diff --git a/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser/browser_514751.js b/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser/browser_514751.js
index 1910d335a05..97d933b131d 100644
--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser/browser_514751.js
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser/browser_514751.js
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ function test() {
 
   let ss = Cc["@mozilla.org/browser/sessionstore;1"].
            getService(Ci.nsISessionStore);
-  let ww = Cc["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/window-watcher;1"].
-           getService(Ci.nsIWindowWatcher);
 
   waitForExplicitFinish();
 
@@ -68,44 +66,21 @@ function test() {
     }]
   };
 
-  let windowObserver = {
-    observe: function(aSubject, aTopic, aData) {
-      let theWin = aSubject.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindow);
-
-      switch(aTopic) {
-        case "domwindowopened":
-          theWin.addEventListener("load", function () {
-            theWin.removeEventListener("load", arguments.callee, false);
-            executeSoon(function() {
-              var gotError = false;
-              try {
-                ss.setWindowState(theWin, JSON.stringify(state), true);
-              } catch (e) {
-                if (/NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI/.test(e))
-                  gotError = true;
-              }
-              ok(!gotError, "Didn't get a malformed URI error.");
-              executeSoon(function() {
-                theWin.close();
-              });
-            });
-          }, false);
-          break;
-
-        case "domwindowclosed":
-          ww.unregisterNotification(this);
-          is(browserWindowsCount(), 1, "Only one browser window should be open eventually");
-          finish();
-          break;
+  var theWin = openDialog(location, "", "chrome,all,dialog=no");
+  theWin.addEventListener("load", function () {
+    executeSoon(function () {
+      var gotError = false;
+      try {
+        ss.setWindowState(theWin, JSON.stringify(state), true);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (/NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI/.test(e))
+          gotError = true;
       }
-    }
-  }
-  ww.registerNotification(windowObserver);
-  ww.openWindow(null,
-                location,
-                "_blank",
-                "chrome,all,dialog=no",
-                null);
-
+      ok(!gotError, "Didn't get a malformed URI error.");
+      theWin.close();
+      is(browserWindowsCount(), 1, "Only one browser window should be open eventually");
+      finish();
+    });
+  }, false);
 }