diff --git a/spec/emojis.js b/spec/emojis.js
index 8c50c0ebb..a96bfb656 100644
--- a/spec/emojis.js
+++ b/spec/emojis.js
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 const { Promise, $msg, $pres, sizzle } = converse.env;
 const u = converse.env.utils;
-const originalTimeout = jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
+const original_timeout = jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
 
 describe("Emojis", function () {
     describe("The emoji picker", function () {
 
         beforeEach(() => (jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 7000));
-        afterEach(() => (jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = originalTimeout));
+        afterEach(() => (jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = original_timeout));
 
         it("can be opened by clicking a button in the chat toolbar",
             mock.initConverse(
diff --git a/spec/presence.js b/spec/presence.js
index 99e7723ea..7086ea986 100644
--- a/spec/presence.js
+++ b/spec/presence.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 /*global mock */
 // See: https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc3921.html
 
+const original_timeout = jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL;
+
 describe("A sent presence stanza", function () {
 
+    beforeEach(() => (jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 7000));
+    afterEach(() => (jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = original_timeout));
+
     it("includes a entity capabilities node",
         mock.initConverse(
             ['rosterGroupsFetched'], {},