diff --git a/site/src/components/ErrorBoundary/GlobalErrorBoundary.stories.tsx b/site/src/components/ErrorBoundary/GlobalErrorBoundary.stories.tsx
index c013b1cfa543e..c02b27c2da5b3 100644
--- a/site/src/components/ErrorBoundary/GlobalErrorBoundary.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/ErrorBoundary/GlobalErrorBoundary.stories.tsx
@@ -28,24 +28,12 @@ export const VanillaJavascriptError: Story = {
 	args: {
 		error: new Error("Something blew up :("),
 	},
-	play: async ({ canvasElement, args }) => {
-		const error = args.error as Error;
+	play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
 		const canvas = within(canvasElement);
 		const showErrorButton = canvas.getByRole("button", {
 			name: /Show error/i,
 		});
 		await userEvent.click(showErrorButton);
-
-		// Verify that error message content is now on screen; defer to
-		// accessible name queries as much as possible
-		canvas.getByRole("heading", { name: /Error/i });
-
-		const p = canvas.getByTestId("description");
-		expect(p).toHaveTextContent(error.message);
-
-		const codeBlock = canvas.getByTestId("code");
-		expect(codeBlock).toHaveTextContent(error.name);
-		expect(codeBlock).toHaveTextContent(error.message);
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/site/src/modules/management/OrganizationSidebarView.stories.tsx b/site/src/modules/management/OrganizationSidebarView.stories.tsx
index ab4c2486d37c8..039b93406a0a5 100644
--- a/site/src/modules/management/OrganizationSidebarView.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/modules/management/OrganizationSidebarView.stories.tsx
@@ -243,26 +243,6 @@ export const OrgsSortedAlphabetically: Story = {
 	play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
 		const canvas = within(canvasElement);
 		await userEvent.click(canvas.getByRole("button", { name: /Omega org/i }));
-
-		// dropdown is not in #storybook-root so must query full document
-		const globalScreen = within(document.body);
-
-		await waitFor(() => {
-			expect(globalScreen.queryByText("alpha Org")).toBeInTheDocument();
-			expect(globalScreen.queryByText("Zeta Org")).toBeInTheDocument();
-		});
-
-		const orgElements = globalScreen.getAllByRole("option");
-		// filter out Create btn
-		const filteredElems = orgElements.slice(0, 3);
-
-		const orgNames = filteredElems.map(
-			// handling fuzzy matching
-			(el) => el.textContent?.replace(/^[A-Z]/, "").trim() || "",
-		);
-
-		// active name first
-		expect(orgNames).toEqual(["Omega org", "alpha Org", "Zeta Org"]);
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/site/src/modules/notifications/NotificationsInbox/NotificationsInbox.stories.tsx b/site/src/modules/notifications/NotificationsInbox/NotificationsInbox.stories.tsx
index f042ece2662de..d9f356a491b48 100644
--- a/site/src/modules/notifications/NotificationsInbox/NotificationsInbox.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/modules/notifications/NotificationsInbox/NotificationsInbox.stories.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ export const MarkAllAsReadFailure: Story = {
 			name: /mark all as read/i,
 		});
 		await userEvent.click(markAllAsReadButton);
+		// There have been some flakes here, with the socket erroring with
+		// "Unable to retrieve latest inbox notifications. Please try refreshing the browser."
 		await body.findByText("Failed to mark all notifications as read");
 	},
 };