diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.install b/core/modules/comment/comment.install
index 48bb5a4..029925f 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.install
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.install
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ function comment_uninstall() {
   field_delete_field('comment_body');
 
   // Remove variables.
-  variable_del('comment_block_count');
   $node_types = array_keys(node_type_get_types());
   foreach ($node_types as $node_type) {
     field_attach_delete_bundle('comment', 'comment_node_' . $node_type);
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
index dd87b29..103a260 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ function comment_field_extra_fields() {
  */
 function comment_theme() {
   return array(
-    'comment_block' => array(
-      'variables' => array('number' => NULL),
-    ),
     'comment_preview' => array(
       'variables' => array('comment' => NULL),
     ),
@@ -454,36 +451,6 @@ function comment_permalink($cid) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Finds the most recent comments that are available to the current user.
- *
- * @param integer $number
- *   (optional) The maximum number of comments to find. Defaults to 10.
- *
- * @return
- *   An array of comment objects or an empty array if there are no recent
- *   comments visible to the current user.
- */
-function comment_get_recent($number = 10) {
-  $query = db_select('comment', 'c');
-  $query->innerJoin('node', 'n', 'n.nid = c.nid');
-  $query->addTag('node_access');
-  $query->addMetaData('base_table', 'comment');
-  $comments = $query
-    ->fields('c')
-    ->condition('c.status', COMMENT_PUBLISHED)
-    ->condition('n.status', NODE_PUBLISHED)
-    ->orderBy('c.created', 'DESC')
-    // Additionally order by cid to ensure that comments with the same timestamp
-    // are returned in the exact order posted.
-    ->orderBy('c.cid', 'DESC')
-    ->range(0, $number)
-    ->execute()
-    ->fetchAll();
-
-  return $comments ? $comments : array();
-}
-
-/**
  * Calculates the page number for the first new comment.
  *
  * @param $num_comments
@@ -552,26 +519,6 @@ function comment_new_page_count($num_comments, $new_replies, EntityInterface $no
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns HTML for a list of recent comments.
- *
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_comment_block($variables) {
-  $items = array();
-  $number = $variables['number'];
-  foreach (comment_get_recent($number) as $comment) {
-    $items[] = l($comment->subject, 'comment/' . $comment->cid, array('fragment' => 'comment-' . $comment->cid)) . '&nbsp;<span>' . t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $comment->changed))) . '</span>';
-  }
-
-  if ($items) {
-    return theme('item_list', array('items' => $items));
-  }
-  else {
-    return t('No comments available.');
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * Implements hook_node_view().
  */
 function comment_node_view(EntityInterface $node, EntityDisplay $display, $view_mode) {
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml b/core/modules/comment/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1ae9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/comment/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+base_field: cid
+base_table: comment
+core: 8.x
+description: ''
+status: '1'
+display:
+  block_1:
+    display_plugin: block
+    id: block_1
+    display_title: Block
+    position: ''
+    display_options:
+      block_description: 'Recent comments'
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: ''
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access comments'
+      cache:
+        type: none
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+      pager:
+        type: some
+        options:
+          items_per_page: '10'
+          offset: '0'
+      style:
+        type: html_list
+        options:
+          grouping: {  }
+          row_class: ''
+          default_row_class: '1'
+          row_class_special: '1'
+          type: ul
+          wrapper_class: item-list
+          class: ''
+      row:
+        type: fields
+        options:
+          default_field_elements: '1'
+          inline:
+            subject: subject
+            changed: changed
+          separator: ' '
+          hide_empty: '0'
+      relationships:
+        nid:
+          id: nid
+          table: comment
+          field: nid
+          required: '1'
+      fields:
+        subject:
+          id: subject
+          table: comment
+          field: subject
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '0'
+            ellipsis: '0'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          link_to_comment: '1'
+          link_to_node: '0'
+        changed:
+          id: changed
+          table: comment
+          field: changed
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '1'
+            ellipsis: '1'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          date_format: 'time ago'
+          custom_date_format: ''
+          timezone: ''
+          plugin_id: date
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: '1'
+          table: comment
+          field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: '0'
+          group: '1'
+        status_node:
+          value: '1'
+          table: node
+          field: status
+          relationship: nid
+          id: status_node
+          expose:
+            operator: '0'
+          group: '1'
+      sorts:
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: comment
+          field: created
+          order: DESC
+        cid:
+          id: cid
+          table: comment
+          field: cid
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          order: DESC
+          exposed: '0'
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          plugin_id: standard
+      title: 'Recent comments'
+      empty:
+        area_text_custom:
+          id: area_text_custom
+          table: views
+          field: area_text_custom
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          empty: '1'
+          content: 'No comments available.'
