diff -u b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
--- b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayTest.php
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@
     // Check the test option.
     $this->assertIdentical($view->display_handler->getOption('test_option'), '');
 
-    $this->setExpectedException(\PHPUnit_Framework_Error::class);
+    $style = $view->display_handler->getOption('style');
+    $style['type'] = 'test_style';
+    $view->display_handler->setOption('style', $style);
+    $view->initDisplay();
+    $view->initStyle();
+    $view->style_plugin->setUsesRowPlugin(FALSE);
+
     $output = $view->preview();
     $output = $renderer->renderRoot($output);
 
@@ -104,7 +110,6 @@
     $view->display_handler->overrideOption('test_option', 'Test option title');
     $view->save();
 
-    $this->setExpectedException(\PHPUnit_Framework_Error::class);
     $output = $view->preview();
     $output = $renderer->renderRoot($output);
 
@@ -115,9 +120,9 @@
     $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/views/view/test_view/edit/display_test_1');
     $this->assertText('Display test settings');
     // Ensure that the order is as expected.
-    $result = $this->xpath('//ul[@id="views-display-menu-tabs"]/li');
-    $this->assertEqual((string) $result[0]->a, 'Display test 2');
-    $this->assertEqual((string) $result[1]->a, 'Display test');
+    $result = $this->xpath('//ul[@id="views-display-menu-tabs"]/li/a/child::text()');
+    $this->assertEqual($result[0]->getText(), 'Display test 2');
+    $this->assertEqual($result[1]->getText(), 'Display test');
 
     $this->clickLink('Test option title');
 
diff -u b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/ViewTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewTestBase.php
--- b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/ViewTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewTestBase.php
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace Drupal\Tests\views\Functional;
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests;
+@trigger_error('\Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase is deprecated in Drupal 8.4.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Instead, use \Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\ViewTestBase', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 
-use Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Query\SelectInterface;
-use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
-use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewResultAssertionTrait;
-use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
 
 /**
@@ -16,10 +14,13 @@
  * When possible, ViewsKernelTestBase should be used instead. Both base classes
  * include the same methods.
  *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0.
+ *   Use \Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\ViewTestBase.
+ *
  * @see \Drupal\Tests\views\Kernel\ViewsKernelTestBase
  * @see \Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase
  */
-abstract class ViewTestBase extends BrowserTestBase {
+abstract class ViewTestBase extends WebTestBase {
 
   use ViewResultAssertionTrait;
 
@@ -94,23 +95,17 @@
    *
    * @param string $id
    *   The HTML ID of the button
-   * @param string $expected_label
+   * @param string $label
    *   The expected label for the button.
    * @param string $message
    *   (optional) A custom message to display with the assertion. If no custom
    *   message is provided, the message will indicate the button label.
    *
-   * @throws \Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if the assertion was successful, or FALSE on failure.
    */
   protected function helperButtonHasLabel($id, $expected_label, $message = 'Label has the expected value: %label.') {
-    $xpath = $this->assertSession()->buildXPathQuery('//button[@id=:value]|//input[@id=:value]', [':value' => $id]);
-    $field = $this->getSession()->getPage()->find('xpath', $xpath);
-
-    if (empty($field)) {
-      throw new ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession()->getDriver(), 'form field', 'id', $field);
-    }
-
-    $this->assertEquals($expected_label, $field->getValue());
+    return $this->assertFieldById($id, $expected_label, t($message, ['%label' => $expected_label]));
   }
 
   /**
diff -u b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Wizard/WizardTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Wizard/WizardTestBase.php
--- b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Wizard/WizardTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Wizard/WizardTestBase.php
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
-namespace Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\Wizard;
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Wizard;
+@trigger_error('\Drupal\views\Tests\Wizard\WizardTestBase is deprecated in Drupal 8.4.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Instead, use \Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\Wizard\WizardTestBase', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 
-use Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\ViewTestBase;
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
 
 /**
  * Views UI wizard tests.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0.
+ *   Use \Drupal\Tests\views\Functional\Wizard\WizardTestBase.
  */
 abstract class WizardTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
 
@@ -16,8 +20,8 @@
    */
   public static $modules = ['node', 'views_ui', 'block', 'rest'];
 
-  protected function setUp($import_test_views = TRUE) {
-    parent::setUp($import_test_views);
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
 
     // Create and log in a user with administer views permission.
     $views_admin = $this->drupalCreateUser(['administer views', 'administer blocks', 'bypass node access', 'access user profiles', 'view all revisions']);