diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.module b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
index c2de3c9e..6ad065b3 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.module
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -115,19 +115,10 @@ function forum_entity_type_build(array &$entity_types) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_entity_bundle_info_alter().
- */
-function forum_entity_bundle_info_alter(&$bundles) {
-  // Take over URI construction for taxonomy terms that are forums.
-  if ($vid = \Drupal::config('forum.settings')->get('vocabulary')) {
-    if (isset($bundles['taxonomy_term'][$vid])) {
-      $bundles['taxonomy_term'][$vid]['uri_callback'] = 'forum_uri';
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * Entity URI callback used in forum_entity_bundle_info_alter().
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x, will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0.
+ *   Use $forum->url() instead.
  */
 function forum_uri($forum) {
   return Url::fromRoute('forum.page', ['taxonomy_term' => $forum->id()]);
@@ -546,7 +537,7 @@ function template_preprocess_forum_list(&$variables) {
   // Sanitize each forum so that the template can safely print the data.
   foreach ($variables['forums'] as $id => $forum) {
     $variables['forums'][$id]->description = ['#markup' => $forum->description->value];
-    $variables['forums'][$id]->link = forum_uri($forum);
+    $variables['forums'][$id]->link = $forum->url();
     $variables['forums'][$id]->name = $forum->label();
     $variables['forums'][$id]->is_container = !empty($forum->forum_container->value);
     $variables['forums'][$id]->zebra = $row % 2 == 0 ? 'odd' : 'even';
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.services.yml b/core/modules/forum/forum.services.yml
index 88557171..df863802 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.services.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ services:
     arguments: ['@database', '@forum_manager']
     tags:
       - { name: backend_overridable }
-
+  forum.route_processor:
+    class: Drupal\forum\Routing\RouteProcessor
+    tags:
+      - { name: route_processor_outbound }
+    arguments: ['@config.factory', '@entity_type.manager']
   forum.uninstall_validator:
     class: Drupal\forum\ForumUninstallValidator
     tags:
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/src/Routing/RouteProcessor.php b/core/modules/forum/src/Routing/RouteProcessor.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..285e186b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/forum/src/Routing/RouteProcessor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\forum\Routing;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\BubbleableMetadata;
+use Drupal\Core\RouteProcessor\OutboundRouteProcessorInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
+
+/**
+ * Processes the outbound path by resolving it to the forum page.
+ */
+class RouteProcessor implements OutboundRouteProcessorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The config factory.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
+   */
+  protected $configFactory;
+
+  /**
+   * The entity type manager service.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface
+   */
+  protected $entityTypeManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a RouteProcessor object.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory
+   *   The config factory.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager
+   *   The entity type manager service.
+   */
+  function __construct(ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory, EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager) {
+    $this->configFactory = $config_factory;
+    $this->entityTypeManager = $entity_type_manager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function processOutbound($route_name, Route $route, array &$parameters, BubbleableMetadata $bubbleable_metadata = NULL) {
+    if ($route_name == 'entity.taxonomy_term.canonical' && !empty($parameters['taxonomy_term'])) {
+      // Take over URI construction for taxonomy terms that belong to forum.
+      if ($vid = $this->configFactory->get('forum.settings')->get('vocabulary')) {
+        $term = $this->entityTypeManager->getStorage('taxonomy_term')->load($parameters['taxonomy_term']);
+        if ($term && $term->getVocabularyId() == $vid) {
+          $route->setPath('/forum/{taxonomy_term}');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/tests/src/Functional/ForumTest.php b/core/modules/forum/tests/src/Functional/ForumTest.php
index 76823a75..a2039368 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/tests/src/Functional/ForumTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/tests/src/Functional/ForumTest.php
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ public function testForum() {
 
     // Test adding a comment to a forum topic.
     $node = $this->createForumTopic($this->forum, FALSE);
+    // Make sure the forum field points to the forum.
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, "field--name-taxonomy-forums")]//a[contains(@href, :href)]', [':href' => 'forum/' . $this->forum['tid']]);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($elements), 1, 'Found taxonomy term overridden link.');
+
     $edit = [];
     $edit['comment_body[0][value]'] = $this->randomMachineName();
     $this->drupalPostForm('node/' . $node->id(), $edit, t('Save'));