diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
index 4a2f69a..661291e 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ function locale_translation_flush_projects() {
  *   - "status": Project status, 1 = enabled.
  */
 function locale_translation_build_projects() {
-  // This function depends on Update module. We degrade gracefully.
-  if (!\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('update')) {
-    return array();
-  }
-
   // Get the project list based on .info.yml files.
   $projects = locale_translation_project_list();
 
@@ -58,32 +53,16 @@ function locale_translation_build_projects() {
   $default_server = locale_translation_default_translation_server();
 
   // If project is a dev release, or core, find the latest available release.
-  $project_updates = update_get_available(TRUE);
   foreach ($projects as $name => $data) {
-    if (isset($project_updates[$name]['releases']) && $project_updates[$name]['project_status'] != 'not-fetched') {
-      // Find out if a dev version is installed.
-      if (preg_match("/^\d+\.x-(\d+)\..*-dev$/", $data['info']['version'], $matches) ||
-          preg_match("/^(\d+)\.\d+\.\d+.*-dev$/", $data['info']['version'], $matches)) {
-        // Find a suitable release to use as alternative translation.
-        foreach ($project_updates[$name]['releases'] as $project_release) {
-          // The first release with the same major release number which is not a
-          // dev release is the one. Releases are sorted the most recent first.
-          // For example the major release number for a contrib module
-          // 8.x-2.x-dev is "2", for core 8.1.0-dev is "8".
-          // @todo https://www.drupal.org/node/1774024 Make a helper function.
-          if ($project_release['version_major'] == $matches[1] &&
-              (!isset($project_release['version_extra']) || $project_release['version_extra'] != 'dev')) {
-            $release = $project_release;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (!empty($release['version'])) {
-        $data['info']['version'] = $release['version'];
-      }
-
-      unset($release);
+    // For dev releases, remove the '-dev' part and trust the translation server
+    // to fall back to the latest stable release for that branch.
+    if (preg_match("/^(\d+\.x-\d+\.)[x|\d+]-(dev|alpha|beta).*$/", $data['info']['version'], $matches)) {
+      // Example matches: 8.x-1.x-dev, 8.x-1.0-alpha1 => 8.x-1.x
+      $data['info']['version'] = $matches[1] . 'x';
+    }
+    elseif (preg_match("/^(\d+\.\d+\.)\d+.*$/", $data['info']['version'], $matches)) {
+      // Example match: 8.0.0-dev => 8.0.x (Drupal core)
+      $data['info']['version'] = $matches[1] . 'x';
     }
 
     // For every project store information.
@@ -96,6 +75,8 @@ function locale_translation_build_projects() {
       'server_pattern' => isset($data['info']['interface translation server pattern']) && $data['info']['interface translation server pattern'] ? $data['info']['interface translation server pattern'] : $default_server['pattern'],
       'status' => !empty($data['project_status']) ? 1 : 0,
     );
+
+
     $project = (object) $data;
     $projects[$name] = $project;
 
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.translation.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.translation.inc
index f097602..0383aaf 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.translation.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.translation.inc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function locale_translation_get_projects(array $project_names = array()) {
     $row_count = \Drupal::service('locale.project')->countProjects();
     // https://www.drupal.org/node/1777106 is a follow-up issue to make the
     // check for possible out-of-date project information more robust.
-    if ($row_count == 0 && \Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('update')) {
+    if ($row_count == 0) {
       module_load_include('compare.inc', 'locale');
       // At least the core project should be in the database, so we build the
       // data if none are found.
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/src/Form/TranslationStatusForm.php b/core/modules/locale/src/Form/TranslationStatusForm.php
index a65f42c..e74ddd1 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/src/Form/TranslationStatusForm.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/src/Form/TranslationStatusForm.php
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ protected function prepareUpdateData(array $status) {
    * This method will produce debug information including the respective path(s)
    * based on this setting.
    *
-   * Translations for development versions are never fetched, so the debug info
-   * for that is a fixed message.
-   *
    * @param array $project_info
    *   An array which is the project information of the source.
    *
@@ -245,10 +242,11 @@ protected function prepareUpdateData(array $status) {
   protected function createInfoString($project_info) {
     $remote_path = isset($project_info->files['remote']->uri) ? $project_info->files['remote']->uri : FALSE;
     $local_path = isset($project_info->files['local']->uri) ? $project_info->files['local']->uri : FALSE;
-
+    /*
     if (strpos($project_info->version, 'dev') !== FALSE) {
       return $this->t('No translation files are provided for development releases.');
     }
+    */
     if (locale_translation_use_remote_source() && $remote_path && $local_path) {
       return $this->t('File not found at %remote_path nor at %local_path', array(
         '%remote_path' => $remote_path,