diff -u b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
--- b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Entity/View.php
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@
     // Disable the View if we made no changes or the handlers were not able to
     // remove the dependencies. This will cause all handler dependencies to be
     // ignored on dependency calculation.
+    // @todo Display a message or add a 'disabled' fieldset that shows any
+    // disabled config.
     if ($disable) {
       $this->disable();
       $arguments = [
diff -u b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/EntityField.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/EntityField.php
--- b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/EntityField.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/EntityField.php
@@ -1075,11 +1075,19 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies) {
+    // See if this handler is responsible for any of the dependencies being
+    // removed. If this is the case, indicate that this handler needs to be
+    // removed from the View.
     $remove = FALSE;
+    // Get all the current dependencies for this handler.
     $current_dependencies = $this->calculateDependencies();
     foreach ($current_dependencies as $group => $dependency_list) {
+      // Check if any of the handler dependencies match the dependencies being
+      // removed.
       foreach ($dependency_list as $config_key) {
         if (isset($dependencies[$group]) && array_key_exists($config_key, $dependencies[$group])) {
+          // This handlers dependency matches a dependency being removed,
+          // indicate that this handler needs to be removed.
           $remove = TRUE;
           break 2;
         }
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/FieldUIDeleteTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/src/Tests/FieldUIDeleteTest.php
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ function testDeleteField() {
 
     // Check the config dependencies of the first field.
     $this->drupalGet("$bundle_path2/fields/node.$type_name2.$field_name/delete");
-    $this->assertText(t('The listed configuration will be deleted.'));
+    $this->assertText(t('The listed configuration will be updated.'));
     $this->assertText(t('View'));
     $this->assertText('test_view_field_delete');
 
     $xml = $this->cssSelect('#edit-entity-deletes');
-    // Remove the wrapping HTML.
-    $this->assertIdentical(FALSE, strpos($xml[0]->asXml(), $field_label), 'The currently being deleted field is not shown in the entity deletions.');
+    // Test that nothing is scheduled for deletion.
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($xml[0]), 'The currently being deleted field is not shown in the entity deletions.');
 
     // Delete the second field.
     $this->fieldUIDeleteField($bundle_path2, "node.$type_name2.$field_name", $field_label, $type_name2);
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewsConfigDependenciesIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Kernel/ViewsConfigDependenciesIntegrationTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
 use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
 use Drupal\image\Entity\ImageStyle;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
 use Drupal\views\Entity\View;
 
 /**
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class ViewsConfigDependenciesIntegrationTest extends ViewsKernelTestBase {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public static $modules = ['field', 'file', 'image', 'entity_test'];
+  public static $modules = ['field', 'file', 'image', 'entity_test', 'user'];
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ class ViewsConfigDependenciesIntegrationTest extends ViewsKernelTestBase {
   public static $testViews = ['entity_test_fields'];
 
   /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp($import_test_views = TRUE) {
+    parent::setUp($import_test_views);
+
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Tests integration with image module.
    */
   public function testImage() {
@@ -69,8 +79,58 @@ public function testImage() {
     // Delete the 'foo' image style.
     $style->delete();
 
-    // Checks that the view has been deleted too.
-    $this->assertNull(View::load('entity_test_fields'));
+    $view = View::load('entity_test_fields');
+
+    // Checks that the view has not been deleted too.
+    $this->assertNotNull(View::load('entity_test_fields'));
+
+    // Checks that the image field was removed from the View.
+    $display = $view->getDisplay('default');
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($display['display_options']['fields']['bar']));
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests removing a config dependency that disables the View.
+   */
+  public function testConfigRemovalDisable() {
+    // Create a role we can add to the View and delete.
+    $role = Role::create(array(
+      'id' => 'dummy',
+      'label' => 'dummy',
+    ));
+
+    $role->save();
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\views\ViewEntityInterface $view */
+    $view = View::load('entity_test_fields');
+    $display =& $view->getDisplay('default');
+
+    // Set the access to be restricted by the dummy role.
+    $display['display_options']['access'] = [
+      'type' => 'role',
+      'options' => [
+        'role' => [
+          $role->id() => $role->id(),
+        ],
+      ],
+    ];
+    $view->save();
+
+    // Check that the View now has a dependency on the Role.
+    $dependencies = $view->getDependencies() + ['config' => []];
+    $this->assertTrue(in_array('user.role.dummy', $dependencies['config']));
+
+    // Delete the role.
+    $role->delete();
+
+    $view = View::load('entity_test_fields');
+
+    // Checks that the view has not been deleted too.
+    $this->assertNotNull($view);
+
+    // Checks that the view has been disabled.
+    $this->assertFalse($view->status());
   }
 
 }