diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index aa7928b4b4..0b970255c9 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ exports.getError = function(err) {
  * @description
  * When invoking this function you get a filter function that get the Error.stack as an input,
  * and return a prettify output.
- * (i.e: strip Mocha, node_modules, bower and componentJS from stack trace).
+ * (i.e: strip Mocha and internal node functions from stack trace).
  * @returns {Function}
  */
 exports.stackTraceFilter = function() {
@@ -701,14 +701,10 @@ exports.stackTraceFilter = function() {
       : (typeof location === 'undefined' ? window.location : location).href.replace(/\/[^\/]*$/, '/');
 
   function isMochaInternal(line) {
-    return (~line.indexOf('node_modules' + slash + 'mocha'))
-      || (~line.indexOf('components' + slash + 'mochajs'))
-      || (~line.indexOf('components' + slash + 'mocha'));
-  }
-
-  // node_modules, bower, componentJS
-  function isBrowserModule(line) {
-    return (~line.indexOf('node_modules')) || (~line.indexOf('components'));
+    return (~line.indexOf('node_modules' + slash + 'mocha' + slash))
+      || (~line.indexOf('components' + slash + 'mochajs' + slash))
+      || (~line.indexOf('components' + slash + 'mocha' + slash))
+      || (~line.indexOf(slash + 'mocha.js'));
   }
 
   function isNodeInternal(line) {
@@ -724,11 +720,11 @@ exports.stackTraceFilter = function() {
     stack = stack.split('\n');
 
     stack = exports.reduce(stack, function(list, line) {
-      if (is.node && (isMochaInternal(line) || isNodeInternal(line))) {
+      if (isMochaInternal(line)) {
         return list;
       }
 
-      if (is.browser && (isBrowserModule(line))) {
+      if (is.node && isNodeInternal(line)) {
         return list;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index 31b49893ca..efa6ca1166 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('utils', function() {
         filter(stack.join('\n')).should.equal(stack.slice(0,7).join('\n'));
       });
 
-      it('should ignore bower and components files', function() {
+      it('does not ignore other bower_components and components', function() {
         var stack = ['Error: failed'
           , 'at assert (index.html:11:26)'
           , 'at Context.<anonymous> (test.js:17:18)'
@@ -126,18 +126,18 @@ describe('utils', function() {
         global.location = { href: 'localhost:3000/foo/bar/index.html' };
         filter = utils.stackTraceFilter();
       });
-      it('should strip out bower and components too', function() {
+      it('does not strip out other bower_components and components', function() {
         var stack = ['Error: failed'
           , 'at assert (index.html:11:26)'
           , 'at Context.<anonymous> (test.js:17:18)'
           , 'at bower_components/should/should.js:4827:7'
-          , 'at next (localhost:3000/foo/bar/bower_components/should/should.js:4766:23)'
+          , 'at next (bower_components/should/should.js:4766:23)'
           , 'at components/should/5.0.0/should.js:4827:7'
-          , 'at next (localhost:3000/foo/bar/components/should/5.0.0/should.js:4766:23)'
-          , 'at Runner.require.register.Runner.runTest (localhost:3000/foo/bar/node_modules/mocha.js:4892:10)'
+          , 'at next (components/should/5.0.0/should.js:4766:23)'
+          , 'at Runner.require.register.Runner.runTest (node_modules/mocha.js:4892:10)'
           , 'at localhost:3000/foo/bar/node_modules/mocha.js:4970:12'
-          , 'at next (localhost:3000/foo/bar/node_modules/mocha.js:4817:14)'];
-        filter(stack.join('\n')).should.equal(stack.slice(0,3).join('\n'));
+          , 'at next (node_modules/mocha.js:4817:14)'];
+        filter(stack.join('\n')).should.equal(stack.slice(0,7).join('\n'));
       });
 
       after(function() {