diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 227a13fa..dc5ce401 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
     "lerna-changelog": "^0.7.0",
     "loader.js": "^4.5.1",
     "mocha": "^5.0.0",
-    "multidep": "^2.0.2"
+    "multidep": "^2.0.2",
+    "qunit-dom": "^0.5.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^4.5 || 6.* || >= 7.*"
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/bind-data-test-attributes-in-components-test.js b/tests/acceptance/bind-data-test-attributes-in-components-test.js
index 07bc60bb..3d031105 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/bind-data-test-attributes-in-components-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/bind-data-test-attributes-in-components-test.js
@@ -18,53 +18,53 @@ if (!config.stripTestSelectors) {
   });
 
   test('it binds data-test-* attributes on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test1').find('div[data-test-first]').length, 1, 'data-test-first exists');
-    assert.equal(find('.test1').find('div[data-test-first="foobar"]').length, 1, 'data-test-first has correct value');
+    assert.dom('.test1 div[data-test-first]').exists('data-test-first exists');
+    assert.dom('.test1 div[data-test-first="foobar"]').exists('data-test-first has correct value');
   });
 
   test('it binds data-test-* attributes on components in block form', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test2').find('div[data-test-first]').length, 1, 'data-test-first exists');
-    assert.equal(find('.test2').find('div[data-test-first="foobar"]').length, 1, 'data-test-first has correct value');
+    assert.dom('.test2 div[data-test-first]').exists('data-test-first exists');
+    assert.dom('.test2 div[data-test-first="foobar"]').exists('data-test-first has correct value');
   });
 
   test('it works with multiple data-test-* attributes on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test3').find('div[data-test-first]').length, 1, 'data-test-first exists');
-    assert.equal(find('.test3').find('div[data-test-first="foobar"]').length, 1, 'data-test-first has correct value');
-    assert.equal(find('.test3').find('div[data-test-second]').length, 1, 'data-test-second exists');
-    assert.equal(find('.test3').find('div[data-test-second="second"]').length, 1, 'data-test-second has correct value');
+    assert.dom('.test3 div[data-test-first]').exists('data-test-first exists');
+    assert.dom('.test3 div[data-test-first="foobar"]').exists('data-test-first has correct value');
+    assert.dom('.test3 div[data-test-second]').exists('data-test-second exists');
+    assert.dom('.test3 div[data-test-second="second"]').exists('data-test-second has correct value');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched, when a data-test-* attribute is present as well on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test4').find('div[data-test-first]').length, 1, 'data-test-first exists');
-    assert.equal(find('.test4').find('div[data-test-first="foobar"]').length, 1, 'data-test-first has correct value');
-    assert.equal(find('.test4').find('div[data-non-test]').length, 0, 'data-non-test does not exists');
+    assert.dom('.test4 div[data-test-first]').exists('data-test-first exists');
+    assert.dom('.test4 div[data-test-first="foobar"]').exists('data-test-first has correct value');
+    assert.dom('.test4 div[data-non-test]').doesNotExist('data-non-test does not exists');
   });
 
   test('it leaves data-test attribute untouched on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test5').find('div[data-test]').length, 0, 'data-test does not exists');
+    assert.dom('.test5 div[data-test]').doesNotExist('data-test does not exists');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test6').find('div[data-non-test]').length, 0, 'data-non-test does not exists');
+    assert.dom('.test6 div[data-non-test]').doesNotExist('data-non-test does not exists');
   });
 
   test('it binds data-test-* attributes with boolean values on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test7').find('div[data-test-with-boolean-value]').length, 1, 'data-test-with-boolean-value exists');
+    assert.dom('.test7 div[data-test-with-boolean-value]').exists('data-test-with-boolean-value exists');
   });
 
   test('it binds data-test-* attributes without values on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test8').find('div[data-test-without-value]').length, 1, 'data-test-without-value exists');
+    assert.dom('.test8 div[data-test-without-value]').exists('data-test-without-value exists');
   });
 
   test('it binds data-test-* attributes without values on block components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test9').find('div[data-test-without-value]').length, 1, 'data-test-without-value exists');
+    assert.dom('.test9 div[data-test-without-value]').exists('data-test-without-value exists');
   });
 
   (hasPositionalParams ? test : skip)('it leaves data-test attribute without value untouched on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test10').find('div[data-test]').length, 0, 'data-test does not exists');
+    assert.dom('.test10 div[data-test]').doesNotExist('data-test does not exists');
   });
 
   test('it transforms data-test params to hash pairs on components', function(assert) {
-    assert.equal(find('.test11').find('div[data-test-something]').length, 1, 'data-test-something exists');
+    assert.dom('.test11 div[data-test-something]').exists('data-test-something exists');
   });
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-components-test.js b/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-components-test.js
index 786582a0..482d6a26 100644
--- a/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-components-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-components-test.js
@@ -13,63 +13,63 @@ if (config.stripTestSelectors) {
   (hasReliablePositionalParams ? test : skip)('it strips data-test-* attributes from components with single positional params', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-should-not-be}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-positional-params').text(), 0, 'there should be no params');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-positional-params').hasText('', 'there should be no params');
   });
 