+          tokenize: '0'
+          plugin_id: text_custom
+human_name: 'Recent comments'
+module: views
+id: comments_recent
+tag: ''
+langcode: en
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/block/block/RecentCommentsBlock.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/block/block/RecentCommentsBlock.php
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7b49b..0000000
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Plugin/block/block/RecentCommentsBlock.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\comment\Plugin\block\block\RecentCommentsBlock.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\comment\Plugin\block\block;
-
-use Drupal\block\BlockBase;
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin;
-use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
-
-/**
- * Provides a 'Recent comments' block.
- *
- * @Plugin(
- *  id = "recent_comments",
- *  admin_label = @Translation("Recent comments"),
- *  module = "comment"
- * )
- */
-class RecentCommentsBlock extends BlockBase {
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::settings().
-   */
-  public function settings() {
-    return array(
-      'block_count' => 10,
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::access().
-   */
-  public function blockAccess() {
-    return user_access('access comments');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::blockForm().
-   */
-  public function blockForm($form, &$form_state) {
-    $form['block_count'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'select',
-      '#title' => t('Number of recent comments'),
-      '#default_value' => $this->configuration['block_count'],
-      '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30)),
-    );
-    return $form;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::blockSubmit().
-   */
-  public function blockSubmit($form, &$form_state) {
-    $this->configuration['block_count'] = $form_state['values']['block_count'];
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\block\BlockBase::build().
-   */
-  public function build() {
-    return array(
-      '#theme' => 'comment_block',
-      '#number' => $this->configuration['block_count'],
-    );
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentBlockTest.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentBlockTest.php
index 901d325..c60e153 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentBlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentBlockTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class CommentBlockTest extends CommentTestBase {
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = array('block');
+  public static $modules = array('block', 'views');
 
   function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ public static function getInfo() {
    */
   function testRecentCommentBlock() {
     $this->drupalLogin($this->admin_user);
-    $block = $this->drupalPlaceBlock('recent_comments', array(), array('block_count' => 2));
+    $block = $this->drupalPlaceBlock('views_block:comments_recent-block_1');
 
-    // Add some test comments, one without a subject.
-    $comment1 = $this->postComment($this->node, $this->randomName(), $this->randomName());
-    $comment2 = $this->postComment($this->node, $this->randomName(), $this->randomName());
-    $comment3 = $this->postComment($this->node, $this->randomName());
+    // Add some test comments, with and without subjects. Because the 10 newest
+    // comments should be shown by the block, we create 11 to test that behavior
+    // below.
+    for ($i = 0; $i < 11; ++$i) {
+      $subject = ($i % 2) ? $this->randomName() : '';
+      $comments[$i] = $this->postComment($this->node, $this->randomName(), $subject);
+    }
 
     // Test that a user without the 'access comments' permission cannot see the
     // block.
@@ -61,48 +64,35 @@ function testRecentCommentBlock() {
     // posting a node from a node form.
     cache_invalidate_tags(array('content' => TRUE));
     $this->drupalGet('');
-    $label = $block->label();
-    $this->assertNoText($label, 'Block was not found.');
+    $this->assertNoText(t('Recent comments'));
     user_role_grant_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array('access comments'));
 
     // Test that a user with the 'access comments' permission can see the
     // block.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->web_user);
     $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->assertText($label, 'Block was found.');
-
-    // Test the only the 2 latest comments are shown and in the proper order.
-    $this->assertNoText($comment1->subject->value, 'Comment not found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($comment2->subject->value, 'Comment found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($comment3->comment_body->value, 'Comment found in block.');
-    $this->assertTrue(strpos($this->drupalGetContent(), $comment3->comment_body->value) < strpos($this->drupalGetContent(), $comment2->subject->value), 'Comments were ordered correctly in block.');
-
-    // Set the number of recent comments to show to 10.
-    $block->set('settings', array('block_count' => 10));
-    $block->save();
-
-    // Post an additional comment.
