diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.admin.inc b/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.admin.inc
index adbb6b0..1c9ea78 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.admin.inc
@@ -316,42 +316,6 @@ function content_translation_form_language_content_settings_submit(array $form,
     }
   }
 
-  _content_translation_update_field_translatability($settings);
-  drupal_set_message(t('Settings successfully updated.'));
-}
-
-/**
- * Stores content translation settings.
- *
- * @param array $settings
- *   An associative array of settings keyed by entity type and bundle. At bundle
- *   level the following keys are available:
- *   - translatable: The bundle translatability status, which is a bool.
- *   - settings: An array of language configuration settings as defined by
- *     language_save_default_configuration().
- *   - fields: An associative array with field names as keys and a boolean as
- *     value, indicating field translatability.
- */
-function _content_translation_update_field_translatability($settings) {
-  $fields = array();
-  foreach ($settings as $entity_type => $entity_settings) {
-    foreach ($entity_settings as $bundle => $bundle_settings) {
-      // Collapse field settings since here we have per instance settings, but
-      // translatability has per-field scope. We assume that all the field
-      // instances have the same value.
-      if (!empty($bundle_settings['fields'])) {
-        foreach ($bundle_settings['fields'] as $field_name => $translatable) {
-          // If a field is enabled for translation for at least one instance we
-          // need to mark it as translatable.
-          $field = FieldService::fieldInfo()->getField($entity_type, $field_name);
-          if ($field && $field->isFieldTranslatable() !== $translatable) {
-            $field->translatable = $translatable;
-            $field->save();
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   content_translation_save_settings($settings);
+  drupal_set_message(t('Settings successfully updated.'));
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/Field.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/Field.php
index 8e44d50..b7ebef9 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/Field.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/Field.php
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ public function getExportProperties() {
       'module',
       'locked',
       'cardinality',
-      'translatable',
       'indexes',
     );
     $properties = array();