diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/spec/requirejs_spec.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/spec/requirejs_spec.coffee
index fd3bc4ec42..1636dd9d21 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/spec/requirejs_spec.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/spec/requirejs_spec.coffee
@@ -1,68 +1,51 @@
-describe('RequireJS namespacing', function() {
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    this.addMatchers({
-      requirejsTobeUndefined: function() {
-        return (typeof requirejs === 'undefined');
-      },
-      requireTobeUndefined: function() {
-        return (typeof require === 'undefined');
-      },
-      defineTobeUndefined: function() {
-        return (typeof define === 'undefined');
-      },
-    });
-  });
+describe "RequireJS namespacing", ->
+  beforeEach ->
+    @addMatchers
+      requirejsTobeUndefined: ->
+        typeof requirejs is "undefined"
 
-    it('check that the RequireJS object is present in the global namespace', function() {
-        expect(RequireJS).toEqual(jasmine.any(Object));
-        expect(window.RequireJS).toEqual(jasmine.any(Object));
-    });
+      requireTobeUndefined: ->
+        typeof require is "undefined"
 
-    it('check that requirejs(), require(), and define() are not in the global namespace', function () {
-        expect({}).requirejsTobeUndefined();
-        expect({}).requireTobeUndefined();
-        expect({}).defineTobeUndefined();
+      defineTobeUndefined: ->
+        typeof define is "undefined"
 
-        expect(window.requirejs).not.toBeDefined();
-        expect(window.require).not.toBeDefined();
-        expect(window.define).not.toBeDefined();
-    });
-});
 
-describe('RequireJS module creation', function() {
-    var inDefineCallback, inRequireCallback;
+  it "check that the RequireJS object is present in the global namespace", ->
+    expect(RequireJS).toEqual jasmine.any(Object)
+    expect(window.RequireJS).toEqual jasmine.any(Object)
 
-    it('check that we can use RequireJS define() and require() a module', function() {
-        runs(function () {
-            inDefineCallback = false;
-            inRequireCallback = false;
+  it "check that requirejs(), require(), and define() are not in the global namespace", ->
+    expect({}).requirejsTobeUndefined()
+    expect({}).requireTobeUndefined()
+    expect({}).defineTobeUndefined()
+    expect(window.requirejs).not.toBeDefined()
+    expect(window.require).not.toBeDefined()
+    expect(window.define).not.toBeDefined()
 
-            RequireJS.define('test_module', [], function () {
-                inDefineCallback = true;
 
-                return {
-                    'module_status': 'OK'
-                };
-            });
+describe "RequireJS module creation", ->
+  inDefineCallback = undefined
+  inRequireCallback = undefined
+  it "check that we can use RequireJS define() and require() a module", ->
+    runs ->
+      inDefineCallback = false
+      inRequireCallback = false
+      RequireJS.define "test_module", [], ->
+        inDefineCallback = true
+        module_status: "OK"
 
-            RequireJS.require(['test_module'], function (test_module) {
-                inRequireCallback = true;
+      RequireJS.require ["test_module"], (test_module) ->
+        inRequireCallback = true
+        expect(test_module.module_status).toBe "OK"
 
-                expect(test_module.module_status).toBe('OK');
-            });
-        });
 
-        waitsFor(function () {
-            if ((inDefineCallback !== true) || (inRequireCallback !== true)) {
-                return false;
-            }
+    waitsFor (->
+      return false  if (inDefineCallback isnt true) or (inRequireCallback isnt true)
+      true
+    ), "We should eventually end up in the defined callback", 1000
+    runs ->
+      expect(inDefineCallback).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(inRequireCallback).toBeTruthy()
 
-            return true
-        }, 'We should eventually end up in the defined callback', 1000);
 
-        runs(function () {
-            expect(inDefineCallback).toBeTruthy();
-            expect(inRequireCallback).toBeTruthy();
-        });
-    });
-});