-    $comment4 = $this->postComment($this->node, $this->randomName(), $this->randomName());
-
-    // Test that all four comments are shown.
-    $this->assertText($comment1->subject->value, 'Comment found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($comment2->subject->value, 'Comment found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($comment3->comment_body->value, 'Comment found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($comment4->subject->value, 'Comment found in block.');
+    $this->assertText(t('Recent comments'));
+
+    // Test the only the 10 latest comments are shown and in the proper order.
+    $this->assertNoText($comments[0]->subject->value, 'Comment 11 not found in block.');
+    for ($i = 1; $i < 11; $i++) {
+      $this->assertText($comments[$i]->subject->value, format_string('Comment @number found in block.', array('@number' => 11 - $i)));
+      if ($i > 1) {
+        $previous_position = $position;
+        $position = strpos($this->drupalGetContent(), $comments[$i]->subject->value);
+        $this->assertTrue($position < $previous_position, format_string('Comment @a appears before comment @b', array('@a' => 11 - $i, '@b' => 12 - $i)));
+      }
+      $position = strpos($this->drupalGetContent(), $comments[$i]->subject->value);
+    }
 
     // Test that links to comments work when comments are across pages.
     $this->setCommentsPerPage(1);
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->clickLink($comment1->subject->value);
-    $this->assertText($comment1->subject->value, 'Comment link goes to correct page.');
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->clickLink($comment2->subject->value);
-    $this->assertText($comment2->subject->value, 'Comment link goes to correct page.');
-    $this->clickLink($comment4->subject->value);
-    $this->assertText($comment4->subject->value, 'Comment link goes to correct page.');
-    // Check that when viewing a comment page from a link to the comment, that
-    // rel="canonical" is added to the head of the document.
-    $this->assertRaw('<link rel="canonical"', 'Canonical URL was found in the HTML head');
+
+    for ($i = 1; $i < 11; $i++) {
+      $this->clickLink($comments[$i]->subject->value);
+      $this->assertText($comments[$i]->subject->value, 'Comment link goes to correct page.');
+      $this->assertRaw('<link rel="canonical"', 'Canonical URL was found in the HTML head');
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/DefaultViewRecentComments.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/DefaultViewRecentComments.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 46d0318..0000000
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/DefaultViewRecentComments.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\comment\Tests\Views\DefaultViewRecentComments.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\comment\Tests\Views;
-
-use Drupal\entity\DatabaseStorageController;
-use  Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
-
-class DefaultViewRecentComments extends ViewTestBase {
-
-  /**
-   * Modules to enable.
-   *
-   * @var array
-   */
-  public static $modules = array('comment', 'block');
-
-  /**
-   * Number of results for the Master display.
-   *
-   * @var int
-   */
-  protected $masterDisplayResults = 5;
-
-  /**
-   * Number of results for the Block display.
-   *
-   * @var int
-   */
-  protected $blockDisplayResults = 5;
-
-  /**
-   * Number of results for the Page display.
-   *
-   * @var int
-   */
-  protected $pageDisplayResults = 5;
-
-  /**
-   * Will hold the comments created for testing.
-   *
-   * @var array
-   */
-  protected $commentsCreated = array();
-
-  /**
-   * Contains the node object used for comments of this test.
-   *
-   * @var Drupal\node\Node
-   */
-  public $node;
-
-  public static function getInfo() {
-    return array(
-      'name' => 'Default View - Recent Comments',
-      'description' => 'Test results for the Recent Comments view shipped with the module',
-      'group' => 'Views Config',
-    );
-  }
-
-  public function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    // Create a new content type
-    $content_type = $this->drupalCreateContentType();
-
-    // Add a node of the new content type.
-    $node_data = array(
-      'type' => $content_type->type,
-    );
-
-    $this->node = $this->drupalCreateNode($node_data);
-
-    // Create some comments and attach them to the created node.
-    for ($i = 0; $i < $this->masterDisplayResults; $i++) {
-      $comment = entity_create('comment', array('node_type' => 'comment_node_' . $this->node->type));
-      $comment->uid->target_id = 0;
-      $comment->nid->target_id = $this->node->nid;
-      $comment->subject->value = 'Test comment ' . $i;
-      $comment->comment_body->value = 'Test body ' . $i;
-      $comment->comment_body->format = 'full_html';
-
-      comment_save($comment);
-    }
-
-    // Store all the nodes just created to access their properties on the tests.
