diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/__tests__/dangerouslySetInnerHTML-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/__tests__/dangerouslySetInnerHTML-test.js
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@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const React = require('react');
+const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+
+describe('dangerouslySetInnerHTML', () => {
+  describe('when the node has innerHTML property', () => {
+    it('sets innerHTML on it', () => {
+      const container = document.createElement('div');
+      const node = ReactDOM.render(
+        <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: '<h1>Hello</h1>'}} />,
+        container,
+      );
+      expect(node.innerHTML).toBe('<h1>Hello</h1>');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when the node does not have an innerHTML property', () => {
+    let innerHTMLDescriptor;
+
+    // In some versions of IE (TODO: which ones?) SVG nodes don't have
+    // innerHTML. To simulate this, we will take it off the Element prototype
+    // and put it onto the HTMLDivElement prototype. We expect that the logic
+    // checks for existence of innerHTML on SVG, and if one doesn't exist, falls
+    // back to using appendChild and removeChild.
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      innerHTMLDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
+        Element.prototype,
+        'innerHTML',
+      );
+      delete Element.prototype.innerHTML;
+      Object.defineProperty(
+        HTMLDivElement.prototype,
+        'innerHTML',
+        innerHTMLDescriptor,
+      );
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      delete HTMLDivElement.prototype.innerHTML;
+      Object.defineProperty(
+        Element.prototype,
+        'innerHTML',
+        innerHTMLDescriptor,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('sets innerHTML on it', () => {
+      const html = '<circle></circle>';
+      const container = document.createElementNS(
+        'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
+        'svg',
+      );
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <g dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: html}} />,
+        container,
+      );
+      const circle = container.firstChild.firstChild;
+      expect(circle.tagName).toBe('circle');
+    });
+
+    it('clears previous children', () => {
+      const firstHtml = '<rect></rect>';
+      const secondHtml = '<circle></circle>';
+
+      const container = document.createElementNS(
+        'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
+        'svg',
+      );
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <g dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: firstHtml}} />,
+        container,
+      );
+      const rect = container.firstChild.firstChild;
+      expect(rect.tagName).toBe('rect');
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <g dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: secondHtml}} />,
+        container,
+      );
+      const circle = container.firstChild.firstChild;
+      expect(circle.tagName).toBe('circle');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/__tests__/setInnerHTML-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/__tests__/setInnerHTML-test.js
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--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/__tests__/setInnerHTML-test.js
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@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @emails react-core
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-// TODO: can we express this test with only public API?
-var setInnerHTML = require('../setInnerHTML').default;
-var Namespaces = require('../../shared/DOMNamespaces').Namespaces;
-
-describe('setInnerHTML', () => {
-  describe('when the node has innerHTML property', () => {
-    it('sets innerHTML on it', () => {
-      var node = document.createElement('div');
-      var html = '<h1>hello</h1>';
-      setInnerHTML(node, html);
-      expect(node.innerHTML).toBe(html);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('when the node does not have an innerHTML property', () => {
-    var node;
-    var nodeProxy;
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      // Create a mock node that looks like an SVG in IE (without innerHTML)
-      node = document.createElementNS(Namespaces.svg, 'svg');
-
-      nodeProxy = new Proxy(node, {
-        has: (target, prop) => {
-          return prop === 'innerHTML' ? false : prop in target;
-        },
-      });
-
-      spyOn(node, 'appendChild').and.callThrough();
-      spyOn(node, 'removeChild').and.callThrough();
-    });
-
-    it('sets innerHTML on it', () => {
-      var html = '<circle></circle><rect></rect>';
-      setInnerHTML(nodeProxy, html);
-
-      expect(node.appendChild.calls.argsFor(0)[0].outerHTML).toBe(
-        '<circle></circle>',
-      );
-      expect(node.appendChild.calls.argsFor(1)[0].outerHTML).toBe(
-        '<rect></rect>',
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('clears previous children', () => {
-      var firstHtml = '<rect></rect>';
-      var secondHtml = '<circle></circle>';
-      setInnerHTML(nodeProxy, firstHtml);
-
-      setInnerHTML(nodeProxy, secondHtml);
-
-      expect(node.removeChild.calls.argsFor(0)[0].outerHTML).toBe(
-        '<rect></rect>',
-      );
-      expect(node.innerHTML).toBe('<circle></circle>');
-    });
-  });
-});