   (hasReliablePositionalParams ? test : skip)('it strips data-test-* attributes from components with positional params data-test-* as first param', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-should-not-be "param1"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-positional-params').text(), 1, 'there should be only one param');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-positional-params').hasText('1', 'there should be only one param');
   });
 
   (hasReliablePositionalParams ? test : skip)('it strips data-test-* attributes from components with multiple positional params', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes "param1" data-test-should-not-be}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-positional-params').text(), 1, 'there should be only one param');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-positional-params').hasText('1', 'there should be only one param');
   });
 
   (hasReliablePositionalParams ? test : skip)('it strips data-test-* attributes from components with block and multiple positional params', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{#print-test-attributes "param1" data-test-should-not-be}}{{/print-test-attributes}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-positional-params').text(), 1, 'there should be only one param');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-positional-params').hasText('1', 'there should be only one param');
   });
 
   test('it strips data-test-* attributes from components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-first="foobar"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-first').text(), '', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-first').hasText('', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
   });
 
   test('it strips data-test-* attributes from components in block form', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{#print-test-attributes data-test-first="foobar"}}hello{{/print-test-attributes}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-first').text(), '', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-first').hasText('', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
   });
 
   test('it works with multiple data-test-* attributes on components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-first="foobar" data-test-second="second"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-first').text(), '', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-second').text(), '', 'the data-test-second attribute was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-first').hasText('', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-second').hasText('', 'the data-test-second attribute was stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched, when a data-test-* attribute is present as well on components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-first="foobar" data-non-test="baz"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-first').text(), '', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-non-test').text(), 'baz', 'the data-non-test attribute was not stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-first').hasText('', 'the data-test-first was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-non-test').hasText('baz', 'the data-non-test attribute was not stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves data-test attributes untouched on components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test="foo"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test').text(), 'foo', 'the data-test attribute was stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test').hasText('foo', 'the data-test attribute was stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched on components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-non-test="foo"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-non-test').text(), 'foo', 'the data-non-test attribute was not stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-non-test').hasText('foo', 'the data-non-test attribute was not stripped');
   });
 
 } else {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if (config.stripTestSelectors) {
   test('it does not strip data-test-* attributes from components', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`{{print-test-attributes data-test-first="foobar"}}`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('.data-test-first').text(), 'foobar', 'the data-test-first attribute was not stripped');
+    assert.dom('.data-test-first').hasText('foobar', 'the data-test-first attribute was not stripped');
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-tags-test.js b/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-tags-test.js
index b032ad56..793837c8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-tags-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/strip-data-test-attributes-from-tags-test.js
@@ -12,38 +12,38 @@ if (config.stripTestSelectors) {
   test('it strips data-test-* attributes from HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-test-id="my-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test-id="my-id"]').length, 0, 'data-test-id is stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test-id="my-id"]').doesNotExist('data-test-id is stripped');
   });
 
   test('it works with multiple data-test-* attributes on HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-test-first data-test-second="second-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test-first]').length, 0, 'data-test-first is stripped');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test-second="second-id"]').length, 0, 'data-test-second is stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test-first]').doesNotExist('data-test-first is stripped');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test-second="second-id"]').doesNotExist('data-test-second is stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched, when a data-test-* attribute is present as well on HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-id="my-id" data-test-id="my-test-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-id="my-id"]').length, 1, 'data-id is not stripped');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test-id="my-test-id"]').length, 0, 'data-test-id is stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-id="my-id"]').exists('data-id is not stripped');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test-id="my-test-id"]').doesNotExist('data-test-id is stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves data-test attributes untouched on HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-test="my-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test="my-id"]').length, 1, 'data-test-id is not stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test="my-id"]').exists('data-test-id is not stripped');
   });
 
   test('it leaves other data attributes untouched on HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-id="my-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-id="my-id"]').length, 1, 'data-id is not stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-id="my-id"]').exists('data-id is not stripped');
   });
 
 } else {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ if (config.stripTestSelectors) {
   test('it does not strip data-test-* attributes from HTML tags', function(assert) {
     this.render(hbs`<span data-test-id="my-id" ></span>`);
 
-    assert.equal(this.$('span').length, 1, 'the span is present');
-    assert.equal(this.$('span[data-test-id="my-id"]').length, 1, 'data-test-id is not stripped');
+    assert.dom('span').exists('the span is present');
+    assert.dom('span[data-test-id="my-id"]').exists('data-test-id is not stripped');
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 06002607..cffced02 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4913,6 +4913,13 @@ quick-temp@^0.1.2, quick-temp@^0.1.3, quick-temp@^0.1.5, quick-temp@^0.1.8:
     rimraf "^2.5.4"
     underscore.string "~3.3.4"
 
+qunit-dom@^0.5.0:
+  version "0.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qunit-dom/-/qunit-dom-0.5.0.tgz#b08db6f919656e0589ebf8bd85bc313febb454d8"
+  dependencies:
+    broccoli-funnel "^2.0.0"
+    broccoli-merge-trees "^2.0.0"
+
 qunit-notifications@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qunit-notifications/-/qunit-notifications-0.1.1.tgz#3001afc6a6a77dfbd962ccbcddde12dec5286c09"