diff --git a/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/data/js/openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.js b/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/data/js/openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.js
index d43953ddc..bf3117693 100644
--- a/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/data/js/openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.js
+++ b/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/data/js/openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // opens the menu, and sets focus on 'Action 1'
-testPageDocument.defaultView.menuController.openPopup();
-testPageDocument.defaultView.menuController.setFocusToFirstMenuitem();
+const btn = testPageDocument.getElementById('menubutton1');
+btn.focus();
+btn.click();
diff --git a/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/reference/2021-1-14_171136/menu-button-actions-active-descendant.openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.html b/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/reference/2021-1-14_171136/menu-button-actions-active-descendant.openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.html
index c7265f552..5232b1d75 100644
--- a/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/reference/2021-1-14_171136/menu-button-actions-active-descendant.openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.html
+++ b/tests/menu-button-actions-active-descendant/reference/2021-1-14_171136/menu-button-actions-active-descendant.openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem.html
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
       function setupScript(testPageDocument) {
         // openMenuAndSetFocusToFirstItem
         // opens the menu, and sets focus on 'Action 1'
-        testPageDocument.defaultView.menuController.openPopup();
-        testPageDocument.defaultView.menuController.setFocusToFirstMenuitem();
+        const btn = testPageDocument.getElementById('menubutton1');
+        btn.focus();
+        btn.click();
 
       };
       document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {