diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Locale.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Locale.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46a4e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Locale.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\locale\Locale.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\locale;
+
+use Drupal;
+
+/**
+ * Static service container wrapper for locale.
+ */
+class Locale {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the locale configuration manager service.
+   *
+   * Use the locale config manager service for creating locale-wrapped typed
+   * configuration objects.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedDataManager::create()
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\locale\LocaleConfigManager
+   */
+  public static function storage() {
+    return Drupal::service('locale.config.typed');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
index ee2b87e..ae1e75b 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ function locale_translate_batch_refresh(array $options, array &$context) {
     // Clear cache and force refresh of JavaScript translations.
     _locale_refresh_translations($context['sandbox']['refresh']['languages'], $next);
     // Check whether we need to refresh configuration objects.
-    if (!empty($options['refresh_configuration']) && $names = locale_config()->getStringNames($next)) {
+    if (!empty($options['refresh_configuration']) && $names = Locale::storage()->getStringNames($next)) {
       $context['sandbox']['refresh']['names'] = $names;
     }
   }
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ function locale_translate_delete_translation_files($projects = array(), $langcod
  */
 function locale_config_batch_update_components(array $options, $langcodes = array(), $components = array()) {
   $langcodes = $langcodes ? $langcodes : array_keys(locale_translatable_language_list());
-  if ($langcodes && $names = locale_config()->getComponentNames($components)) {
+  if ($langcodes && $names = Locale::storage()->getComponentNames($components)) {
     return locale_config_batch_build($names, $langcodes, $options);
   }
 }
@@ -872,15 +872,15 @@ function locale_config_update_multiple(array $names, $langcodes = array()) {
   $langcodes = $langcodes ? $langcodes : array_keys(locale_translatable_language_list());
   $count = 0;
   foreach ($names as $name) {
-    $wrapper = locale_config()->get($name);
+    $wrapper = Locale::storage()->get($name);
     foreach ($langcodes as $langcode) {
       $translation = $wrapper->getValue() ? $wrapper->getTranslation($langcode, TRUE)->getValue() : NULL;
       if ($translation) {
-        locale_config()->saveTranslationData($name, $langcode, $translation);
+        Locale::storage()->saveTranslationData($name, $langcode, $translation);
         $count++;
       }
       else {
-        locale_config()->deleteTranslationData($name, $langcode);
+        Locale::storage()->deleteTranslationData($name, $langcode);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.module b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
index 429253f..f81bc81 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.module
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ function locale_language_delete($language) {
   locale_translate_delete_translation_files(array(), array($language->langcode));
 
   // Remove translated configuration objects.
-  locale_config()->deleteLanguageTranslations($language->langcode);
+  Locale::storage()->deleteLanguageTranslations($language->langcode);
 
   // Changing the language settings impacts the interface:
   _locale_invalidate_js($language->langcode);
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ function locale_system_remove($components) {
     module_load_include('compare.inc', 'locale');
     Drupal::moduleHandler()->loadInclude('locale', 'inc', 'bulk');
     // Delete configuration translations.
-    locale_config()->deleteComponentTranslations($components, array_keys($language_list));
+    Locale::storage()->deleteComponentTranslations($components, array_keys($language_list));
 
     // Only when projects are removed, the translation files and records will be
     // deleted. Not each disabled module will remove a project. E.g. sub modules.
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ function _locale_refresh_translations($langcodes, $lids = array()) {
  *   List of string identifiers that have been updated / created.
  */
 function _locale_refresh_configuration(array $langcodes, array $lids) {
-  if ($lids && $langcodes && $names = locale_config()->getStringNames($lids)) {
+  if ($lids && $langcodes && $names = Locale::storage()->getStringNames($lids)) {
     Drupal::moduleHandler()->loadInclude('locale', 'inc', 'bulk');
     locale_config_update_multiple($names, $langcodes);
   }
@@ -1354,17 +1354,3 @@ function _locale_rebuild_js($langcode = NULL) {
       return TRUE;
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * Returns the locale configuration manager service.
- *
- * Use the locale config manager service for creating locale-wrapped typed
- * configuration objects.
- *
- * @see \Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedDataManager::create()
- *
- * @return \Drupal\locale\LocaleConfigManager
- */
-function locale_config() {
-  return drupal_container()->get('locale.config.typed');
-}