diff --git a/notebook/tests/notebook/deletecell.js b/notebook/tests/notebook/deletecell.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c98f28cc0..0000000000
--- a/notebook/tests/notebook/deletecell.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-
-// Test
-casper.notebook_test(function () {
-    var that = this;
-    var cell_is_deletable = function (index) {
-        // Get the deletable status of a cell.
-        return that.evaluate(function (index) {
-            var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(index);
-            return cell.is_deletable();
-        }, index);
-    };
-
-    var a = 'print("a")';
-    var index = this.append_cell(a);
-
-    var b = 'print("b")';
-    index = this.append_cell(b);
-
-    var c = 'print("c")';
-    index = this.append_cell(c);
-
-    this.thenEvaluate(function() {
-        IPython.notebook.get_cell(1).metadata.deletable = false;
-        IPython.notebook.get_cell(2).metadata.deletable = 0; // deletable only when exactly false
-        IPython.notebook.get_cell(3).metadata.deletable = true;
-    });
-
-    this.then(function () {
-        // Check deletable status of the cells
-        this.test.assert(cell_is_deletable(0), 'Cell 0 is deletable');
-        this.test.assert(!cell_is_deletable(1), 'Cell 1 is not deletable');
-        this.test.assert(cell_is_deletable(2), 'Cell 2 is deletable');
-        this.test.assert(cell_is_deletable(3), 'Cell 3 is deletable');
-    });
-
-    // Try to delete cell 0 (should succeed)
-    this.then(function () {
-        this.select_cell(0);
-        this.trigger_keydown('esc');
-        this.trigger_keydown('d', 'd');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 3, 'Delete cell 0: There are now 3 cells');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), a, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 1 is now cell 0');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(1), b, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 2 is now cell 1');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(2), c, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 3 is now cell 2');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('dd', 'command', 0);
-    });
-
-    // Try to delete cell 0 (should fail)
-    this.then(function () {
-        this.select_cell(0);
-        this.trigger_keydown('d', 'd');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 3, 'Delete cell 0: There are still 3 cells');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), a, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 0 was not deleted');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(1), b, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 1 was not affected');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(2), c, 'Delete cell 0: Cell 2 was not affected');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('dd', 'command', 0);
-    });
-
-    // Try to delete cell 1 (should succeed)
-    this.then(function () {
-        this.select_cell(1);
-        this.trigger_keydown('d', 'd');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 2, 'Delete cell 1: There are now 2 cells');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), a, 'Delete cell 1: Cell 0 was not affected');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(1), c, 'Delete cell 1: Cell 1 was not affected');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('dd', 'command', 1);
-    });
-
-    // Try to delete cell 1 (should succeed)
-    this.then(function () {
-        this.select_cell(1);
-        this.trigger_keydown('d', 'd');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 1, 'Delete cell 1: There is now 1 cell');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), a, 'Delete cell 2: Cell 0 was not affected');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('dd', 'command', 0);
-    });
-
-    // Change the deletable status of the last cells
-    this.thenEvaluate(function() {
-        IPython.notebook.get_cell(0).metadata.deletable = true;
-    });
-
-    this.then(function () {
-        // Check deletable status of the cell
-        this.test.assert(cell_is_deletable(0), 'Cell 0 is deletable');
-
-        // Try to delete the last cell (should succeed)
-        this.select_cell(0);
-        this.trigger_keydown('d', 'd');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 1, 'Delete last cell: There is still 1 cell');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cell_text(0), "", 'Delete last cell: Cell 0 was deleted');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('dd', 'command', 0);
-    });
-
-    // Make sure copied cells are deletable
-    this.thenEvaluate(function() {
-        IPython.notebook.get_cell(0).metadata.deletable = false;
-    });
-    this.then(function () {
-        this.select_cell(0);
-        this.trigger_keydown('c', 'v');
-        this.test.assertEquals(this.get_cells_length(), 2, 'Copy cell: There are 2 cells');
-        this.test.assert(!cell_is_deletable(0), 'Cell 0 is not deletable');
-        this.test.assert(cell_is_deletable(1), 'Cell 1 is deletable');
-        this.validate_notebook_state('cv', 'command', 1);
-    });
-});
diff --git a/notebook/tests/selenium/test_deletecell.py b/notebook/tests/selenium/test_deletecell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..388dd2ad83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notebook/tests/selenium/test_deletecell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import os
+import pytest
+
+def cell_is_deletable(nb, index):
+    JS = 'return Jupyter.notebook.get_cell({}).is_deletable();'.format(index)
+    return nb.browser.execute_script(JS)
+
+def delete_cell(notebook, index):
+    notebook.focus_cell(index)
+    notebook.to_command_mode
+    notebook.current_cell.send_keys('dd')
+
+def test_delete_cells(notebook):
+    a = 'print("a")'
+    b = 'print("b")'
+    c = 'print("c")'
+
+    notebook.edit_cell(index=0, content=a)
+    notebook.append(b, c)
+    notebook.to_command_mode()
+    
+    # Validate initial state
+    assert notebook.get_cells_contents() == [a, b, c]
+    for cell in range(0, 3):
+        assert cell_is_deletable(notebook, cell)
+
+    notebook.set_cell_metadata(0, 'deletable', 'false')
+    notebook.set_cell_metadata(1, 'deletable', 0
+    )   
+    assert not cell_is_deletable(notebook, 0)
+    assert cell_is_deletable(notebook, 1)
+    assert cell_is_deletable(notebook, 2)
+    
+    # Try to delete cell a (should not be deleted)
+    delete_cell(notebook, 0)
+    assert notebook.get_cells_contents() == [a, b, c]
+
+    # Try to delete cell b (should succeed)
+    delete_cell(notebook, 1)
+    assert notebook.get_cells_contents() == [a, c]
+
+    # Try to delete cell c (should succeed)
+    delete_cell(notebook, 1)
+    assert notebook.get_cells_contents() == [a]
+
+    # Change the deletable state of cell a
+    notebook.set_cell_metadata(0, 'deletable', 'true')
+
+    # Try to delete cell a (should succeed)
+    delete_cell(notebook, 0)
+    assert len(notebook.cells) == 1 # it contains an empty cell
+
+    # Make sure copied cells are deletable
+    notebook.edit_cell(index=0, content=a)
+    notebook.set_cell_metadata(0, 'deletable', 'false')
+    assert not cell_is_deletable(notebook, 0)
+    notebook.to_command_mode()
+    notebook.current_cell.send_keys('cv')
+    assert len(notebook.cells) == 2
+    assert cell_is_deletable(notebook, 1)
diff --git a/notebook/tests/selenium/utils.py b/notebook/tests/selenium/utils.py
index efe49fb4c4..ef40927721 100644
--- a/notebook/tests/selenium/utils.py
+++ b/notebook/tests/selenium/utils.py
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ def wait_for_stale_cell(self, cell):
         wait = WebDriverWait(self.browser, 10)
         element = wait.until(EC.staleness_of(cell))
 
+    def get_cells_contents(self):
+        JS = 'return Jupyter.notebook.get_cells().map(function(c) {return c.get_text();})'
+        return self.browser.execute_script(JS)
+
+    def set_cell_metadata(self, index, key, value):
+        JS = 'Jupyter.notebook.get_cell({}).metadata.{} = {}'.format(index, key, value)
+        return self.browser.execute_script(JS)
+
     def edit_cell(self, cell=None, index=0, content="", render=False):
         """Set the contents of a cell to *content*, by cell object or by index
         """