diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/emoji.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/emoji.js
index 01abba961f..34fee5e3a6 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/emoji.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/emoji.js
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
+const events = require("./lib/events.js");
+
 zrequire("emoji");
 
+const realm_emojis = events.fixtures.realm_emoji.realm_emoji;
+
+emoji.update_emojis(realm_emojis);
+
+run_test("sanity check", () => {
+    assert.equal(emoji.get_server_realm_emoji_data(), realm_emojis);
+});
+
 run_test("get_canonical_name", () => {
-    emoji.active_realm_emojis = new Map(
-        Object.entries({
-            realm_emoji: "TBD",
-        }),
-    );
-    let canonical_name = emoji.get_canonical_name("realm_emoji");
-    assert.equal(canonical_name, "realm_emoji");
+    let canonical_name = emoji.get_canonical_name("green_tick");
+    assert.equal(canonical_name, "green_tick");
 
     canonical_name = emoji.get_canonical_name("thumbs_up");
     assert.equal(canonical_name, "+1");
@@ -22,19 +27,6 @@ run_test("get_canonical_name", () => {
     emoji.get_canonical_name("non_existent");
 });
 
-function set_up_spain_realm_emoji_for_test() {
-    const realm_emojis = {
-        101: {
-            id: 101,
-            name: "spain",
-            source_url: "/some/path/to/spain.png",
-            deactivated: false,
-        },
-    };
-    emoji.update_emojis(realm_emojis);
-    assert.equal(emoji.get_server_realm_emoji_data(), realm_emojis);
-}
-
 run_test("get_emoji_* API", () => {
     assert.equal(emoji.get_emoji_name("1f384"), "holiday_tree");
     assert.equal(emoji.get_emoji_name("1f951"), "avocado");
@@ -44,7 +36,5 @@ run_test("get_emoji_* API", () => {
     assert.equal(emoji.get_emoji_codepoint("holiday_tree"), "1f384");
     assert.equal(emoji.get_emoji_codepoint("bogus"), undefined);
 
-    assert.equal(emoji.get_realm_emoji_url("spain"), undefined);
-    set_up_spain_realm_emoji_for_test();
     assert.equal(emoji.get_realm_emoji_url("spain"), "/some/path/to/spain.png");
 });
diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/lib/events.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/lib/events.js
index a395a4721d..6aabe75e80 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/lib/events.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/lib/events.js
@@ -307,8 +307,18 @@ exports.fixtures = {
     realm_emoji: {
         type: "realm_emoji",
         realm_emoji: {
-            airplane: {
-                source_url: "some_url",
+            101: {
+                id: "101",
+                name: "spain",
+                source_url: "/some/path/to/spain.png",
+                deactivated: false,
+            },
+            102: {
+                id: "102",
+                name: "green_tick",
+                author_id: 222,
+                deactivated: false,
+                source_url: "/some/path/to/emoji",
             },
         },
     },