diff --git a/core/includes/config.inc b/core/includes/config.inc
index 06e0e67..2d4794b 100644
--- a/core/includes/config.inc
+++ b/core/includes/config.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\NullStorage;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\StorageInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController;
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ function config_install_default_config($type, $name) {
       $manifest_config = config('manifest.' . $entity_info['config_prefix']);
       $manifest_data = array();
       foreach ($source_storage->listAll($entity_info['config_prefix']) as $config_name) {
-        list(, , $id) = explode('.', $config_name);
+        $id = ConfigStorageController::idFromConfigName($config_name, $entity_info['config_prefix']);
         $manifest_data[$id]['name'] = $config_name;
       }
       $manifest_config->setData($manifest_data)->save();
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigStorageController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigStorageController.php
index 3dd0b0a..c75205d 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigStorageController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigStorageController.php
@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ public function getConfigPrefix() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Extracts the configuration entity ID from the full configuration name.
+   *
+   * @param string $config_name
+   *   The full configuration name to extract the ID from. E.g.
+   *   'views.view.archive'.
+   * @param string $config_prefix
+   *   The config prefix of the configuration entity. E.g. 'views.view'
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The ID of the configuration entity.
+   */
+  public static function idFromConfigName($config_name, $config_prefix) {
+    return substr($config_name, strlen($config_prefix . '.'));
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Builds the query to load the entity.
    *
    * This has full revision support. For entities requiring special queries,
@@ -269,10 +285,14 @@ public function delete(array $entities) {
       $config = config($this->getConfigPrefix() . $entity->id());
       $config->delete();
 
-      // Remove the entity from the manifest file.
-      config('manifest.' . $this->entityInfo['config_prefix'])
-        ->clear($entity->id())
-        ->save();
+      // Remove the entity from the manifest file. Entity id's can contain a dot
+      // so we can not use Config::clear() to remove the entity from the
+      // manifest.
+      $manifest = config('manifest.' . $this->entityInfo['config_prefix']);
+      $manifest_data = $manifest->get();
+      unset($manifest_data[$entity->id()]);
+      $manifest->setData($manifest_data);
+      $manifest->save();
     }
 
     $this->postDelete($entities);
@@ -464,7 +484,7 @@ public function importCreate($name, Config $new_config, Config $old_config) {
    *   A configuration object containing the old configuration data.
    */
   public function importChange($name, Config $new_config, Config $old_config) {
-    list(, , $id) = explode('.', $name);
+    $id = substr($name, strlen($this->entityInfo['config_prefix'] . '.'));
     $entities = $this->load(array($id));
     $entity = $entities[$id];
     $entity->original = clone $entity;
@@ -495,7 +515,7 @@ public function importChange($name, Config $new_config, Config $old_config) {
    *   A configuration object containing the old configuration data.
    */
   public function importDelete($name, Config $new_config, Config $old_config) {
-    list(, , $id) = explode('.', $name);
+    $id = substr($name, strlen($this->entityInfo['config_prefix'] . '.'));
     $entities = $this->load(array($id));
     $entity = $entities[$id];
     $entity->delete();
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityListTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityListTest.php
index f19c03d..1eacd3b 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityListTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityListTest.php
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ function testList() {
 
     // Get a list of ConfigTest entities and confirm that it contains the
     // ConfigTest entity provided by the config_test module.
-    // @see config_test.dynamic.default.yml
+    // @see config_test.dynamic.test.config.yml
     $list = $controller->load();
     $this->assertEqual(count($list), 1, '1 ConfigTest entity found.');
-    $entity = $list['default'];
+    $entity = $list['test.config'];
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($entity), '"Default" ConfigTest entity ID found.');
     $this->assertTrue($entity instanceof ConfigTest, '"Default" ConfigTest entity is an instance of ConfigTest.');
 
