diff --git a/tests/unit/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php b/tests/unit/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
index 3a7f70c14f..09400b4fba 100644
--- a/tests/unit/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/API/JSON/v1/NewslettersTest.php
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ class NewslettersTest extends MailPoetTest {
             expect($newsletter['body']['text'])->contains('Hello test');
             expect($subscriber)->equals($subscriber);
             expect($extra_params['unsubscribe_url'])->equals(home_url());
+            // system links are replaced with hashes
+            expect($newsletter['body']['html'])->contains('href="#">View in browser');
+            expect($newsletter['body']['html'])->contains('href="#">Unsubscribe');
+            expect($newsletter['body']['html'])->contains('href="#">Manage subscription');
             return array('response' => true);
           }
         )
diff --git a/tests/unit/_bootstrap.php b/tests/unit/_bootstrap.php
index ce4f15b7d1..0b67101785 100644
--- a/tests/unit/_bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/unit/_bootstrap.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 use Codeception\Util\Fixtures;
 
+$newsletter_body_text =
+
 Fixtures::add(
   'newsletter_body_template',
   '{
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ Fixtures::add(
                "blocks": [
                  {
                    "type": "text",
-                   "text": "<a data-post-id=\"10\" href=\"http://example.com\">Link</a>Hello [subscriber:firstname | default:test]"
+                   "text": "<a href=\"[link:newsletter_view_in_browser_url]\">View in browser link</a> <a data-post-id=\"10\" href=\"http://example.com\">Post link</a> Hello [subscriber:firstname | default:test] <a href=\"[link:subscription_unsubscribe_url]\">Unsubscribe link</a> <a href=\"[link:subscription_manage_url]\">Manage subscription link</a>"
                  }
                ]
              }