diff --git a/test/content/support.js b/test/content/support.js
index 8e6b801ca..8ff21269c 100644
--- a/test/content/support.js
+++ b/test/content/support.js
@@ -114,16 +114,6 @@ function waitForCallback(cb, interval, timeout) {
 	return deferred.promise;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns a promise that is resolved once the translators are loaded.
- */
-function waitForTranslators() {
-	return waitForCallback(function() {
-		// Just wait for the zotero.org translator to load
-		return !!Zotero.Translators.get("c82c574d-7fe8-49ca-a360-a05d6e34fec0");
-	});
-}
-
 /**
  * Ensures that the PDF tools are installed, or installs them if not.
  * Returns a promise.
diff --git a/test/tests/lookup.js b/test/tests/lookup.js
index 769fcd2a5..f49bef575 100644
--- a/test/tests/lookup.js
+++ b/test/tests/lookup.js
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ describe("Add Item by Identifier", function() {
 	var win;
 	before(function() {
 		this.timeout(5000);
+		// Load a Zotero pane and update the translators (needed to
+		// make sure they're available before we run the tests)
 		return loadZoteroPane().then(function(w) {
 			win = w;
-		}).then(function() {
-			return waitForTranslators();
+			return Zotero.Schema.updateBundledFiles('translators', null, false);
 		});
 	});
 	after(function() {
diff --git a/test/tests/recognizePDF.js b/test/tests/recognizePDF.js
index d06f761ed..efba88d3a 100644
--- a/test/tests/recognizePDF.js
+++ b/test/tests/recognizePDF.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ describe("PDF Recognition", function() {
 	var win;
 	before(function() {
 		this.timeout(60000);
-		return installPDFTools().then(function() {
-			return loadZoteroPane();
-		}).then(function(w) {
+		// Load Zotero pane, install PDF tools, and load the
+		// translators
+		return Q.all([loadZoteroPane().then(function(w) {
 			win = w;
-		});
+			return Zotero.Schema.updateBundledFiles('translators', null, false);
+		}), installPDFTools()]);
 	});
 	afterEach(function() {
 		for(let win of getWindows("chrome://zotero/content/pdfProgress.xul")) {