diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
index 9cd17b0..28e96aa 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
@@ -17,18 +17,22 @@
  * @see \Drupal\Core\CoreServiceProvider
  */
 class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getFunctions() {
-    // @todo re-add unset => twig_unset if this is really needed
     return array(
       // @todo Remove URL function once http://drupal.org/node/1778610 is resolved.
       'url' => new \Twig_Function_Function('url'),
       // These functions will receive a TwigReference object, if a render array is detected
-      'hide' => new TwigReferenceFunction('twig_hide'),
       'render_var' => new TwigReferenceFunction('twig_render_var'),
-      'show' => new TwigReferenceFunction('twig_show'),
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getFilters() {
     return array(
       't' => new \Twig_Filter_Function('t'),
@@ -40,9 +44,14 @@ public function getFilters() {
       // @see TwigNodeTrans::compileString()
       'passthrough' => new \Twig_Filter_Function('twig_raw_filter'),
       'placeholder' => new \Twig_Filter_Function('twig_raw_filter'),
+      // @todo Consider renaming to 'exclude' or 'without'.
+      'hide' => new \Twig_Filter_Function('twig_hide'),
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getNodeVisitors() {
     // The node visitor is needed to wrap all variables with
     // render_var -> twig_render_var() function.
@@ -51,16 +60,16 @@ public function getNodeVisitors() {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getTokenParsers() {
     return array(
-      new TwigFunctionTokenParser('hide'),
-      new TwigFunctionTokenParser('show'),
       new TwigTransTokenParser(),
     );
   }
 
-  public function getName()
-  {
+  public function getName() {
     return 'drupal_core';
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/block/templates/block-list.html.twig b/core/modules/block/templates/block-list.html.twig
index 873d192..fb5ee44 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/templates/block-list.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/block/templates/block-list.html.twig
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 #}
-{% hide(form.place_blocks) %}
 <div class="layout-block-list clearfix">
   <div class="layout-region block-list-primary">
-    {{ form }}
+    {{ form|hide('place_blocks') }}
   </div>
   <div class="layout-region block-list-secondary">
     {{ form.place_blocks }}
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/templates/comment.html.twig b/core/modules/comment/templates/comment.html.twig
index 570448f..5e2b080 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/templates/comment.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/comment/templates/comment.html.twig
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
  * - author: Comment author. Can be a link or plain text.
  * - content: The content-related items for the comment display. Use
  *   {{ content }} to print them all, or print a subset such as
- *   {{ content.field_example }}. Use hide(content.field_example) to temporarily
- *   suppress the printing of a given element.
+ *   {{ content.field_example }}.
  * - created: Formatted date and time for when the comment was created.
  *   Preprocess functions can reformat it by calling format_date() with the
  *   desired parameters on the 'comment.created' variable.
@@ -93,8 +92,7 @@
 
   <div{{ content_attributes }}>
     {# We hide the links now so that we can render them later. #}
-    {% hide(content.links) %}
-    {{ content }}
+    {{ content|hide('links') }}
 
     {% if signature %}
       <div class="user-signature">
diff --git a/core/modules/node/templates/node-edit-form.html.twig b/core/modules/node/templates/node-edit-form.html.twig
index eee9ecc..510f0c0 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/templates/node-edit-form.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/node/templates/node-edit-form.html.twig
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 #}
-{% hide(form.advanced) %}
-{% hide(form.actions) %}
 <div class="layout-node-form clearfix">
   <div class="layout-region layout-region-node-main">
-    {{ form }}
+    {{ form|hide('advanced', 'actions') }}
   </div>
   <div class="layout-region layout-region-node-secondary">
     {{ form.advanced }}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/templates/node.html.twig b/core/modules/node/templates/node.html.twig
index 1f8c823..2099e3c 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/templates/node.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/node/templates/node.html.twig
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  *   - published: Whether the node is published.
  * - label: The title of the node.
  * - content: All node items. Use {{ content }} to print them all,
- *   or print a subset such as {{ content.field_example }}. Use
- *   {% hide(content.field_example) %} to temporarily suppress the printing
- *   of a given element.
+ *   or print a subset such as {{ content.field_example }}.
  * - user_picture: The node author's picture from user-picture.html.twig.
  * - date: Formatted creation date. Preprocess functions can reformat it by
  *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on
@@ -94,8 +92,7 @@
 
