diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc b/core/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
index ac186cc..154d917 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function comment_admin_overview($form, &$form_state, $arg) {
   // Ensure all nodes are statically cached so that we do not have to load them
   // individually when getting their labels below.
   node_load_multiple($nids);
-  $comments = comment_load_multiple($cids);
+  $comments = entity_load_multiple('comment', $cids);
 
   // Build a table listing the appropriate comments.
   $options = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index b38892d..33ed0ee 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ function comment_node_page_additions(EntityInterface $node) {
     $mode = variable_get('comment_default_mode_' . $node->type, COMMENT_MODE_THREADED);
     $comments_per_page = variable_get('comment_default_per_page_' . $node->type, 50);
     if ($cids = comment_get_thread($node, $mode, $comments_per_page)) {
-      $comments = comment_load_multiple($cids);
+      $comments = entity_load_multiple('comment', $cids);
       comment_prepare_thread($comments);
       $build = comment_view_multiple($comments);
       $build['pager']['#theme'] = 'pager';
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ function comment_links(Comment $comment, EntityInterface $node) {
  * Constructs render array from an array of loaded comments.
  *
  * @param $comments
- *   An array of comments as returned by comment_load_multiple().
+ *   An array of comments as returned by entity_load_multiple().
  * @param $view_mode
  *   View mode, e.g. 'full', 'teaser'...
  * @param $langcode
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ function comment_node_update_index(EntityInterface $node, $langcode) {
     $mode = variable_get('comment_default_mode_' . $node->type, COMMENT_MODE_THREADED);
     $comments_per_page = variable_get('comment_default_per_page_' . $node->type, 50);
     if ($node->comment && $cids = comment_get_thread($node, $mode, $comments_per_page)) {
-      $comments = comment_load_multiple($cids);
+      $comments = entity_load_multiple('comment', $cids);
       comment_prepare_thread($comments);
       $build = comment_view_multiple($comments, $langcode);
       return drupal_render($build);
@@ -1278,24 +1278,6 @@ function comment_user_predelete($account) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Loads comment entities from the database.
- *
- * @param array $cids
- *   (optional) An array of entity IDs. If omitted, all entities are loaded.
- * @param bool $reset
- *   (optional) Whether to reset the internal static entity cache.
- *
- * @return array
- *   An array of comment objects, indexed by comment ID.
- *
- * @see entity_load()
- * @see Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\QueryInterface
- */
-function comment_load_multiple(array $cids = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
-  return entity_load_multiple('comment', $cids, $reset);
-}
-
-/**
  * Loads the entire comment by comment ID.
  *
  * @param int $cid
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
index eeaec0b..728c74c 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/views/row/Rss.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function preRender($result) {
       $cids[] = $row->cid;
     }
 
-    $this->comments = comment_load_multiple($cids);
+    $this->comments = entity_load_multiple('comment', $cids);
     foreach ($this->comments as $comment) {
       $comment->depth = count(explode('.', $comment->thread->value)) - 1;
     }