diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/timelines.test.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/timelines.test.ts
index df48bdae97..9be55575de 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/timelines.test.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/timelines.test.ts
@@ -7,67 +7,67 @@ import { shouldFilter } from '../timelines';
 describe('shouldFilter', () => {
   it('returns false under normal circumstances', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({});
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({}));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({});
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('reblog: returns true when `shows.reblog == false`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reblog: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ reblog: {} }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ reblog: {} });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('reblog: returns false when `shows.reblog == true`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reblog: true } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ reblog: {} }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ reblog: {} });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('reply: returns true when `shows.reply == false`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reply: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ in_reply_to_id: '1234' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ in_reply_to_id: '1234' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('reply: returns false when `shows.reply == true`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reply: true } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ in_reply_to_id: '1234' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ in_reply_to_id: '1234' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('direct: returns true when `shows.direct == false`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { direct: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ visibility: 'direct' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ visibility: 'direct' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('direct: returns false when `shows.direct == true`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { direct: true } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ visibility: 'direct' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ visibility: 'direct' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('direct: returns false for a public post when `shows.direct == false`', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { direct: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ visibility: 'public' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ visibility: 'public' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('multiple settings', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reblog: false, reply: false, direct: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ reblog: null, in_reply_to_id: null, visibility: 'direct' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ reblog: null, in_reply_to_id: null, visibility: 'direct' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('multiple settings', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reblog: false, reply: true, direct: false } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ reblog: null, in_reply_to_id: '1234', visibility: 'public' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ reblog: null, in_reply_to_id: '1234', visibility: 'public' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('multiple settings', () => {
     const columnSettings = fromJS({ shows: { reblog: true, reply: false, direct: true } });
-    const status = normalizeStatus(fromJS({ reblog: {}, in_reply_to_id: '1234', visibility: 'direct' }));
+    const status = normalizeStatus({ reblog: {}, in_reply_to_id: '1234', visibility: 'direct' });
     expect(shouldFilter(status, columnSettings)).toBe(true);
   });
 });