diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b46e860e1..5de68879ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
     "emberx-select": "^3.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-ember-suave": "^1.0.0",
     "loader.js": "^4.5.1",
-    "normalize.css": "^7.0.0"
+    "normalize.css": "^7.0.0",
+    "qunit-dom": "^0.3.2"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^8.1.3",
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/categories-test.js b/tests/acceptance/categories-test.js
index 32e57755f6..9fc4c02df0 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/categories-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/categories-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | categories');
 
@@ -11,9 +10,9 @@ test('listing categories', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/categories');
 
-    hasText(assert, '.row:eq(0) .desc .info span', '0 crates');
-    hasText(assert, '.row:eq(1) .desc .info span', '1 crate');
-    hasText(assert, '.row:eq(2) .desc .info span', '3,910 crates');
+    assert.dom('.desc .info span', find('.row').get(0)).hasText('0 crates');
+    assert.dom('.desc .info span', find('.row').get(1)).hasText('1 crate');
+    assert.dom('.desc .info span', find('.row').get(2)).hasText('3,910 crates');
 });
 
 test('category/:category_id index default sort is recent-downloads', async function(assert) {
@@ -21,6 +20,5 @@ test('category/:category_id index default sort is recent-downloads', async funct
 
     await visit('/categories/algorithms');
 
-    const $sort = findWithAssert('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown');
-    hasText(assert, $sort, 'Recent Downloads');
+    assert.dom('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown').hasText('Recent Downloads');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/crate-test.js b/tests/acceptance/crate-test.js
index ab57ee90b5..67e9c6297e 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/crate-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/crate-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import matchesText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/matches-text';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | crate page');
 
@@ -26,8 +24,8 @@ test('visiting /crates/nanomsg', async function(assert) {
     assert.equal(currentRouteName(), 'crate.index');
     assert.equal(document.title, 'nanomsg - Cargo: packages for Rust');
 
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h1').text(), 'nanomsg');
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h2').text(), '0.6.1');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h1').hasText('nanomsg');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h2').hasText('0.6.1');
 });
 
 test('visiting /crates/nanomsg/', async function(assert) {
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ test('visiting /crates/nanomsg/', async function(assert) {
     assert.equal(currentRouteName(), 'crate.index');
     assert.equal(document.title, 'nanomsg - Cargo: packages for Rust');
 
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h1').text(), 'nanomsg');
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h2').text(), '0.6.1');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h1').hasText('nanomsg');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h2').hasText('0.6.1');
 });
 
 test('visiting /crates/nanomsg/0.6.0', async function(assert) {
@@ -56,8 +54,8 @@ test('visiting /crates/nanomsg/0.6.0', async function(assert) {
     assert.equal(currentRouteName(), 'crate.version');
     assert.equal(document.title, 'nanomsg - Cargo: packages for Rust');
 
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h1').text(), 'nanomsg');
-    assert.equal(find('#crates-heading .info h2').text(), '0.6.0');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h1').hasText('nanomsg');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading .info h2').hasText('0.6.0');
 });
 
 test('navigating to the all versions page', async function(assert) {
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ test('navigating to the all versions page', async function(assert) {
     await visit('/crates/nanomsg');
     await click('#crate-versions span.small a');
 
-    matchesText(assert, '.info', /All 13 versions of nanomsg since December \d+, 2014/);
+    assert.dom('.info').hasText(/All 13\s+versions of nanomsg since\s+December \d+, 2014/);
 });
 
 test('navigating to the reverse dependencies page', async function(assert) {
@@ -76,10 +74,7 @@ test('navigating to the reverse dependencies page', async function(assert) {
     await click('a:contains("Dependent crates")');
 
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/crates/nanomsg/reverse_dependencies');
-
-    const $revDep = findWithAssert('a[href="/crates/unicorn-rpc"]:first');
-
-    hasText(assert, $revDep, 'unicorn-rpc');
+    assert.dom('a[href="/crates/unicorn-rpc"]').hasText('unicorn-rpc');
 });
 
 test('navigating to a user page', async function(assert) {
@@ -89,7 +84,7 @@ test('navigating to a user page', async function(assert) {
     await click('.owners li:last a');
 
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/users/blabaere');
-    hasText(assert, '#crates-heading h1', 'blabaere');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading h1').hasText('blabaere');
 });
 
 test('navigating to a team page', async function(assert) {
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ test('navigating to a team page', async function(assert) {
     await click('.owners li:first a ');
 
