diff --git a/packages/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
index e954dbdb70..62ab270af0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
@@ -3375,8 +3375,8 @@ const DEFAULT_COMPONENT_ID = '1';
              expect(getLog().length).toEqual(1);
            });
 
-        fixmeIvy('unknown').it(
-            'should treat the property as true when the expression is missing', () => {
+        fixmeIvy('FW-951 - Attribute-only synthetic properties are treated differently in Ivy')
+            .it('should treat the property as true when the expression is missing', () => {
               @Component({
                 selector: 'parent-cmp',
                 animations: [
@@ -3674,19 +3674,19 @@ const DEFAULT_COMPONENT_ID = '1';
       expect(() => { TestBed.createComponent(Cmp); }).not.toThrowError();
     });
 
-    fixmeIvy('unknown').it(
-        'should continue to clean up DOM-related animation artificats even if a compiler-level error is thrown midway',
-        () => {
-          @Component({
-            selector: 'if-cmp',
-            animations: [
-              trigger(
-                  'foo',
-                  [
-                    transition('* => something', []),
-                  ]),
-            ],
-            template: `
+    fixmeIvy('FW-952 - Error recovery is handled differently in Ivy than VE')
+        .it('should continue to clean up DOM-related animation artificats even if a compiler-level error is thrown midway',
+            () => {
+              @Component({
+                selector: 'if-cmp',
+                animations: [
+                  trigger(
+                      'foo',
+                      [
+                        transition('* => something', []),
+                      ]),
+                ],
+                template: `
           value = {{ foo[bar] }}
           <div #contents>
             <div *ngIf="exp">1</div>
@@ -3694,32 +3694,32 @@ const DEFAULT_COMPONENT_ID = '1';
             <div *ngIf="exp" [@foo]="'123'">3</div>
           </div>
         `,
-          })
-          class Cmp {
-            exp: any = false;
+              })
+              class Cmp {
+                exp: any = false;
 
-            @ViewChild('contents') public contents: any;
-          }
+                @ViewChild('contents') public contents: any;
+              }
 
-          TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Cmp]});
+              TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Cmp]});
 
-          const engine = TestBed.get(ɵAnimationEngine);
-          const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
+              const engine = TestBed.get(ɵAnimationEngine);
+              const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
 
-          const runCD = () => fixture.detectChanges();
-          const cmp = fixture.componentInstance;
+              const runCD = () => fixture.detectChanges();
+              const cmp = fixture.componentInstance;
 
-          cmp.exp = true;
-          expect(runCD).toThrow();
+              cmp.exp = true;
+              expect(runCD).toThrow();
 
-          const contents = cmp.contents.nativeElement;
-          expect(contents.innerText.replace(/\s+/gm, '')).toEqual('123');
+              const contents = cmp.contents.nativeElement;
+              expect(contents.innerText.replace(/\s+/gm, '')).toEqual('123');
 
-          cmp.exp = false;
-          expect(runCD).toThrow();
+              cmp.exp = false;
+              expect(runCD).toThrow();
 
-          expect(contents.innerText.trim()).toEqual('');
-        });
+              expect(contents.innerText.trim()).toEqual('');
+            });
 
     describe('errors for not using the animation module', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {