diff --git a/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php b/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
index eba9ff9..523e73f 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ function testBookDelete() {
      foreach ($nodes as $node) {
        $nids[] = $node->nid;
      }
-     node_delete_multiple($nids);
+     entity_delete_multiple('node', $nids);
      $this->drupalPost('node/' . $this->book->nid . '/outline/remove', $edit, t('Remove'));
      $node = node_load($this->book->nid, TRUE);
      $this->assertTrue(empty($node->book), 'Deleting childless top-level book node properly allowed.');
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
index 139b2d2..16ac41b 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ function node_multiple_delete_confirm($form, &$form_state, $nodes) {
  */
 function node_multiple_delete_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   if ($form_state['values']['confirm']) {
-    node_delete_multiple(array_keys($form_state['values']['nodes']));
+    entity_delete_multiple('node', array_keys($form_state['values']['nodes']));
     $count = count($form_state['values']['nodes']);
     watchdog('content', 'Deleted @count posts.', array('@count' => $count));
     drupal_set_message(format_plural($count, 'Deleted 1 post.', 'Deleted @count posts.'));
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.api.php b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
index 78a3139..62cec78 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
  *   - hook_entity_view() (all)
  *   - hook_node_view_alter() (all)
  *   - hook_entity_view_alter() (all)
- * - Deleting a node (calling node_delete() or node_delete_multiple()):
+ * - Deleting a node (calling node_delete() or entity_delete_multiple()):
  *   - Node is loaded (see Loading section above)
  *   - hook_delete() (node-type-specific)
  *   - hook_node_predelete() (all)
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ function hook_node_operations() {
 /**
  * Act before node deletion.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after the type-specific
+ * This hook is invoked from entity_delete_multiple() after the type-specific
  * hook_delete() has been invoked, but before hook_entity_predelete() and
  * field_attach_delete() are called, and before the node is removed from the
  * node table in the database.
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ function hook_node_operations() {
  *   The node that is about to be deleted.
  *
  * @see hook_node_predelete()
- * @see node_delete_multiple()
+ * @see entity_delete_multiple()
  * @ingroup node_api_hooks
  */
 function hook_node_predelete(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node) {
@@ -483,14 +483,14 @@ function hook_node_predelete(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node) {
 /**
  * Respond to node deletion.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after field_attach_delete()
+ * This hook is invoked from entity_delete_multiple() after field_attach_delete()
  * has been called and after the node has been removed from the database.
  *
  * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node
  *   The node that has been deleted.
  *
  * @see hook_node_predelete()
- * @see node_delete_multiple()
+ * @see entity_delete_multiple()
  * @ingroup node_api_hooks
  */
 function hook_node_delete(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $node) {
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ function hook_node_type_delete($info) {
  * This hook is invoked only on the module that defines the node's content type
  * (use hook_node_delete() to respond to all node deletions).
  *
- * This hook is invoked from node_delete_multiple() after the node has been
+ * This hook is invoked from entity_delete_multiple() after the node has been
  * removed from the node table in the database, before hook_node_delete() is
  * invoked, and before field_attach_delete() is called.
  *
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 5c934df..09c6e8c 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1001,21 +1001,9 @@ function node_save(EntityInterface $node) {
  *   A node ID.
  */
 function node_delete($nid) {
-  node_delete_multiple(array($nid));
+  entity_delete_multiple('node', array($nid));
 }
 
-/**
- * Deletes multiple nodes.
- *
- * @param $nids
- *   An array of node IDs.
- *
- * @see hook_node_predelete()
- * @see hook_node_delete()
- */
-function node_delete_multiple($nids) {
-  entity_delete_multiple('node', $nids);
-}
 
 /**
  * Deletes a node revision.
@@ -1470,7 +1458,7 @@ function node_user_predelete($account) {
     ->condition('uid', $account->uid)
     ->execute()
     ->fetchCol();
-  node_delete_multiple($nodes);
+  entity_delete_multiple('node', $nodes);
   // Delete old revisions.
   $revisions = db_query('SELECT vid FROM {node_revision} WHERE uid = :uid', array(':uid' => $account->uid))->fetchCol();
   foreach ($revisions as $revision) {