diff --git a/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/Editor.java b/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/Editor.java
index 4f7e71c1ad..cdacac99a1 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/Editor.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/Editor.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Position;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.PublishDiagnosticsParams;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Range;
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.SymbolInformation;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentIdentifier;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextEdit;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.messages.Either;
@@ -1039,32 +1038,35 @@ public void assertRawText(String expectedText) throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(expectedText, getRawText());
 	}
 
-	public void assertDocumentSymbols(String... symbolsAndContainers) throws Exception {
-		Arrays.sort(symbolsAndContainers);
+	public void assertDocumentSymbols(String... symbols) throws Exception {
+		Arrays.sort(symbols);
+
 		StringBuilder expected = new StringBuilder();
-		for (String string : symbolsAndContainers) {
+		for (String string : symbols) {
 			expected.append(string + "\n");
 		}
 
-		List<? extends SymbolInformation> actualSymbols = getDocumentSymbols();
+		List<? extends DocumentSymbol> actualSymbols = getDocumentSymbols();
+
 		List<String> actuals = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (SymbolInformation actualSymbol : actualSymbols) {
-			assertEquals(doc.getUri(), actualSymbol.getLocation().getUri());
-			String coveredText = getText(actualSymbol.getLocation().getRange());
+		for (DocumentSymbol actualSymbol : actualSymbols) {
+			String coveredText = getText(actualSymbol.getRange());
 			assertEquals(actualSymbol.getName(), coveredText);
-			actuals.add(coveredText + "|" + actualSymbol.getContainerName());
+			actuals.add(coveredText);
 		}
+
 		Collections.sort(actuals);
 		StringBuilder actual = new StringBuilder();
 		for (String string : actuals) {
 			actual.append(string + "\n");
 		}
+
 		assertEquals(expected.toString(), actual.toString());
 	}
 
 	public void assertHierarchicalDocumentSymbols(String expectedSymbolDump) throws Exception {
 		StringBuilder symbolDump = new StringBuilder();
-		List<? extends DocumentSymbol> rootSymbols = getHierarchicalDocumentSymbols();
+		List<? extends DocumentSymbol> rootSymbols = getDocumentSymbols();
 		dumpSymbols(rootSymbols, 0, symbolDump);
 		assertEquals(expectedSymbolDump, symbolDump.toString());
 	}
@@ -1114,11 +1116,7 @@ private static int compare(Position p1, Position p2) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private List<? extends DocumentSymbol> getHierarchicalDocumentSymbols() throws Exception {
-		return harness.getHierarchicalDocumentSymbols(this.doc);
-	}
-
-	private List<? extends SymbolInformation> getDocumentSymbols() throws Exception {
+	private List<? extends DocumentSymbol> getDocumentSymbols() throws Exception {
 		return harness.getDocumentSymbols(this.doc);
 	}
 
diff --git a/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/LanguageServerHarness.java b/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/LanguageServerHarness.java
index f18853cc50..704a969abd 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/LanguageServerHarness.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/language-server-test-harness/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/languageserver/testharness/LanguageServerHarness.java
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.ShowDocumentParams;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.ShowDocumentResult;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.ShowMessageRequestParams;
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.SymbolInformation;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentClientCapabilities;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentContentChangeEvent;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentEdit;
@@ -978,18 +977,12 @@ private synchronized List<Editor> getOpenEditors(String uri) {
 				.collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 
-	public List<? extends DocumentSymbol> getHierarchicalDocumentSymbols(TextDocumentInfo document) throws Exception {
+	public List<? extends DocumentSymbol> getDocumentSymbols(TextDocumentInfo document) throws Exception {
 		waitForReconcile(); //TODO: if the server works properly this shouldn't be needed it should do that internally itself somehow.
 		DocumentSymbolParams params = new DocumentSymbolParams(document.getId());
 		return getServer().getTextDocumentService().documentSymbol(params).get().stream().map(e -> e.getRight()).collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 
-	public List<? extends SymbolInformation> getDocumentSymbols(TextDocumentInfo document) throws Exception {
-		waitForReconcile(); //TODO: if the server works properly this shouldn't be needed it should do that internally itself somehow.
-		DocumentSymbolParams params = new DocumentSymbolParams(document.getId());
-		return getServer().getTextDocumentService().documentSymbol(params).get().stream().map(e -> e.getLeft()).collect(Collectors.toList());
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Blocks the reconciler thread until a specific point in time explicitly controlled by the test.
 	 */
diff --git a/headless-services/manifest-yaml-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/manifest/yaml/ManifestYamlEditorTest.java b/headless-services/manifest-yaml-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/manifest/yaml/ManifestYamlEditorTest.java
index df14deda60..95beb9f28b 100644
--- a/headless-services/manifest-yaml-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/manifest/yaml/ManifestYamlEditorTest.java
+++ b/headless-services/manifest-yaml-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/manifest/yaml/ManifestYamlEditorTest.java
@@ -1801,8 +1801,8 @@ public void reconcileRouteValidDomain() throws Exception {
 		);
 
 		editor.assertDocumentSymbols(
-				"my-app|Application",
-				"app2|Application"
+				"my-app",
+				"app2"
 		);
 	}