diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/link.directive.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/link.directive.spec.ts
index 7669908aae..912138d8da 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/link.directive.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/link.directive.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { LinkDirective } from './link.directive';
 
-describe('LinkDirective', () => {
+xdescribe('LinkDirective', () => {
+  it('should attach to all anchor elements', () => {});
+  it('should bind a property to the "href" attribute', () => {});
+  it('should intercept clicks on the element and call `location.go()`', () => {});
 });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
index a0607f2b35..71b209f3f6 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Location, LocationStrategy } from '@angular/common';
 import { MockLocationStrategy } from '@angular/common/testing';
 import { LocationService } from './location.service';
 
-fdescribe('LocationService', () => {
+describe('LocationService', () => {
 
   let injector: ReflectiveInjector;