diff --git a/test/e2e-cypress/e2e/features/plugins/spec/validation-errors.cy.js b/test/e2e-cypress/e2e/features/plugins/spec/validation-errors.cy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a038cd2f6c0..00000000000
--- a/test/e2e-cypress/e2e/features/plugins/spec/validation-errors.cy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @prettier
- */
-
-describe("Validation errors", () => {
-  it("should correctly format validation errors for Map items", () => {
-    cy.visit("/?url=/documents/petstore.swagger.yaml")
-      .get("#operations-pet-addPet")
-      .click()
-      .get("button.try-out__btn")
-      .click()
-      .get("textarea.body-param__text")
-      .clear()
-      .type(`{backspace}"id": "test", "name": 1}`)
-      .get("button.execute")
-      .click()
-      .get("div.validation-errors.errors-wrapper")
-      .contains("id: Value must be an integer")
-      .should("exist")
-      .get("div.validation-errors.errors-wrapper")
-      .contains("name: Value must be a string")
-      .should("exist")
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
index 6cbb99cd264..29f6ca25a34 100644
--- a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
+++ b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/selectors.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   parameterInclusionSettingFor,
   consumesOptionsFor,
   taggedOperations,
-  isMediaTypeSchemaPropertiesEqual
+  isMediaTypeSchemaPropertiesEqual,
+  validationErrors
 } from "core/plugins/spec/selectors"
 
 import Petstore from "./assets/petstore.json"
@@ -1380,3 +1381,55 @@ describe("isMediaTypeSchemaPropertiesEqual", () => {
     })
   })
 })
+describe("validationErrors", function() {
+  const state = fromJS({
+    meta: {
+      paths: {
+        "/": {
+          get: {
+            parameters: {
+              id: {
+                errors: [
+                 "Value must be an integer"
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          post: {
+            parameters: {
+              body: {
+                errors: [
+                  {
+                    error: "Value must be an integer", 
+                    propKey: "id"
+                  },
+                  { 
+                    error: "Value must be a string", 
+                    propKey: "name"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  it("should return validation errors without formatting them", function () {
+    const result = validationErrors(state, ["/", "get"])
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      "Value must be an integer"
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("should return formatted validation errors", function () {
+    const result = validationErrors(state, ["/", "post"])
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      "id: Value must be an integer",
+      "name: Value must be a string"
+    ])
+  })
+})