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse');
-    hasText(assert, '.team-info h2', 'thehydroimpulseteam');
+    assert.dom('.team-info h2').hasText('thehydroimpulseteam');
 });
 
 test('crates having user-owners', async function(assert) {
@@ -107,8 +102,8 @@ test('crates having user-owners', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/crates/nanomsg');
 
-    findWithAssert('ul.owners li:first a[href="/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse"] img[src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=64"]');
-    assert.equal(find('ul.owners li').length, 4);
+    assert.dom('ul.owners li a[href="/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse"] img[src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=64"]').exists();
+    assert.dom('ul.owners li').exists({ count: 4 });
 });
 
 test('crates having team-owners', async function(assert) {
@@ -116,15 +111,16 @@ test('crates having team-owners', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/crates/nanomsg');
 
-    findWithAssert('ul.owners li:first a[href="/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse"]');
-    assert.equal(find('ul.owners li').length, 4);
+    assert.dom('ul.owners li a[href="/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse"]').exists();
+    assert.dom('ul.owners li').exists({ count: 4 });
 });
 
 test('crates license is supplied by version', async function(assert) {
     server.loadFixtures();
 
     await visit('/crates/nanomsg');
-    hasText(assert, '.license', 'Apache-2.0');
+    assert.dom('.license').hasText('Apache-2.0');
+
     await click('#crate-versions a:contains("0.5.0")');
-    hasText(assert, '.license', 'MIT/Apache-2.0');
+    assert.dom('.license').hasText('MIT/Apache-2.0');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/crates-test.js b/tests/acceptance/crates-test.js
index 594f30cfa6..31f2fc9d22 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/crates-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/crates-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | crates page');
 
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ test('listing crates', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/crates');
 
-    hasText(assert, '.amt.small .cur', '1-10');
-    hasText(assert, '.amt.small .total', '19');
+    assert.dom('.amt.small .cur').hasText('1-10');
+    assert.dom('.amt.small .total').hasText('19');
 });
 
 test('navigating to next page of crates', async function(assert) {
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ test('navigating to next page of crates', async function(assert) {
     await click('.pagination .next');
 
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/crates?page=2');
-    hasText(assert, '.amt.small .cur', '11-19');
-    hasText(assert, '.amt.small .total', '19');
+    assert.dom('.amt.small .cur').hasText('11-19');
+    assert.dom('.amt.small .total').hasText('19');
 });
 
 test('crates default sort is alphabetical', async function(assert) {
@@ -49,22 +48,19 @@ test('crates default sort is alphabetical', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/crates');
 
-    const $sort = findWithAssert('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown');
-    hasText(assert, $sort, 'Alphabetical');
+    assert.dom('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown').hasText('Alphabetical');
 });
 
 test('downloads appears for each crate on crate list', async function(assert) {
     server.loadFixtures();
 
     await visit('/crates');
-    const $recentDownloads = findWithAssert('div.downloads:first span.num');
-    hasText(assert, $recentDownloads, 'All-Time: 497');
+    assert.dom('div.downloads span.num').hasText('All-Time: 497');
 });
 
 test('recent downloads appears for each crate on crate list', async function(assert) {
     server.loadFixtures();
 
     await visit('/crates');
-    const $recentDownloads = findWithAssert('div.recent-downloads:first span.num');
-    hasText(assert, $recentDownloads, 'Recent: 497');
+    assert.dom('div.recent-downloads span.num').hasText('Recent: 497');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/front-page-test.js b/tests/acceptance/front-page-test.js
index 7ebdcda54a..6301de9976 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/front-page-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/front-page-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | front page');
 
@@ -12,22 +11,19 @@ test('visiting /', async function(assert) {
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/');
     assert.equal(document.title, 'Cargo: packages for Rust');
 
-    findWithAssert('a[href="/install"]');
-    findWithAssert('a[href="/crates"]');
-    findWithAssert('a[href="/login"]');
+    assert.dom('a[href="/install"]').exists();
+    assert.dom('a[href="/crates"]').exists();
+    assert.dom('a[href="/login"]').exists();
 
-    hasText(assert, '.downloads .num', '122,669');
-    hasText(assert, '.crates .num', '19');
+    assert.dom('.downloads .num').hasText('122,669');
+    assert.dom('.crates .num').hasText('19');
 
-    const $newCrate = findWithAssert('#new-crates ul > li:first a');
-    hasText(assert, $newCrate, 'Inflector (0.1.6)');
-    assert.equal($newCrate.attr('href').trim(), '/crates/Inflector');
+    assert.dom('#new-crates ul > li a').hasText('Inflector (0.1.6)');
+    assert.dom('#new-crates ul > li a').hasAttribute('href', '/crates/Inflector');
 
