diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationProvidersExistTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationProvidersExistTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationProvidersExistTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationProvidersExistTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate\Kernel\Plugin;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\InvalidPluginDefinitionException;
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\BadPluginDefinitionException;
 use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
 use Drupal\KernelTests\FileSystemModuleDiscoveryDataProviderTrait;
 use Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\MigrateFieldPluginManager;
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
     $expected_mappings = [
       'userreference' => [
         'source_module' => 'user_reference',
-        'destination_module' => 'entity_reference',
+        'destination_module' => 'core',
       ],
       'nodereference' => [
         'source_module' => 'node_reference',
-        'destination_module' => 'entity_reference',
+        'destination_module' => 'core',
       ],
       'optionwidgets' => [
         'source_module' => 'optionwidgets',
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       ],
       'taxonomy_term_reference' => [
         'source_module' => 'taxonomy',
-        'destination_module' => 'entity_reference',
+        'destination_module' => 'core',
       ],
       'date' => [
         'source_module' => 'date',
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     $plugin_manager->method('getDiscovery')
       ->willReturn($discovery);
 
-    $this->setExpectedException(InvalidPluginDefinitionException::class, "The missing_{$missing_property} plugin should define the $missing_property property.");
+    $this->setExpectedException(BadPluginDefinitionException::class, "The missing_{$missing_property} plugin should define the $missing_property property.");
     $plugin_manager->getDefinitions();
   }
 
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/MigrateFieldPluginManager.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/MigrateFieldPluginManager.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/MigrateFieldPluginManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/MigrateFieldPluginManager.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\InvalidPluginDefinitionException;
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\BadPluginDefinitionException;
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception\PluginNotFoundException;
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigratePluginManager;
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrationInterface;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     foreach (['core', 'source_module', 'destination_module'] as $required_property) {
       if (empty($definition[$required_property])) {
-        throw new InvalidPluginDefinitionException($plugin_id, sprintf('The %s plugin should define the %s property.', $definition['id'], $required_property));
+        throw new BadPluginDefinitionException($plugin_id, $definition['id'], $required_property);
       }
     }
   }
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/NodeReference.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/NodeReference.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/NodeReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/NodeReference.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *     "nodereference" = "entity_reference",
  *   },
  *   source_module = "node_reference",
- *   destination_module = "entity_reference",
+ *   destination_module = "core",
  * )
  */
 class NodeReference extends FieldPluginBase {
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/field/UserReference.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *     "userreference" = "entity_reference",
  *   },
  *   source_module = "user_reference",
- *   destination_module = "entity_reference",
+ *   destination_module = "core",
  * )
  */
 class UserReference extends FieldPluginBase {
diff -u b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/cckfield/TaxonomyTermReference.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/cckfield/TaxonomyTermReference.php
--- b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/cckfield/TaxonomyTermReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/cckfield/TaxonomyTermReference.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   },
  *   core = {6,7},
  *   source_module = "taxonomy",
- *   destination_module = "entity_reference",
+ *   destination_module = "core",
  * )
  *
  * @deprecated in Drupal 8.4.x, to be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use
diff -u b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/field/TaxonomyTermReference.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/field/TaxonomyTermReference.php
--- b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/field/TaxonomyTermReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/field/TaxonomyTermReference.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *   },
  *   core = {6,7},
  *   source_module = "taxonomy",
- *   destination_module = "entity_reference",
+ *   destination_module = "core",
  * )
  */
 class TaxonomyTermReference extends FieldPluginBase {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Plugin/Exception/BadPluginDefinitionException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Component\Plugin\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a class for bad plugin definition exceptions.
+ */
+class BadPluginDefinitionException extends InvalidPluginDefinitionException {
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a BadPluginDefinitionException.
+   *
+   * For the remaining parameters see \Exception.
+   *
+   * @param string $plugin_id
+   *   The plugin ID of the mapper.
+   * @param string $plugin
+   *   The ID of the plugin that has a missing property.
+   * @param string $property
+   *   The name of the property that is missing from the plugin.
+   *
+   * @see \Exception
+   */
+  public function __construct($plugin_id, $plugin, $property, $code = 0, \Exception $previous = NULL) {
+    $message = sprintf('The %s plugin should define the %s property.', $plugin, $property);
+    parent::__construct($plugin_id, $message, $code, $previous);
+  }
+
+}