diff --git a/components/ModalTestbed.vue b/components/ModalTestbed.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index fc3e26729..000000000
--- a/components/ModalTestbed.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div>
-    <portal-target
-      id="portal"
-      name="modal"
-    />
-    <report-modal />
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-import ReportModal from './ReportModal.vue'
-
-export default {
-  components: {
-    ReportModal
-  }
-}
-</script>
diff --git a/components/ReportModal.spec.js b/components/ReportModal.spec.js
index e94fe4b15..a23df3baa 100644
--- a/components/ReportModal.spec.js
+++ b/components/ReportModal.spec.js
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 import { shallowMount, render, mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import ReportModal from './ReportModal.vue'
-import ModalTestbed from './ModalTestbed.vue'
 import Vue from 'vue'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
 import { getters, mutations } from '../store/modal'
 import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
-import portal from 'portal-vue'
 
 const localVue = createLocalVue()
 
 localVue.use(Vuex)
 localVue.use(Styleguide)
-localVue.use(portal)
 
 describe('ReportModal.vue', () => {
   let Wrapper
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ describe('ReportModal.vue', () => {
           'modal/SET_OPEN': mutations.SET_OPEN
         }
       })
-      return mount(ModalTestbed, { store, mocks, localVue })
+      return mount(ReportModal, { store, mocks, localVue })
     }
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -77,8 +74,8 @@ describe('ReportModal.vue', () => {
         describe('by default', () => {
           it('buttons enabled', () => {
             const expected = { disabled: 'disabled' }
-            const cancelButton = wrapper.findAll('#portal footer button').at(0)
-            const confirmButton = wrapper.findAll('#portal footer button').at(1)
+            const cancelButton = wrapper.findAll('footer button').at(0)
+            const confirmButton = wrapper.findAll('footer button').at(1)
             expect(cancelButton.attributes().disabled).toBeUndefined()
             expect(confirmButton.attributes().disabled).toBeUndefined()
           })
@@ -105,8 +102,8 @@ describe('ReportModal.vue', () => {
             // problem here.  I made a workaround by checking the inital
             // in a separate test case above.
             clickAction()
-            const cancelButton = wrapper.findAll('#portal footer button').at(0)
-            const confirmButton = wrapper.findAll('#portal footer button').at(1)
+            const cancelButton = wrapper.findAll('footer button').at(0)
+            const confirmButton = wrapper.findAll('footer button').at(1)
             expect(cancelButton.attributes()).toEqual(
               expect.objectContaining(expected)
             )
diff --git a/layouts/default.vue b/layouts/default.vue
index 7283bf308..00d33d6e8 100644
--- a/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/layouts/default.vue
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@
       </div>
     </ds-container>
     <div id="overlay" />
-    <no-ssr>
-      <portal-target name="modal" />
-    </no-ssr>
     <no-ssr>
       <report-modal />
     </no-ssr>
diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
index dfe6ceef8..744768aab 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/nuxt.config.js
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'cookie-universal-nuxt',
     '@nuxtjs/apollo',
     '@nuxtjs/axios',
-    '@nuxtjs/style-resources',
-    'portal-vue/nuxt'
+    '@nuxtjs/style-resources'
   ],
 
   /*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 57b2d402b..4269a29ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     "linkify-it": "~2.1.0",
     "nuxt": "~2.4.5",
     "nuxt-env": "~0.1.0",
-    "portal-vue": "~1.5.1",
     "string-hash": "^1.1.3",
     "tiptap": "^1.14.0",
     "tiptap-extensions": "^1.13.0",