diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/debug_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/debug_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4bfa91531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/debug_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {getLContext} from '@angular/core/src/render3/context_discovery';
+import {LViewDebug, toDebug} from '@angular/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
+import {onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
+
+describe('Debug Representation', () => {
+
+  onlyInIvy('Ivy specific').it('should generate a human readable version', () => {
+
+    @Component({selector: 'my-comp', template: '<div id="123">Hello World</div>'})
+    class MyComponent {
+    }
+
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [MyComponent]});
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const hostView = toDebug(getLContext(fixture.componentInstance) !.lView);
+    expect(hostView.host).toEqual(null);
+    const myCompView = hostView.childViews[0] as LViewDebug;
+    expect(myCompView.host).toContain('<div id="123">Hello World</div>');
+    expect(myCompView.nodes ![0].html).toEqual('<div id="123">');
+    expect(myCompView.nodes ![0].nodes ![0].html).toEqual('Hello World');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/debug_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/debug_spec.ts
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--- a/packages/core/test/render3/debug_spec.ts
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-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
- */
-
-import {getLContext} from '../../src/render3/context_discovery';
-import {RenderFlags, ɵɵdefineComponent, ɵɵelementEnd, ɵɵelementStart, ɵɵtext} from '../../src/render3/index';
-import {LViewDebug, toDebug} from '../../src/render3/instructions/lview_debug';
-
-import {ComponentFixture} from './render_util';
-
-describe('Debug Representation', () => {
-  it('should generate a human readable version', () => {
-    class MyComponent {
-      static ngFactoryDef = () => new MyComponent();
-      static ngComponentDef = ɵɵdefineComponent({
-        type: MyComponent,
-        selectors: [['my-comp']],
-        vars: 0,
-        consts: 2,
-        template: function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyComponent) {
-          if (rf == RenderFlags.Create) {
-            ɵɵelementStart(0, 'div', ['id', '123']);
-            ɵɵtext(1, 'Hello World');
-            ɵɵelementEnd();
-          }
-        }
-      });
-    }
-
-    const fixture = new ComponentFixture(MyComponent);
-    const hostView = toDebug(getLContext(fixture.component) !.lView);
-    expect(hostView.host).toEqual(null);
-    const myCompView = hostView.childViews[0] as LViewDebug;
-    expect(myCompView.host).toEqual('<div host="mark"><div id="123">Hello World</div></div>');
-    expect(myCompView.nodes ![0].html).toEqual('<div id="123">');
-    expect(myCompView.nodes ![0].nodes ![0].html).toEqual('Hello World');
-  });
-});