diff --git a/exercises/matrix/matrix.spec.js b/exercises/matrix/matrix.spec.js
index be289fde01..29a326b5a0 100644
--- a/exercises/matrix/matrix.spec.js
+++ b/exercises/matrix/matrix.spec.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ describe('Matrix', () => {
     expect(new Matrix('1 2\n10 20').rows[1]).toEqual([10, 20]);
   });
 
-  xtest('can extract row from non-square matrix', () => {
-    expect(new Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n8 7 6').rows[2]).toEqual([7, 8, 9]);
+  xtest('can extract row from non-square matrix with no corresponding column', () => {
+    expect(new Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n8 7 6').rows[3]).toEqual([8, 7, 6]);
   });
 
   xtest('extract column from one number matrix', () => {
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ describe('Matrix', () => {
     expect(new Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9').columns[2]).toEqual([3, 6, 9]);
   });
 
-  xtest('can extract column from non-square matrix', () => {
-    expect(new Matrix('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n8 7 6').columns[2]).toEqual([3, 6, 9, 6]);
+  xtest('can extract column from non-square matrix with no corresponding row', () => {
+    expect(new Matrix('1 2 3 4\n5 6 7 8\n9 8 7 6').columns[3]).toEqual([4, 8, 6]);
   });
 
   xtest('extract column where numbers have different widths', () => {