrowseByMetadataPageComponent, EnumKeysPipe, VarDirective],
       providers: [
         { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
         { provide: BrowseService, useValue: mockBrowseService },
diff --git a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts
index 3bc69e5fcb..90623eb3c7 100644
--- a/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-title-page/browse-by-title-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.serv
 import { BrowseService } from '../../core/browse/browse.service';
 import { MockRouter } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 describe('BrowseByTitlePageComponent', () => {
   let comp: BrowseByTitlePageComponent;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ describe('BrowseByTitlePageComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [CommonModule, RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [BrowseByTitlePageComponent, EnumKeysPipe],
+      declarations: [BrowseByTitlePageComponent, EnumKeysPipe, VarDirective],
       providers: [
         { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
         { provide: BrowseService, useValue: mockBrowseService },