diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleFileImportStatus.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleFileImportStatus.php
index da1165f..9726ef8 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleFileImportStatus.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocaleFileImportStatus.php
@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ class LocaleFileImportStatus extends WebTestBase {
    * @param int $timestamp_difference
    *  (optional) Timestamp offset, used to mock older or newer files.
    *
-   * @return \Drupal\entity\EntityInterface
+   * @return stdClass
+   *   A file object of type stdClass.
    */
   function mockImportedPoFile($langcode, $timestamp_difference = 0) {
     $dir = variable_get('locale_translate_file_directory', drupal_get_path('module', 'locale') . '/tests');
     $testfile_uri = $dir . '/test.' . $langcode . '.po';
 
-    $file = locale_translate_file_entity_create($testfile_uri);
+    $file = locale_translate_file_create($testfile_uri);
     $file->original_timestamp = $file->timestamp;
     $file->timestamp = $file->timestamp + $timestamp_difference;
     $file->langcode = $langcode;
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
index bd4e5e3..acdfdcf 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ function locale_translate_batch_import($filepath, &$context) {
   // The filename is either {langcode}.po or {prefix}.{langcode}.po, so
   // we can extract the language code to use for the import from the end.
   if (preg_match('!(/|\.)([^\./]+)\.po$!', $filepath, $langcode)) {
-    $file = locale_translate_file_entity_create($filepath, $langcode[2]);
+    $file = locale_translate_file_create($filepath, $langcode[2]);
     $success = _locale_import_read_po('db-store', $file, array(), $langcode[2]);
     if ($success == NULL) {
       $file->langcode = $langcode[2];
@@ -347,17 +347,19 @@ function locale_translate_batch_finished($success, $results) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Wrapper for entity_create(). Populates the timestamp property.
+ * Creates a file object and populates the timestamp property.
  *
  * @param $filepath
  *   The filepath of a file to import.
  *
- * @return Drupal\entity\EntityInterface
+ * @return stdClass
+ *   A file object of type stdClass.
  *
- * @see entity_create()
  */
-function locale_translate_file_entity_create($filepath) {
-  $file = entity_create('file', array('filename' => drupal_basename($filepath), 'uri' => $filepath));
+function locale_translate_file_create($filepath) {
+  $file = new stdClass();
+  $file->filename = drupal_basename($filepath);
+  $file->uri = $filepath;
   $file->timestamp = filemtime($file->uri);
   return $file;
 }