diff --git a/spec/javascripts/build_spec.js.es6 b/spec/javascripts/build_spec.js.es6
index b329ad8062a..e21e5844a26 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/build_spec.js.es6
+++ b/spec/javascripts/build_spec.js.es6
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@
       });
 
       describe('setup', function () {
+        const removeDate = new Date();
+        removeDate.setUTCFullYear(removeDate.getUTCFullYear() + 1);
+        // give the test three days to run
+        removeDate.setTime(removeDate.getTime() + (3 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
+
         beforeEach(function () {
+          const removeDateElement = document.querySelector('.js-artifacts-remove');
+          removeDateElement.innerText = removeDate.toString();
+
           this.build = new Build();
         });
 
@@ -56,6 +64,11 @@
           expect($('.build-job[data-stage="test"]').is(':visible')).toBe(false);
           expect($('.build-job[data-stage="deploy"]').is(':visible')).toBe(false);
         });
+
+        it('displays the remove date correctly', function () {
+          const removeDateElement = document.querySelector('.js-artifacts-remove');
+          expect(removeDateElement.innerText.trim()).toBe('1 year');
+        });
       });
 
       describe('initial build trace', function () {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/build.html.haml b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/build.html.haml
index a2bc81c6be7..27136beb14c 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/fixtures/build.html.haml
+++ b/spec/javascripts/fixtures/build.html.haml
@@ -55,3 +55,8 @@
   build_status: 'passed',
   build_stage: 'test',
   state1: 'buildstate' }}
+
+%p.build-detail-row
+  The artifacts will be removed in
+  %span.js-artifacts-remove
+    2016-12-19 09:02:12 UTC