diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
index d411b58cee2..19e3d2ee62b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-stream.js.es6
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default RestModel.extend({
 
   @discourseComputed("filter")
   filterParam(filter) {
-    if (filter === Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.replies) {
+    if (filter === UserAction.TYPES.replies) {
       return [UserAction.TYPES.replies, UserAction.TYPES.quotes].join(",");
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-private-messages-route.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-private-messages-route.js.es6
index 7331705f8fb..abae09a2550 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-private-messages-route.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/build-private-messages-route.js.es6
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import UserTopicListRoute from "discourse/routes/user-topic-list";
 import { findOrResetCachedTopicList } from "discourse/lib/cached-topic-list";
+import UserAction from "discourse/models/user-action";
 
 // A helper to build a user topic list route
 export default (viewName, path, channel) => {
   return UserTopicListRoute.extend({
-    userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.messages_received,
+    userActionType: UserAction.TYPES.messages_received,
 
     titleToken() {
       const key = viewName === "index" ? "inbox" : viewName;
diff --git a/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb b/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
index cd73d608e9a..fde7cfdd391 100644
--- a/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
+++ b/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ JS
 
       @@whitelisted ||= Set.new(
         ["discourse/models/nav-item",
-         "discourse/models/user-action",
          "discourse/routes/discourse",
          "discourse/models/category",
          "discourse/models/site",
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/user-action-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/models/user-action-test.js.es6
index c39d7d828f0..51399858079 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/user-action-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/user-action-test.js.es6
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-QUnit.module("Discourse.UserAction");
+import UserAction from "discourse/models/user-action";
+
+QUnit.module("model: user-action");
 
 QUnit.test("collapsing likes", assert => {
-  var actions = Discourse.UserAction.collapseStream([
-    Discourse.UserAction.create({
-      action_type: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.likes_given,
+  var actions = UserAction.collapseStream([
+    UserAction.create({
+      action_type: UserAction.TYPES.likes_given,
       topic_id: 1,
       user_id: 1,
       post_number: 1
     }),
-    Discourse.UserAction.create({
-      action_type: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.edits,
+    UserAction.create({
+      action_type: UserAction.TYPES.edits,
       topic_id: 2,
       user_id: 1,
       post_number: 1
     }),
-    Discourse.UserAction.create({
-      action_type: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.likes_given,
+    UserAction.create({
+      action_type: UserAction.TYPES.likes_given,
       topic_id: 1,
       user_id: 2,
       post_number: 1
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ QUnit.test("collapsing likes", assert => {
   ]);
 
   assert.equal(actions.length, 2);
-
   assert.equal(actions[0].get("children.length"), 1);
   assert.equal(actions[0].get("children")[0].items.length, 2);
 });
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/user-stream-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/models/user-stream-test.js.es6
index d8be562c7ac..a0fef540142 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/models/user-stream-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/models/user-stream-test.js.es6
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import UserAction from "discourse/models/user-action";
+
 QUnit.module("Discourse.UserStream");
 
 QUnit.test("basics", assert => {
@@ -20,12 +22,9 @@ QUnit.test("filterParam", assert => {
   // defaults to posts/topics
   assert.equal(stream.get("filterParam"), "4,5");
 
-  stream.set("filter", Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.likes_given);
-  assert.equal(
-    stream.get("filterParam"),
-    Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.likes_given
-  );
+  stream.set("filter", UserAction.TYPES.likes_given);
+  assert.equal(stream.get("filterParam"), UserAction.TYPES.likes_given);
 
-  stream.set("filter", Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.replies);
+  stream.set("filter", UserAction.TYPES.replies);
   assert.equal(stream.get("filterParam"), "6,9");
 });