diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
index 21755a5057..b6a2c296b0 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigEnvironment.php
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ class TwigEnvironment extends \Twig_Environment {
    *   The options for the Twig environment.
    */
   public function __construct($root, CacheBackendInterface $cache, $twig_extension_hash, StateInterface $state, \Twig_LoaderInterface $loader = NULL, $options = []) {
-    // Ensure that twig.engine is loaded, given that it is needed to render a
-    // template because functions like TwigExtension::escapeFilter() are called.
-    require_once $root . '/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine';
-
     $this->templateClasses = [];
 
     $options += [
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
index 377efe6dde..60a9bd4c2e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public function getFilters() {
       new \Twig_SimpleFilter('safe_join', [$this, 'safeJoin'], ['needs_environment' => TRUE, 'is_safe' => ['html']]),
 
       // Array filters.
-      new \Twig_SimpleFilter('without', 'twig_without'),
+      new \Twig_SimpleFilter('without', [$this, 'withoutFilter']),
 
       // CSS class and ID filters.
       new \Twig_SimpleFilter('clean_class', '\Drupal\Component\Utility\Html::getClass'),
@@ -630,4 +630,37 @@ public function createAttribute(array $attributes = []) {
     return new Attribute($attributes);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Removes child elements from a copy of the original array.
+   *
+   * Creates a copy of the renderable array and removes child elements by key
+   * specified through filter's arguments. The copy can be printed without these
+   * elements. The original renderable array is still available and can be used
+   * to print child elements in their entirety in the twig template.
+   *
+   * @param array|object $element
+   *   The parent renderable array to exclude the child items.
+   * @param string[] ...
+   *   The string keys of $element to prevent printing.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   The filtered renderable array.
+   */
+  public function withoutFilter($element) {
+    if ($element instanceof \ArrayAccess) {
+      $filtered_element = clone $element;
+    }
+    else {
+      $filtered_element = $element;
+    }
+    $args = func_get_args();
+    unset($args[0]);
+    foreach ($args as $arg) {
+      if (isset($filtered_element[$arg])) {
+        unset($filtered_element[$arg]);
+      }
+    }
+    return $filtered_element;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigWhiteListTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigWhiteListTest.php
index 7af10f5946..5b11298d69 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigWhiteListTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Theme/TwigWhiteListTest.php
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
    * Tests white-listing of methods doesn't interfere with chaining.
    */
   public function testWhiteListChaining() {
+    // Include the Twig engine so we can call twig_render_template().
+    require_once $this->root . '/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine';
+
     $node = Node::create([
       'type' => 'page',
       'title' => 'Some node mmk',
diff --git a/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine b/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
index 177e01a511..48d1717fe3 100644
--- a/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
+++ b/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine
@@ -133,20 +133,13 @@ function twig_render_template($template_file, array $variables) {
  *
  * @return array
  *   The filtered renderable array.
+ *
+ * @deprecated in Drupal 8.5.x and will be removed before 9.0.0. Use
+ *   \Drupal\Core\Template\TwigExtension::withoutFilter() instead.
  */
 function twig_without($element) {
-  if ($element instanceof ArrayAccess) {
-    $filtered_element = clone $element;
-  }
-  else {
-    $filtered_element = $element;
-  }
-  $args = func_get_args();
-  unset($args[0]);
-  foreach ($args as $arg) {
-    if (isset($filtered_element[$arg])) {
-      unset($filtered_element[$arg]);
-    }
-  }
-  return $filtered_element;
+  /** @var \Drupal\Core\Template\TwigExtension $extension */
+  $extension = \Drupal::service('twig.extension');
+
+  return call_user_func_array([$extension, 'withoutFilter'], func_get_args());
 }