diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
index 9ad0de1..3f9724b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ class View extends ConfigEntityBase implements ViewStorageInterface {
   protected $executable;
 
   /**
-   * The views data.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\views\ViewsData
-   */
-  protected $viewsData;
-
-  /**
    * The module implementing this view.
    *
    * @var string
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.api.php b/core/modules/views/views.api.php
index 35e99be..a537fe6 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.api.php
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ function hook_views_data() {
   // a field, filter, etc. you can also filter by the group.
   $data['example_table']['table']['group'] = t('Example table');
 
+  // Within 'table', the value of 'provider' is the module that provides schema
+  // or the entity type that causes the table to exist. Setting this ensures
+  // that views have the correct dependencies. This is automatically set to the
+  // module that implements hook_views_data().
+  $data['example_table']['table']['provider'] = 'example_module';
+
   // Some tables are "base" tables, meaning that they can be the base tables
   // for views. Non-base tables can only be brought in via relationships in
   // views based on other tables. To define a table to be a base table, add