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ function testList() {
     $expected_operations = array(
       'edit' => array (
         'title' => 'Edit',
-        'href' => 'admin/structure/config_test/manage/default/edit',
+        'href' => 'admin/structure/config_test/manage/test.config/edit',
         'options' => $uri['options'],
         'weight' => 10,
       ),
       'delete' => array (
         'title' => 'Delete',
-        'href' => 'admin/structure/config_test/manage/default/delete',
+        'href' => 'admin/structure/config_test/manage/test.config/delete',
         'options' => $uri['options'],
         'weight' => 100,
       ),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function testList() {
     $build_operations = $controller->buildOperations($entity);
     $expected_items = array(
       'label' => 'Default',
-      'id' => 'default',
+      'id' => 'test.config',
       'operations' => array(
         'data' => $build_operations,
       ),
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function testListUI() {
     // the second contains the machine name, and the third contains the
     // operations list.
     $this->assertIdentical((string) $elements[0], 'Default');
-    $this->assertIdentical((string) $elements[1], 'default');
+    $this->assertIdentical((string) $elements[1], 'test.config');
     $this->assertTrue($elements[2]->children()->xpath('//ul'), 'Operations list found.');
 
     // Add a new entity using the operations link.
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function testListUI() {
     // Verify that the text of the label and machine name does not appear in
     // the list (though it may appear elsewhere on the page).
     $this->assertNoFieldByXpath('//td', 'Default', "No label found for deleted 'Default' entity.");
-    $this->assertNoFieldByXpath('//td', 'default', "No machine name found for deleted 'Default' entity.");
+    $this->assertNoFieldByXpath('//td', 'test.config', "No machine name found for deleted 'Default' entity.");
 
     // Confirm that the empty text is displayed.
     $this->assertText('There is no Test configuration yet.');
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityUnitTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityUnitTest.php
index 32a198a..9436c00 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityUnitTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigEntityUnitTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\config\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\simpletest\DrupalUnitTestBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigStorageController;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for configuration controllers and objects.
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ public function testStorageControllerMethods() {
 
     $expected = $info['config_prefix'] . '.';
     $this->assertIdentical($controller->getConfigPrefix(), $expected);
+
+    // Test the static extractID() method.
+    $expected_id = 'test_id';
+    $config_name = $info['config_prefix'] . '.' . $expected_id;
+    $this->assertIdentical(ConfigStorageController::idFromConfigName($config_name, $info['config_prefix']), $expected_id);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigImportTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigImportTest.php
index 5e62521..97dc002 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigImportTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigImportTest.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ function setUp() {
    * Tests omission of module APIs for bare configuration operations.
    */
   function testNoImport() {
-    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.default';
+    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.test.config';
 
     // Verify the default configuration values exist.
     $config = config($dynamic_name);
-    $this->assertIdentical($config->get('id'), 'default');
+    $this->assertIdentical($config->get('id'), 'test.config');
 
     // Verify that a bare config() does not involve module APIs.
     $this->assertFalse(isset($GLOBALS['hook_config_test']));
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ function testNoImport() {
    * Tests deletion of configuration during import.
    */
   function testDeleted() {
-    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.default';
+    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.test.config';
     $storage = $this->container->get('config.storage');
     $staging = $this->container->get('config.storage.staging');
 
     // Verify the default configuration values exist.
     $config = config($dynamic_name);
-    $this->assertIdentical($config->get('id'), 'default');
+    $this->assertIdentical($config->get('id'), 'test.config');
 
     // Create an empty manifest to delete the configuration object.
     $staging->write('manifest.config_test.dynamic', array());
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function testNew() {
    */
   function testUpdated() {
     $name = 'config_test.system';
-    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.default';
+    $dynamic_name = 'config_test.dynamic.test.config';
     $storage = $this->container->get('config.storage');
     $staging = $this->container->get('config.storage.staging');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigInstallTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigInstallTest.php
index b549119..ff57878 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigInstallTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigInstallTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function setUp() {
    */
   function testModuleInstallation() {
     $default_config = 'config_test.system';
-    $default_configuration_entity = 'config_test.dynamic.default';
+    $default_configuration_entity = 'config_test.dynamic.test.config';
 
     // Verify that default module config does not exist before installation yet.
     $config = config($default_config);
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.default.yml b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.test.config.yml
similarity index 72%
rename from core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.default.yml
rename to core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.test.config.yml
index fefeed5..14e3767 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.default.yml
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/config_test.dynamic.test.config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-id: default
+id: test.config
 label: Default
 protected_property: Default