-    const $mostDownloaded = findWithAssert('#most-downloaded ul > li:first a');
-    hasText(assert, $mostDownloaded, 'serde (0.6.1)');
-    assert.equal($mostDownloaded.attr('href').trim(), '/crates/serde');
+    assert.dom('#most-downloaded ul > li a').hasText('serde (0.6.1)');
+    assert.dom('#most-downloaded ul > li a').hasAttribute('href', '/crates/serde');
 
-    const $justUpdated = findWithAssert('#just-updated ul > li:first a');
-    hasText(assert, $justUpdated, 'nanomsg (0.7.0-alpha)');
-    assert.equal($justUpdated.attr('href').trim(), '/crates/nanomsg');
+    assert.dom('#just-updated ul > li a').hasText('nanomsg (0.7.0-alpha)');
+    assert.dom('#just-updated ul > li a').hasAttribute('href', '/crates/nanomsg');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/keyword-test.js b/tests/acceptance/keyword-test.js
index b89a2b9406..ec007c5168 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/keyword-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/keyword-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | keywords');
 
@@ -9,6 +8,5 @@ test('keyword/:keyword_id index default sort is recent-downloads', async functio
 
     await visit('/keywords/network');
 
-    const $sort = findWithAssert('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown');
-    hasText(assert, $sort, 'Recent Downloads');
+    assert.dom('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown').hasText('Recent Downloads');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/search-test.js b/tests/acceptance/search-test.js
index 0ae40213d5..e5b8791ebf 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/search-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/search-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | search');
 
@@ -17,15 +16,14 @@ test('searching for "rust"', async function(assert) {
     assert.equal(currentURL(), '/search?q=rust');
     assert.equal(document.title, 'Search Results for \'rust\' - Cargo: packages for Rust');
 
-    hasText(assert, '#crates-heading', 'Search Results for \'rust\'');
-    hasText(assert, '#results', 'Displaying 1-8 of 8 total results Sort by Relevance Relevance All-Time Downloads Recent Downloads');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading').hasText('Search Results for \'rust\'');
+    assert.dom('#results').hasText('Displaying 1-8 of 8 total results Sort by Relevance Relevance All-Time Downloads Recent Downloads');
+    assert.dom('#crates .row .desc .info').hasText('kinetic-rust');
+    assert.dom('#crates .row .desc .info .vers img[alt="0.0.16"]').exists();
 
-    hasText(assert, '#crates .row:first .desc .info', 'kinetic-rust');
-    findWithAssert('#crates .row:first .desc .info .vers img[alt="0.0.16"]');
-
-    hasText(assert, '#crates .row:first .desc .summary', 'A Kinetic protocol library written in Rust');
-    hasText(assert, '#crates .row:first .downloads', 'All-Time: 225');
-    findWithAssert('#crates .row:first .desc .info img[alt="Maintenance intention for this crate"]');
+    assert.dom('#crates .row .desc .summary').hasText('A Kinetic protocol library written in Rust');
+    assert.dom('#crates .row .downloads').hasText('All-Time: 225');
+    assert.dom('#crates .row .desc .info img[alt="Maintenance intention for this crate"]').exists();
 });
 
 test('pressing S key to focus the search bar', async function(assert) {
@@ -35,9 +33,8 @@ test('pressing S key to focus the search bar', async function(assert) {
     const KEYCODE_A = 65;
 
     function assertSearchBarIsFocused() {
-        const $searchBar = find('#cargo-desktop-search');
-        assert.equal($searchBar[0], document.activeElement);
-        $searchBar.blur();
+        assert.dom('#cargo-desktop-search').isFocused();
+        find('#cargo-desktop-search').blur();
     }
 
     await visit('/');
@@ -45,10 +42,8 @@ test('pressing S key to focus the search bar', async function(assert) {
     findWithAssert('#cargo-desktop-search').blur();
 
     await keyEvent(document, 'keypress', KEYCODE_A);
-
-    const $searchBar = find('#cargo-desktop-search');
-    assert.notEqual($searchBar[0], document.activeElement);
-    $searchBar.blur();
+    assert.dom('#cargo-desktop-search').isNotFocused();
+    find('#cargo-desktop-search').blur();
 
     await keyEvent(document, 'keypress', KEYCODE_S);
     assertSearchBarIsFocused();
@@ -67,6 +62,5 @@ test('check search results are by default displayed by relevance', async functio
 
     await wait();
 
