reverted:
--- b/core/core.services.yml
+++ a/core/core.services.yml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       - [setContainer, ['@service_container']]
   cache.backend.database:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\DatabaseBackendFactory
+    arguments: ['@database', '@cache_tags.invalidator.checksum']
-    arguments: ['@database', '@cache_tags.invalidator.checksum', '@transliteration']
   cache.backend.apcu:
     class: Drupal\Core\Cache\ApcuBackendFactory
     arguments: ['@app.root', '@cache_tags.invalidator.checksum']
diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Crypt;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\SchemaObjectExistsException;
-use Drupal\Component\Transliteration\TransliterationInterface;
 
 /**
  * Defines a default cache implementation.
@@ -56,18 +55,15 @@
    *   The database connection.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheTagsChecksumInterface $checksum_provider
    *   The cache tags checksum provider.
-   * @param \Drupal\Component\Transliteration\TransliterationInterface $transliteration
-   *   The transliteration service.
    * @param string $bin
    *   The cache bin for which the object is created.
    */
-  public function __construct(Connection $connection, CacheTagsChecksumInterface $checksum_provider, TransliterationInterface $transliteration, $bin) {
+  public function __construct(Connection $connection, CacheTagsChecksumInterface $checksum_provider, $bin) {
     // All cache tables should be prefixed with 'cache_'.
     $bin = 'cache_' . $bin;
 
     $this->bin = $bin;
     $this->connection = $connection;
-    $this->transliteration = $transliteration;
     $this->checksumProvider = $checksum_provider;
   }
 
@@ -442,12 +438,24 @@
     // with the hash appended.
     $hash = Crypt::hashBase64($cid);
     if (!$cid_is_ascii) {
-      $cid = $this->transliteration->transliterate($cid);
+      $cid = $this->transliteration()->transliterate($cid);
     }
     return substr($cid, 0, 255 - strlen($hash)) . $hash;
   }
 
   /**
+   * Wraps the transliteration service.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Component\Transliteration\TransliterationInterface
+   */
+  protected function transliteration() {
+    if (!$this->transliteration) {
+      $this->transliteration = \Drupal::transliteration();
+    }
+    return $this->transliteration;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Defines the schema for the {cache_*} bin tables.
    */
   public function schemaDefinition() {