reverted:
--- b/core/modules/system/src/Controller/SystemController.php
+++ a/core/modules/system/src/Controller/SystemController.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkTreeInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuTreeParameters;
 use Drupal\Core\Theme\ThemeAccessCheck;
-use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\system\SystemManager;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -68,13 +67,6 @@
   protected $menuLinkTree;
 
   /**
-   * The bootstrap cache service.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
-   */
-  protected $bootstrapCache;
-
-  /**
    * Constructs a new SystemController.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\system\SystemManager $systemManager
@@ -89,17 +81,14 @@
    *   The theme handler.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkTreeInterface
    *   The menu link tree service.
-   * @parm \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface
-   *   The bootstrap cache service.
    */
+  public function __construct(SystemManager $systemManager, QueryFactory $queryFactory, ThemeAccessCheck $theme_access, FormBuilderInterface $form_builder, ThemeHandlerInterface $theme_handler, MenuLinkTreeInterface $menu_link_tree) {
-  public function __construct(SystemManager $systemManager, QueryFactory $queryFactory, ThemeAccessCheck $theme_access, FormBuilderInterface $form_builder, ThemeHandlerInterface $theme_handler, MenuLinkTreeInterface $menu_link_tree, CacheBackendInterface $bootstrap_cache) {
     $this->systemManager = $systemManager;
     $this->queryFactory = $queryFactory;
     $this->themeAccess = $theme_access;
     $this->formBuilder = $form_builder;
     $this->themeHandler = $theme_handler;
     $this->menuLinkTree = $menu_link_tree;
-    $this->bootstrapCache = $bootstrap_cache;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -112,8 +101,7 @@
       $container->get('access_check.theme'),
       $container->get('form_builder'),
       $container->get('theme_handler'),
+      $container->get('menu.link_tree')
-      $container->get('menu.link_tree'),
-      $container->get('cache.bootstrap')
     );
   }
 
@@ -198,10 +186,6 @@
    * @todo Move into ThemeController.
    */
   public function themesPage() {
-    //  Clean up the bootstrap "missing files" cache when listing themes.
-    $this->bootstrapCache->delete('drupal_get_filename:missing');
-    drupal_static_reset('drupal_get_filename:missing');
-
     $config = $this->config('system.theme');
     // Get all available themes.
     $themes = $this->themeHandler->rebuildThemeData();
reverted:
--- b/core/modules/system/src/Form/ModulesListForm.php
+++ a/core/modules/system/src/Form/ModulesListForm.php
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@
     // Include system.admin.inc so we can use the sort callbacks.
     $this->moduleHandler->loadInclude('system', 'inc', 'system.admin');
 
-    //  Clean up the "missing files" cache when listing modules.
-    \Drupal::cache('bootstrap')->delete('drupal_get_filename:missing');
-    drupal_static_reset('drupal_get_filename:missing');
-
     $form['filters'] = array(
       '#type' => 'container',
       '#attributes' => array(
diff -u b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Bootstrap/GetFilenameUnitTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Bootstrap/GetFilenameUnitTest.php
--- b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Bootstrap/GetFilenameUnitTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Bootstrap/GetFilenameUnitTest.php
@@ -86,11 +86,4 @@
     // Restore the original error handler.
     restore_error_handler();
-
-    // Get the missing records static from drupal_get_filename.
-    $missing = &drupal_static('drupal_get_filename:missing');
-
-    // Searching for an item that does not exist creates a static record in
-    // drupal_get_filename().
-    $this->assertTrue($missing['module'][$non_existing_module], 'Searching for an item that does not exist creates a static record in drupal_get_filename().');
   }
 }