-    const $sort = findWithAssert('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown');
-    hasText(assert, $sort, 'Relevance');
+    assert.dom('div.sort div.dropdown-container a.dropdown').hasText('Relevance');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/team-page-test.js b/tests/acceptance/team-page-test.js
index e96d5af61c..c4bd7345db 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/team-page-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/team-page-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | team page');
 
@@ -9,8 +8,8 @@ test('has team organization display', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse');
 
-    hasText(assert, '.team-info h1', 'org');
-    hasText(assert, '.team-info h2', 'thehydroimpulseteam');
+    assert.dom('.team-info h1').hasText('org');
+    assert.dom('.team-info h2').hasText('thehydroimpulseteam');
 });
 
 test('has link to github in team header', async function(assert) {
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ test('has link to github in team header', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubLink = findWithAssert('.info a');
-    assert.equal($githubLink.attr('href').trim(), 'https://github.com/org_test');
+    assert.dom('.info a').hasAttribute('href', 'https://github.com/org_test');
 });
 
 test('github link has image in team header', async function(assert) {
@@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ test('github link has image in team header', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubImg = findWithAssert('.info a img');
-    assert.equal($githubImg.attr('src').trim(), '/assets/GitHub-Mark-32px.png');
+    assert.dom('.info a img').hasAttribute('src', '/assets/GitHub-Mark-32px.png');
 });
 
 test('team organization details has github profile icon', async function(assert) {
@@ -36,6 +33,5 @@ test('team organization details has github profile icon', async function(assert)
 
     await visit('/teams/github:org:thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubProfileImg = findWithAssert('.info img');
-    assert.equal($githubProfileImg.attr('src').trim(), 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=170');
+    assert.dom('.info img').hasAttribute('src', 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=170');
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/user-page-test.js b/tests/acceptance/user-page-test.js
index 4559e07f1c..017d7763fe 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/user-page-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/user-page-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'qunit';
 import moduleForAcceptance from 'cargo/tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
-import hasText from 'cargo/tests/helpers/has-text';
 
 moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance | user page');
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ test('has user display', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/users/thehydroimpulse');
 
-    hasText(assert, '#crates-heading h1', 'thehydroimpulse');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading h1').hasText('thehydroimpulse');
 });
 
 test('has link to github in user header', async function(assert) {
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ test('has link to github in user header', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/users/thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubLink = findWithAssert('#crates-heading a');
-    assert.equal($githubLink.attr('href').trim(), 'https://github.com/thehydroimpulse');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading a').hasAttribute('href', 'https://github.com/thehydroimpulse');
 });
 
 test('github link has image in user header', async function(assert) {
@@ -26,8 +24,7 @@ test('github link has image in user header', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/users/thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubImg = findWithAssert('#crates-heading a img');
-    assert.equal($githubImg.attr('src').trim(), '/assets/GitHub-Mark-32px.png');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading a img').hasAttribute('src', '/assets/GitHub-Mark-32px.png');
 });
 
 test('user details has github profile icon', async function(assert) {
@@ -35,6 +32,5 @@ test('user details has github profile icon', async function(assert) {
 
     await visit('/users/thehydroimpulse');
 
-    const $githubProfileImg = findWithAssert('#crates-heading img');
-    assert.equal($githubProfileImg.attr('src').trim(), 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=170');
+    assert.dom('#crates-heading img').hasAttribute('src', 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/565790?v=3&s=170');
 });
diff --git a/tests/helpers/has-text.js b/tests/helpers/has-text.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3852fd39e5..0000000000
--- a/tests/helpers/has-text.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export default function hasText(assert, selector, expected) {
-    assert.equal(findWithAssert(selector).text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' '), expected);
-}
diff --git a/tests/helpers/matches-text.js b/tests/helpers/matches-text.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a2a8301a4..0000000000
--- a/tests/helpers/matches-text.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export default function matchesText(assert, selector, expectedRegex) {
-    const $selected = findWithAssert(selector);
-    const $actual = $selected.text().trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
-    assert.notEqual(
-        null,
-        $actual.match(expectedRegex),
-        `Text found ('${$actual}') did not match regex ('${expectedRegex}')`
-    );
-}
diff --git a/tests/helpers/start-app.js b/tests/helpers/start-app.js
index 5234c2d205..882629c4a4 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/start-app.js
+++ b/tests/helpers/start-app.js
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import Application from '../../app';
 import config from '../../config/environment';
-import './has-text';
-import './matches-text';
 
 export default function startApp(attrs) {
     let application;