diff --git a/features/edit_story.feature b/features/edit_story.feature
index 3ea34ce4f9..b31a00895a 100644
--- a/features/edit_story.feature
+++ b/features/edit_story.feature
@@ -162,18 +162,6 @@ Feature: Edit story on backlogs view
       And I close the "Sprint 001" menu
      Then I should not see "Epic" within_hidden ".type_id.helper"
 
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: Story duplication without copying tasks
-    Given the project has the following tasks:
-      | subject | parent  |
-      | Task 1  | Story A |
-      And I am on the work package index page for the project called "ecookbook"
-      And I follow "Story A"
-      And I select "Duplicate" from the action menu
-      And I choose "copy_tasks_none" within "#backlogs-attributes"
-      And I press "Create"
-     Then I should not see "Task 1"
-
   @javascript
   Scenario: Story duplication with copying all tasks
     Given the project has the following tasks:
@@ -185,15 +173,3 @@ Feature: Edit story on backlogs view
       And I choose "copy_tasks_all" within "#backlogs-attributes"
       And I press "Create"
      Then I should see "Task 1"
-
-  @javascript
-  Scenario: Story duplication with copying open tasks
-    Given the project has the following tasks:
-      | subject | parent  |
-      | Task 1  | Story A |
-      And I am on the work package index page for the project called "ecookbook"
-      And I follow "Story A"
-      And I select "Duplicate" from the action menu
-      And I choose "copy_tasks_open" within "#backlogs-attributes"
-      And I press "Create"
-     Then I should see "Task 1"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/work_packages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/work_packages_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbbe89a905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/work_packages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject Backlogs Plugin
+#
+# Copyright (C)2013 the OpenProject Foundation (OPF)
+# Copyright (C)2011 Stephan Eckardt, Tim Felgentreff, Marnen Laibow-Koser, Sandro Munda
+# Copyright (C)2010-2011 friflaj
+# Copyright (C)2010 Maxime Guilbot, Andrew Vit, Joakim Kolsjö, ibussieres, Daniel Passos, Jason Vasquez, jpic, Emiliano Heyns
+# Copyright (C)2009-2010 Mark Maglana
+# Copyright (C)2009 Joe Heck, Nate Lowrie
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject Backlogs is a derivative work based on ChiliProject Backlogs.
+# The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2011 - Emiliano Heyns, Mark Maglana, friflaj
+# Copyright (C) 2011 - Jens Ulferts, Gregor Schmidt - Finn GmbH - Berlin, Germany
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe WorkPackagesController do
+  before do
+    User.stub(:current).and_return current_user
+    # disables sending mails
+    UserMailer.stub(:new).and_return(double('mailer').as_null_object)
+    Setting.stub(:plugin_openproject_backlogs).and_return({"points_burn_direction" => "down",
+                                                              "wiki_template"         => "",
+                                                              "card_spec"             => "Sattleford VM-5040",
+                                                              "story_types"           => [story_type.id.to_s],
+                                                              "task_type"             => task_type.id.to_s })
+    [task, story, closed_task].collect(&:reload)
+  end
+
+  let(:current_user) { FactoryGirl.create(:admin) }
+  let(:project) { FactoryGirl.create(:project, :identifier => 'test_project', :is_public => true) }
+  let(:status) { FactoryGirl.create :default_status }
+  let(:closed) { FactoryGirl.create :closed_status }
+  let(:story_type) { FactoryGirl.create(:type_feature) }
+  let(:task_type) { FactoryGirl.create(:type_feature) }
+  let(:story) { FactoryGirl.create(:story, type: story_type, author: current_user, project: project, status: status) }
+  let(:task) { FactoryGirl.create(:story, type: task_type, author: current_user, project: project, status: status, parent: story) }
+  let(:closed_task) { FactoryGirl.create(:story, type: task_type, author: current_user, project: project, status: closed, parent: story) }
+  let(:params) { { copy_from: story.id, project_id: project.id } }
+
+  describe 'create with copy_from' do
+    describe do 'copying no tasks'
+      before do
+        post('create', params.merge({copy_tasks: "none"}))
+      end
+
+      subject { response }
+
+      it { assigns["new_work_package"].children(true).should be_empty }
+    end
+
+    describe do 'copying no tasks'
+      before do
+        post('create', params.merge({copy_tasks: "open:#{story.id}"}))
+      end
+
+      subject { response }
+
+      it do
+        assigns["new_work_package"].children(true).should_not be_empty
+        assigns["new_work_package"].children(true).count.should == 1
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe do 'copying no tasks'
+      before do
+        post('create', params.merge({copy_tasks: "all:#{story.id}"}))
+      end
+
+      subject { response }
+
+      it do
+        assigns["new_work_package"].children(true).should_not be_empty
+        assigns["new_work_package"].children(true).count.should == 2
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end
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