diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/BackendChain.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/BackendChain.php
index 3b3489af9d..8e02656eed 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/BackendChain.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/BackendChain.php
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ class BackendChain implements CacheBackendInterface, CacheTagsInvalidatorInterfa
   protected $backends = [];
 
   /**
-   * Constructs a DatabaseBackend object.
+   * Constructs a new backend chain service instance.
    *
-   * @param string $bin
-   *   The cache bin for which the object is created.
+   * @param string|null $bin
+   *   (deprecated) The cache bin for which the object is created. The $bin
+   *   parameter is deprecated in drupal:8.8.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0.
+   *
+   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/3061125
    */
-  public function __construct($bin) {
+  public function __construct($bin = NULL) {
+    if ($bin) {
+      @trigger_error('The $bin parameter is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Omit the first parameter. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3061125', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/BackendChainTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/BackendChainTest.php
index 72c0de99f0..5cdc413346 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/BackendChainTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/BackendChainTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class BackendChainTest extends GenericCacheBackendUnitTestBase {
 
   protected function createCacheBackend($bin) {
-    $chain = new BackendChain($bin);
+    $chain = new BackendChain();
 
     // We need to create some various backends in the chain.
     $chain
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Cache/BackendChainImplementationUnitTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Cache/BackendChainImplementationUnitTest.php
index 4f4f587d5b..9509cc1de4 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Cache/BackendChainImplementationUnitTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Cache/BackendChainImplementationUnitTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * Unit test of backend chain implementation specifics.
  *
  * @group Cache
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\Cache\BackendChain
  */
 class BackendChainImplementationUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
     $this->thirdBackend->set('t3', 33);
 
     // Create the chain.
-    $this->chain = new BackendChain('foobarbaz');
+    $this->chain = new BackendChain();
     $this->chain
       ->appendBackend($this->firstBackend)
       ->appendBackend($this->secondBackend)
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ public function testDeleteTagsPropagation() {
    * Test that removing bin propagates to all backends.
    */
   public function testRemoveBin() {
-    $chain = new BackendChain('foo');
+    $chain = new BackendChain();
     for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
       $backend = $this->createMock('Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface');
       $backend->expects($this->once())->method('removeBin');
@@ -298,4 +299,15 @@ public function testRemoveBin() {
     $chain->removeBin();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests deprecation of the constructor parameter.
+   *
+   * @group legacy
+   * @covers ::__construct
+   * @expectedDeprecation The $bin parameter is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Omit the first parameter. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3061125
+   */
+  public function testConstructorParameterDeprecation() {
+    new BackendChain('arbitrary');
+  }
+
 }