diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
index 7889ba0290..58467c486b 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
 import {Tab, Tabs, TabPanel, TabPanels, TabList} from 'shared/components/Tabs'
-import {
-  getKapacitorConfig,
-  updateKapacitorConfigSection,
-  testAlertOutput,
-} from 'shared/apis'
+import {getKapacitorConfig, updateKapacitorConfigSection} from 'shared/apis'
 
 import {
   AlertaConfig,
@@ -92,22 +88,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  handleTestConfig = section => () => {
-    testAlertOutput(this.props.kapacitor, section, {})
-      .then(() => {
-        this.props.addFlashMessage({
-          type: 'success',
-          text: `Successfully relayed an alert to ${section}.`,
-        })
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        this.props.addFlashMessage({
-          type: 'error',
-          text: `There was an error relaying an alert to ${section}.`,
-        })
-      })
-  }
-
   sanitizeProperties = (section, properties) => {
     const cleanProps = {...properties, enabled: true}
     const {redacted} = this.getSection(this.state.configSections, section)
@@ -136,7 +116,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <AlertaConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('alerta')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'alerta')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('alerta')}
           />,
       },
       hipchat: {
@@ -146,7 +125,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <HipChatConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('hipchat')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'hipchat')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('hipchat')}
           />,
       },
       opsgenie: {
@@ -156,7 +134,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <OpsGenieConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('opsgenie')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'opsgenie')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('opsgenie')}
           />,
       },
       pagerduty: {
@@ -166,7 +143,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <PagerDutyConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('pagerduty')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'pagerduty')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('pagerduty')}
           />,
       },
       pushover: {
@@ -176,7 +152,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <PushoverConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('pushover')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'pushover')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('pushover')}
           />,
       },
       sensu: {
@@ -186,7 +161,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <SensuConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('sensu')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'sensu')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('sensu')}
           />,
       },
       slack: {
@@ -196,7 +170,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <SlackConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('slack')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'slack')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('slack')}
           />,
       },
       smtp: {
@@ -206,7 +179,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <SMTPConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('smtp')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'smtp')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('smtp')}
           />,
       },
       talk: {
@@ -216,7 +188,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <TalkConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('talk')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'talk')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('talk')}
           />,
       },
       telegram: {
@@ -226,7 +197,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <TelegramConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('telegram')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'telegram')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('telegram')}
           />,
       },
       victorops: {
@@ -236,7 +206,6 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
           <VictorOpsConfig
             onSave={this.handleSaveConfig('victorops')}
             config={this.getSection(configSections, 'victorops')}
-            onTest={this.handleTestConfig('victorops')}
           />,
       },
     }
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/config/SlackConfig.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/config/SlackConfig.js
index b23cbf38e5..839b02cf7e 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/config/SlackConfig.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/config/SlackConfig.js
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ class SlackConfig extends Component {
             Update Slack Config
           </button>
         </div>
-        <br />
-        <br />
-        <div className="col-xs-12 text-center" onClick={this.props.onTest}>
-          ❤️❤️❤️❤️Test Slack Config❤️❤️❤️❤️
-        </div>
       </form>
     )
   }
@@ -86,7 +81,6 @@ SlackConfig.propTypes = {
     }).isRequired,
   }).isRequired,
   onSave: func.isRequired,
-  onTest: func,
 }
 
 export default SlackConfig
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js b/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
index e2d6979b0b..bec7eea7c3 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ export function testAlertOutput(kapacitor, outputName, properties) {
     '/kapacitor/v1/service-tests'
   ).then(({data: {services}}) => {
     const service = services.find(s => s.name === outputName)
-    return kapacitorProxy(kapacitor, 'POST', service.link.href, {})
+    return kapacitorProxy(
+      kapacitor,
+      'POST',
+      service.link.href,
+      Object.assign({}, service.options, properties)
+    )
   })
 }