diff --git a/examples/directives/Cargo.toml b/examples/directives/Cargo.toml
index 31a497569..6d7967fba 100644
--- a/examples/directives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/directives/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = ["Clipboard", "Navigator"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.0"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
-web-sys = "0.3"
-gloo-timers = { version = "0.3", features = ["futures"] }
+web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = ["NodeList"] }
diff --git a/examples/directives/src/lib.rs b/examples/directives/src/lib.rs
index cfda5e35c..737e37f4f 100644
--- a/examples/directives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/directives/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
         <a href="#" use:copy_to_clipboard=data>"Copy \"" {data} "\" to clipboard"</a>
         // automatically applies the directive to every root element in `SomeComponent`
         <SomeComponent use:highlight />
-        <p use:highlight>"click me"</p>
         // no value will default to `().into()`
         <button use:add_dot>"Add a dot"</button>
         // `5.into()` automatically called
diff --git a/examples/directives/tests/web.rs b/examples/directives/tests/web.rs
index e41b317d3..5bbc17309 100644
--- a/examples/directives/tests/web.rs
+++ b/examples/directives/tests/web.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-use gloo_timers::future::sleep;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use directives::App;
+use leptos::{prelude::*, spawn::tick};
 use wasm_bindgen::JsCast;
 use wasm_bindgen_test::*;
-
-wasm_bindgen_test_configure!(run_in_browser);
-use directives::App;
-use leptos::prelude::*;
 use web_sys::HtmlElement;
 
+wasm_bindgen_test_configure!(run_in_browser);
 #[wasm_bindgen_test]
 async fn test_directives() {
-    mount_to_body(|| view! { <App/> });
-    sleep(Duration::ZERO).await;
+    leptos::mount::mount_to_body(App);
+    tick().await;
 
-    let document = leptos::document();
+    let document = document();
     let paragraphs = document.query_selector_all("p").unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(paragraphs.length(), 3);