   <div{{ content_attributes }}>
     {# We hide links now so that we can render them later. #}
-    {% hide(content.links) %}
-    {{ content }}
+    {{ content|hide('links') }}
   </div>
 
   {{ content.links }}
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig b/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
index a3986fa..13be3c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
  * - name: Name of the current term.
  * - content: Items for the content of the term (fields and description).
  *   Use 'content' to print them all, or print a subset such as
- *   'content.description'. Use the following code to temporarily suppress the
- *   printing of a given element:
- *   @code
- *   {% hide(content.description) %}
- *   @endcode
+ *   'content.description'.
  * - attributes: HTML attributes for the wrapper. The 'class' attribute
  *   contains the following classes by default:
  *   - taxonomy-term: The current template type, i.e. "theming hook".
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/templates/comment.html.twig b/core/themes/bartik/templates/comment.html.twig
index ad03eb6..5e24380 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/templates/comment.html.twig
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/templates/comment.html.twig
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
  * - author: Comment author. Can be a link or plain text.
  * - content: The content-related items for the comment display. Use
  *   {{ content }} to print them all, or print a subset such as
- *   {{ content.field_example }}. Use hide(content.field_example) to temporarily
- *   suppress the printing of a given element.
+ *   {{ content.field_example }}.
  * - created: Formatted date and time for when the comment was created.
  *   Preprocess functions can reformat it by calling format_date() with the
  *   desired parameters on the 'comment.created' variable.
@@ -107,8 +106,7 @@
 
     <div{{ content_attributes }}>
       {# We hide the links now so that we can render them later. #}
-      {% hide(content.links) %}
-      {{ content }}
+      {{ content|hide('links') }}
     </div> <!-- /.content -->
 
     <footer class="comment-footer">
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.html.twig b/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.html.twig
index 6694211..9e2761a 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.html.twig
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/templates/node.html.twig
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  *   - published: Whether the node is published.
  * - label: The title of the node.
  * - content: All node items. Use {{ content }} to print them all,
- *   or print a subset such as {{ content.field_example }}. Use
- *   {% hide(content.field_example) %} to temporarily suppress the printing
- *   of a given element.
+ *   or print a subset such as {{ content.field_example }}.
  * - user_picture: The node author's picture from user-picture.html.twig.
  * - date: Formatted creation date. Preprocess functions can reformat it by
  *   calling format_date() with the desired parameters on
@@ -92,8 +90,7 @@
 
   <div class="content clearfix"{{ content_attributes }}>
     {# We hide links now so that we can render them later. #}
-    {% hide(content.links) %}
-    {{ content }}
+    {{ content|hide('links') }}
   </div>
 
   {% if content.links %}
diff --git a/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine b/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
index 23e245c..50d461a 100644
--- a/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
+++ b/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
@@ -131,27 +131,27 @@ function twig_render_var($arg) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Wrapper around hide() that does not return the content.
+ * Sets a child's #printed property to TRUE to prevent it from rendering.
  *
- * @see hide
- */
-function twig_hide($element) {
-  if ($element instanceof TwigReference) {
-    $element = &$element->getReference();
-    hide($element);
-  }
-  // @todo Add warning in else case
-}
-
-/**
- * Wrapper around show() that does not return the content.
+ * @param mixed $element
+ *   The parent renderable array to hide the child items.
+ * @param string[] $args,...
+ *   The string keys of $element to prevent printing.
  *
- * @see show
+ * @return mixed
+ *   String, Object or Render Array
  */
-function twig_show($element) {
+function twig_hide($element) {
   if ($element instanceof TwigReference) {
-    $element = &$element->getReference();
-    show($element);
+    $args = func_get_args();
+    if (count($args) > 1) {
+      unset($args[0]);
+      foreach ($args as $arg) {
+        if (isset($element[$arg])) {
+          $element[$arg]['#printed'] = TRUE;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
-  // @todo Add warning in else case
+  return $element;
 }