-    $this->commentsCreated = entity_load_multiple('comment');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the block defined by the comments_recent view.
-   */
-  public function testBlockDisplay() {
-    $view = views_get_view('comments_recent');
-    $view->setDisplay('block_1');
-    $this->executeView($view);
-
-    $map = array(
-      'comment_nid' => 'nid',
-      'comment_subject' => 'subject',
-      'cid' => 'cid',
-      'comment_changed' => 'changed'
-    );
-    $expected_result = array();
-    foreach (array_values($this->commentsCreated) as $key => $comment) {
-      $expected_result[$key]['nid'] = $comment->nid->target_id;
-      $expected_result[$key]['subject'] = $comment->subject->value;
-      $expected_result[$key]['cid'] = $comment->id();
-      $expected_result[$key]['changed'] = $comment->changed->value;
-    }
-    $this->assertIdenticalResultset($view, $expected_result, $map);
-
-    // Check the number of results given by the display is the expected.
-    $this->assertEqual(sizeof($view->result), $this->blockDisplayResults,
-      format_string('There are exactly @results comments. Expected @expected',
-        array('@results' => count($view->result), '@expected' => $this->blockDisplayResults)
-      )
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the page defined by the comments_recent view.
-   */
-  public function testPageDisplay() {
-    $view = views_get_view('comments_recent');
-    $view->setDisplay('page_1');
-    $this->executeView($view);
-
-    $map = array(
-      'comment_nid' => 'nid',
-      'comment_subject' => 'subject',
-      'comment_changed' => 'changed',
-      'comment_changed' => 'created',
-      'cid' => 'cid'
-    );
-    $expected_result = array();
-    foreach (array_values($this->commentsCreated) as $key => $comment) {
-      $expected_result[$key]['nid'] = $comment->nid->target_id;
-      $expected_result[$key]['subject'] = $comment->subject->value;
-      $expected_result[$key]['changed'] = $comment->changed->value;
-      $expected_result[$key]['created'] = $comment->created->value;
-      $expected_result[$key]['cid'] = $comment->id();
-    }
-    $this->assertIdenticalResultset($view, $expected_result, $map);
-
-    // Check the number of results given by the display is the expected.
-    $this->assertEqual(count($view->result), $this->pageDisplayResults,
-      format_string('There are exactly @results comments. Expected @expected',
-        array('@results' => count($view->result), '@expected' => $this->pageDisplayResults)
-      )
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml b/core/modules/views/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8f71d..0000000
--- a/core/modules/views/config/views.view.comments_recent.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-base_field: cid
-base_table: comment
-core: '8'
-description: 'A block and a page with recent comments.'
-status: '0'
-display:
-  default:
-    id: default
-    display_title: Master
-    display_plugin: default
-    position: '1'
-    display_options:
-      query:
-        type: views_query
-        options:
-          query_comment: '0'
-      title: 'Recent comments'
-      use_more: '1'
-      access:
-        type: none
-      cache:
-        type: none
-      exposed_form:
-        type: basic
-      pager:
-        type: some
-        options:
-          items_per_page: '5'
-      relationships:
-        nid:
-          id: nid
-          table: comment
-          field: nid
-          plugin_id: standard
-      fields:
-        subject:
-          id: subject
-          table: comment
-          field: subject
-          label: ''
-          link_to_comment: '1'
-          plugin_id: comment
-        timestamp:
-          id: timestamp
-          table: comment
-          field: changed
-          label: ''
-          date_format: 'time ago'
-          plugin_id: date
-      sorts:
-        timestamp:
-          id: timestamp
-          table: comment
-          field: changed
-          order: DESC
-          plugin_id: date
-      filters:
-        status_extra:
-          id: status_extra
-          table: node
-          field: status_extra
-          relationship: nid
-          group: '0'
-          plugin_id: node_status
-      style:
-        type: html_list
-      row:
-        type: fields
-  page_1:
-    id: page_1
-    display_title: Page
-    display_plugin: page
-    position: '2'
-    display_options:
-      query:
-        type: views_query
-        options: {  }
-      defaults:
-        style_plugin: '0'
-        style_options: '0'
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