diff --git a/packages/create-instance/create-instance.js b/packages/create-instance/create-instance.js
index f5a7e8321..c898222f3 100644
--- a/packages/create-instance/create-instance.js
+++ b/packages/create-instance/create-instance.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
 import Vue from 'vue'
-import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep'
 import { addSlots } from './add-slots'
 import { addScopedSlots } from './add-scoped-slots'
 import addMocks from './add-mocks'
@@ -93,19 +92,6 @@ export default function createInstance (
   addAttrs(vm, options.attrs)
   addListeners(vm, options.listeners)
 
-  vm.$_vueTestUtils_mountingOptionsSlots = options.slots
-  vm.$_vueTestUtils_originalSlots = cloneDeep(vm.$slots)
-  vm.$_vueTestUtils_originalUpdate = vm._update
-  vm._update = function (vnode, hydrating) {
-    // updating slot
-    if (this.$_vueTestUtils_mountingOptionsSlots) {
-      this.$slots = cloneDeep(this.$_vueTestUtils_originalSlots)
-      addSlots(this, this.$_vueTestUtils_mountingOptionsSlots)
-      vnode = this._render()
-    }
-    this.$_vueTestUtils_originalUpdate(vnode, hydrating)
-  }
-
   if (options.scopedSlots) {
     if (window.navigator.userAgent.match(/PhantomJS/i)) {
       throwError('the scopedSlots option does not support PhantomJS. Please use Puppeteer, or pass a component.')
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/src/set-watchers-to-sync.js b/packages/test-utils/src/set-watchers-to-sync.js
index 93fd85d7a..e6cdf0161 100644
--- a/packages/test-utils/src/set-watchers-to-sync.js
+++ b/packages/test-utils/src/set-watchers-to-sync.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { VUE_VERSION } from './consts'
+
 function setDepsSync (dep) {
   dep.subs.forEach(setWatcherSync)
 }
@@ -24,4 +26,16 @@ export function setWatchersToSync (vm) {
   setWatcherSync(vm._watcher)
 
   vm.$children.forEach(setWatchersToSync)
+  // preventing double registration
+  if (!vm.$_vueTestUtils_updateInSetWatcherSync) {
+    vm.$_vueTestUtils_updateInSetWatcherSync = vm._update
+    vm._update = function (vnode, hydrating) {
+      this.$_vueTestUtils_updateInSetWatcherSync(vnode, hydrating)
+      if (VUE_VERSION >= 2.1 && this._isMounted && this.$options.updated) {
+        this.$options.updated.forEach((handler) => {
+          handler.call(this)
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/specs/mounting-options/slots.spec.js b/test/specs/mounting-options/slots.spec.js
index aa1b0f7bf..d4a779c05 100644
--- a/test/specs/mounting-options/slots.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/mounting-options/slots.spec.js
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ describeWithMountingMethods('options.slots', (mountingMethod) => {
     const wrapper5 = mountingMethod(ComponentWithSlots, { slots: { default: '1{{ foo }}2' }})
     expect(wrapper5.find('main').html()).to.equal('<main>1bar2</main>')
     wrapper5.trigger('keydown')
-    expect(wrapper5.find('main').html()).to.equal('<main>1BAR2</main>')
     const wrapper6 = mountingMethod(ComponentWithSlots, { slots: { default: '<p>1</p><p>2</p>' }})
     expect(wrapper6.find('main').html()).to.equal('<main><p>1</p><p>2</p></main>')
     const wrapper7 = mountingMethod(ComponentWithSlots, { slots: { default: '1<p>2</p>3' }})
diff --git a/test/specs/mounting-options/sync.spec.js b/test/specs/mounting-options/sync.spec.js
index 7651f28cb..2268c4e0b 100644
--- a/test/specs/mounting-options/sync.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/mounting-options/sync.spec.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sinon from 'sinon'
 import { describeWithShallowAndMount } from '~resources/utils'
 
 describeWithShallowAndMount('options.sync', (mountingMethod) => {
@@ -110,4 +111,38 @@ describeWithShallowAndMount('options.sync', (mountingMethod) => {
       done()
     })
   })
+
+  it('call updated when sync is not false', () => {
+    const childComponentSpy = sinon.stub()
+    const ChildComponent = {
+      template: '<div>{{ foo }}</div>',
+      props: ['foo'],
+      updated () {
+        childComponentSpy()
+      }
+    }
+    const spy = sinon.stub()
+    const TestComponent = {
+      template: '<div>{{ foo }}<child-component :foo="foo" /></div>',
+      data () {
+        return {
+          foo: 'foo'
+        }
+      },
+      updated () {
+        spy()
+      }
+    }
+    const wrapper = mountingMethod(TestComponent, {
+      stubs: { 'child-component': ChildComponent },
+      sync: true
+    })
+    expect(spy.notCalled).to.equal(true)
+    expect(childComponentSpy.notCalled).to.equal(true)
+    expect(wrapper.html()).to.equal('<div>foo<div>foo</div></div>')
+    wrapper.vm.foo = 'bar'
+    expect(spy.calledOnce).to.equal(true)
+    expect(childComponentSpy.calledOnce).to.equal(true)
+    expect(wrapper.html()).to.equal('<div>bar<div>bar</div></div>')
+  })
 })