diff --git a/.eslintrc.tests.json b/.eslintrc.tests.json
index 69e6d610f5..e4fec05649 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.tests.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.tests.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "semi": 0,
     "keyword-spacing": 0,
     "no-bitwise": 0,
-    "no-multi-assign": 0,
     "newline-per-chained-call": 0,
     "no-spaced-func": 0,
     "func-call-spacing": 0,
diff --git a/tests/javascript/mochaTestHelper.js b/tests/javascript/mochaTestHelper.js
index 07557171ea..faf916adff 100644
--- a/tests/javascript/mochaTestHelper.js
+++ b/tests/javascript/mochaTestHelper.js
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ if (!global.document || !global.window) {
 }
 
 global.testHelpers = require('./loadHelpers.js');
-global.$ = global.jQuery = global.window.jQuery = require('jquery');
+global.$ = require('jquery');
+global.jQuery = require('jquery');
+global.window.jQuery = require('jquery');
 
 testHelpers.loadScript('tests/javascript/testBundles/vendor.js', global.window);
 global.Handlebars = global.window.Handlebars;
@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ global.interact = function () {
     styleCursor: global.interact
   };
 };
-
-jQuery.fn.spectrum = global.spectrum = function() { return this; };
+global.spectrum = function() { return this; };
+jQuery.fn.spectrum = global.spectrum;
 jQuery.fn.stick_in_parent = function() { return this; };
 
 // Add global stubs for convenience