diff --git a/spec/api-global-shortcut-spec.js b/spec-main/api-global-shortcut-spec.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from spec/api-global-shortcut-spec.js
rename to spec-main/api-global-shortcut-spec.ts
index ac8a555bb7d6..f2934ac6eb88 100644
--- a/spec/api-global-shortcut-spec.js
+++ b/spec-main/api-global-shortcut-spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-const { globalShortcut } = require('electron').remote
-
-const chai = require('chai')
-const dirtyChai = require('dirty-chai')
-const isCI = require('electron').remote.getGlobal('isCi')
-
-const { expect } = chai
-chai.use(dirtyChai)
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import { globalShortcut } from 'electron'
 
 describe('globalShortcut module', () => {
   before(function () {
@@ -21,33 +15,32 @@ describe('globalShortcut module', () => {
   it('can register and unregister single accelerators', () => {
     const accelerator = 'CmdOrCtrl+A+B+C'
 
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false('initially registered')
     globalShortcut.register(accelerator, () => {})
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.true()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.true('registration worked')
     globalShortcut.unregister(accelerator)
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false('unregistration worked')
 
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false()
     globalShortcut.register(accelerator, () => {})
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.true()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.true('reregistration worked')
     globalShortcut.unregisterAll()
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerator)).to.be.false('re-unregistration worked')
   })
 
   it('can register and unregister multiple accelerators', () => {
     const accelerators = ['CmdOrCtrl+X', 'CmdOrCtrl+Y']
 
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.false()
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.false()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.false('first initially unregistered')
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.false('second initially unregistered')
 
     globalShortcut.registerAll(accelerators, () => {})
 
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.true()
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.true()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.true('first registration worked')
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.true('second registration worked')
 
     globalShortcut.unregisterAll()
 
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.false()
-    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.false()
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[0])).to.be.false('first unregistered')
+    expect(globalShortcut.isRegistered(accelerators[1])).to.be.false('second unregistered')
   })
 })