diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/migrate_drupal.install b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/migrate_drupal.install
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/migrate_drupal.install
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/migrate_drupal.install
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@
 function migrate_drupal_update_8601() {
-  $moduleInstaller = \Drupal::service('module_installer');
-  $moduleInstaller->install(['migrate_drupal_multilingual']);
+  \Drupal::service('module_installer')->install(['migrate_drupal_multilingual']);
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/MigrationConfigurationTrait.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/MigrationConfigurationTrait.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/MigrationConfigurationTrait.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/MigrationConfigurationTrait.php
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@
         // @todo https://drupal.org/node/2681867 We should be able to validate
         //   the entire migration at this point.
 
-        // Multilingual migrations require the module migrate_drupal_multilingual.
-        $tags = $migration->getMigrationTags() ? $migration->getMigrationTags() : [];
-        if (in_array('Multilingual', $tags) && (!\Drupal::service('module_handler')->moduleExists('migrate_drupal_multilingual'))) {
+        // Multilingual migrations require migrate_drupal_multilingual.
+        $tags = $migration->getMigrationTags() ?: [];
+        if (in_array('Multilingual', $tags, TRUE) && (!\Drupal::service('module_handler')->moduleExists('migrate_drupal_multilingual'))) {
           throw new RequirementsException("The module migrate_drupal_multilingual is not enabled on the new site.");
         }
 
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.info.yml b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.info.yml
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.info.yml
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.info.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 type: module
-description: 'Provides a requirement for entity and i18n migrations.'
+description: 'Provides a requirement for mulitlingual migrations.'
 package: 'Core (Experimental)'
 core: 8.x
 dependencies:
-  - migrate
   - migrate_drupal
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.module b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.module
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.module
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_multilingual/migrate_drupal_multilingual.module
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     case 'help.page.migrate_drupal_multilingual':
       $output = '';
       $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
-      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Migrate Drupal i18n module is a requirement for migrating entity and i18n translations. It does not provide a user interface. For more information, see the <a href=":migrate_drupal_multilingual">online documentation for the Migrate Drupal Multilingual module</a>.', [':migrate_drupal_multilingual' => 'https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/experimental-migrate-drupal-i18n']) . '</p>';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Migrate Drupal i18n module is a requirement for migrating translations. It does not provide a user interface. For more information, see the <a href=":migrate_drupal_multilingual">online documentation for the Migrate Drupal Multilingual module</a>.', [':migrate_drupal_multilingual' => 'https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/experimental-migrate-drupal-i18n']) . '</p>';
       return $output;
   }
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 class MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest extends MigrateUpgradeExecuteTestBase {
 
   /**
-   * Modules to enable.
-   *
-   * @var array
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static $modules = [
     'language',
@@ -182,7 +180,6 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function testMigrateUpgradeExecute() {
-
     $connection_options = $this->sourceDatabase->getConnectionOptions();
     $this->drupalGet('/upgrade');
     $session = $this->assertSession();
@@ -315,7 +312,7 @@
 
     // Ensure migrated users can log in.
     $user = User::load(2);
-    $user->passRaw = 'john.doe_pass';
+    $user->passRaw = 'a password';
     $this->drupalLogin($user);
     $this->assertFollowUpMigrationResults();
   }
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d7/MigrateUpgrade7I18nTest.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d7/MigrateUpgrade7I18nTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d7/MigrateUpgrade7I18nTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d7/MigrateUpgrade7I18nTest.php
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 class MigrateUpgrade7I18nTest extends MigrateUpgradeExecuteTestBase {
 
   /**
-   * Modules to enable.
-   *
-   * @var array
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static $modules = [
     'file',