diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
index bbb1b1bf1e1..808affa4f98 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/boards_controller.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ class Projects::BoardsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def serialize_as_json(resource)
-    resource.as_json(only: [:id, :name])
+    resource.as_json(only: [:id])
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
index f79b6a77696..0fb1608a0a3 100644
--- a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
 
   context 'no lists' do
     before do
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
       expect(page).to have_selector('.board', count: 3)
     end
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
     let!(:done)       { create(:label, project: project, name: 'Done') }
     let!(:accepting)  { create(:label, project: project, name: 'Accepting Merge Requests') }
 
-    let!(:list1) { create(:list, board: project.board, label: planning, position: 0) }
-    let!(:list2) { create(:list, board: project.board, label: development, position: 1) }
+    let!(:list1) { create(:list, board: board, label: planning, position: 0) }
+    let!(:list2) { create(:list, board: board, label: development, position: 1) }
 
     let!(:confidential_issue) { create(:issue, :confidential, project: project, author: user) }
     let!(:issue1) { create(:issue, project: project, assignee: user) }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
     let!(:issue9) { create(:labeled_issue, project: project, labels: [testing, bug, accepting]) }
 
     before do
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
 
       wait_for_vue_resource
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
         create(:issue, project: project)
       end
 
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
 
       page.within(find('.board', match: :first)) do
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
 
   context 'keyboard shortcuts' do
     before do
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
     end
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
   context 'signed out user' do
     before do
       logout
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
     end
 
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
       project.team << [user_guest, :guest]
       logout
       login_as(user_guest)
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/features/boards/keyboard_shortcut_spec.rb b/spec/features/boards/keyboard_shortcut_spec.rb
index 7ef68e9eb8d..a5fc766401f 100644
--- a/spec/features/boards/keyboard_shortcut_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/boards/keyboard_shortcut_spec.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards shortcut', feature: true, js: true do
   let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
 
   before do
-    project.create_board
-    project.board.lists.create(list_type: :backlog)
-    project.board.lists.create(list_type: :done)
+    create(:board, project: project)
 
     login_as :admin
 
diff --git a/spec/features/boards/new_issue_spec.rb b/spec/features/boards/new_issue_spec.rb
index 1ceb60d5297..67d6da5f39a 100644
--- a/spec/features/boards/new_issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/boards/new_issue_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards new issue', feature: true, js: true do
 
       login_as(user)
 
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
 
       expect(page).to have_selector('.board', count: 3)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe 'Issue Boards new issue', feature: true, js: true do
 
   context 'unauthorized user' do
     before do
-      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project)
+      visit namespace_project_board_path(project.namespace, project, board)
       wait_for_vue_resource
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/board.json b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/board.json
index 6c6e2bee8cb..03aca4a3cc0 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/board.json
+++ b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/board.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "type": "object",
   "required" : [
-    "id",
-    "name"
+    "id"
   ],
   "properties" : {
     "id": { "type": "integer" },