diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/KnownDirectivesRule-test.ts b/src/validation/__tests__/KnownDirectivesRule-test.ts
index 13491bc6c5..bf0ebfc108 100644
--- a/src/validation/__tests__/KnownDirectivesRule-test.ts
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/KnownDirectivesRule-test.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ import { buildSchema } from '../../utilities/buildASTSchema';
 
 import { KnownDirectivesRule } from '../rules/KnownDirectivesRule';
 
-import { expectValidationErrors, expectSDLValidationErrors } from './harness';
+import {
+  expectValidationErrorsWithSchema,
+  expectSDLValidationErrors,
+} from './harness';
 
 function expectErrors(queryStr: string) {
-  return expectValidationErrors(KnownDirectivesRule, queryStr);
+  return expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(
+    schemaWithDirectives,
+    KnownDirectivesRule,
+    queryStr,
+  );
 }
 
 function expectValid(queryStr: string) {
@@ -24,6 +31,21 @@ function expectValidSDL(sdlStr: string, schema?: GraphQLSchema) {
   expectSDLErrors(sdlStr, schema).to.deep.equal([]);
 }
 
+const schemaWithDirectives = buildSchema(`
+  type Query {
+    dummy: String
+  }
+
+  directive @onQuery on QUERY
+  directive @onMutation on MUTATION
+  directive @onSubscription on SUBSCRIPTION
+  directive @onField on FIELD
+  directive @onFragmentDefinition on FRAGMENT_DEFINITION
+  directive @onFragmentSpread on FRAGMENT_SPREAD
+  directive @onInlineFragment on INLINE_FRAGMENT
+  directive @onVariableDefinition on VARIABLE_DEFINITION
+`);
+
 const schemaWithSDLDirectives = buildSchema(`
   directive @onSchema on SCHEMA
   directive @onScalar on SCALAR
diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts b/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
index 711ea91a6e..8d6beccc25 100644
--- a/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
@@ -134,14 +134,7 @@ export const testSchema: GraphQLSchema = buildSchema(`
     query: QueryRoot
   }
 
-  directive @onQuery on QUERY
-  directive @onMutation on MUTATION
-  directive @onSubscription on SUBSCRIPTION
   directive @onField on FIELD
-  directive @onFragmentDefinition on FRAGMENT_DEFINITION
-  directive @onFragmentSpread on FRAGMENT_SPREAD
-  directive @onInlineFragment on INLINE_FRAGMENT
-  directive @onVariableDefinition on VARIABLE_DEFINITION
 `);
 
 export function expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(