diff --git a/core/modules/field/field.deprecated.inc b/core/modules/field/field.deprecated.inc
index 2c9340c..589a6e5 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/field.deprecated.inc
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.deprecated.inc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function field_info_formatter_settings($type) {
 /**
  * Returns a lightweight map of fields across bundles.
  *
- * The function only returns non deleted fields.
+ * The function only returns non-deleted fields.
  *
  * @return
  *   An array keyed by entity type. Each value is an array which keys are
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ function field_info_field_map() {
  *   The entity type.
  * @param $field_name
  *   The name of the field to retrieve. $field_name can only refer to a
- *   non-deleted field. For deleted fields, use
- *   field_info_field_by_id().
+ *   non-deleted field. For deleted fields, use field_info_field_by_id().
  *
  * @return
  *   The field array, as returned by field_read_fields(), with an
@@ -356,12 +355,12 @@ function field_read_field($entity_type, $field_name, $include_additional = array
  * Reads in fields that match an array of conditions.
  *
  * @param array $conditions
- *   An array of conditions to match against. Keys are names of properties found
- *   in field configuration files, and values are conditions to match.
+ *   An array of conditions to match against. Keys are names of properties
+ *   found in field configuration files, and values are conditions to match.
  * @param array $include_additional
- *   The default behavior of this function is to not return fields that are
- *   have been deleted. Setting
- *   $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will override this behavior.
+ *   The default behavior of this function is to not return fields that have
+ *   been deleted. Setting $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will
+ *   override this behavior.
  *
  * @return
  *   An array of fields matching $params. If
@@ -396,9 +395,9 @@ function field_read_fields($conditions = array(), $include_additional = array())
  * @param $bundle
  *   The bundle to which the field is bound.
  * @param array $include_additional
- *   The default behavior of this function is to not return an instance that has
- *   been deleted. Setting
- *   $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE will override this behavior.
+ *   The default behavior of this function is to not return an instance that
+ *   has been deleted. Setting $include_additional['include_deleted'] to TRUE
+ *   will override this behavior.
  *
  * @return
  *   An instance structure, or FALSE.
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstance.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstance.php
index 8d03386..3b23ecc 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstance.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstance.php
@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@ public function __construct(array $values, $entity_type = 'field_instance') {
     elseif (isset($values['field_uuid'])) {
       $field = field_info_field_by_id($values['field_uuid']);
       if (!$field) {
-        $field = current(field_read_fields(array('uuid' => $values['field_uuid']), array('include_deleted' => TRUE)));
-      }
-      if (!$field) {
         throw new FieldException(format_string('Attempt to create an instance of unknown field @uuid', array('@uuid' => $values['field_uuid'])));
       }
     }