diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/TaxonomyTermReferenceItem.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/TaxonomyTermReferenceItem.php
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--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/TaxonomyTermReferenceItem.php
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@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\taxonomy\Plugin\field\field_type\TaxonomyTermReferenceItem.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\taxonomy\Plugin\Field\FieldType;
-
-use Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem;
-
-/**
- * Plugin implementation of the 'term_reference' field type.
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x-dev, will be removed before Drupal 8.0.0.
- *   This field type has been removed in https://www.drupal.org/node/1847596,
- *   use the Entity Reference field instead.
- *
- * @FieldType(
- *   id = "taxonomy_term_reference",
- *   label = @Translation("Taxonomy term"),
- *   description = @Translation("This field has been deprecated."),
- *   no_ui = TRUE
- * )
- */
-class TaxonomyTermReferenceItem extends EntityReferenceItem {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function __construct() {
-    throw new \Exception('The Taxonomy term reference field has been removed. You should run the database update script immediately.');
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
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--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
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-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Install, update and uninstall functions for the taxonomy module.
- */
-
-/**
- * Convert Taxonomy term reference fields to Entity reference.
- */
-function taxonomy_update_8001() {
-  if (!$field_storage_configs = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('field_storage_config')->loadByProperties(array('type' => 'taxonomy_term_reference'))) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Update the field storage settings.
-  foreach ($field_storage_configs as $field_storage) {
-    // Since the usual workflow for field storages do not allow changing the
-    // field type, we have to work around it in this case.
-    $field_storage->original = $field_storage;
-
-    $field_storage->settings['target_type'] = 'taxonomy_term';
-    $field_storage->module = $field_storage->type = $field_storage->original->type = 'entity_reference';
-
-    $vocabulary_name = $field_storage->settings['allowed_values'][0]['vocabulary'];
-    unset($field_storage->settings['allowed_values']);
-    $field_storage->save();
-
-    // Update the field settings.
-    $field_name = $field_storage->getName();
-    if (!$fields = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('field_config')->loadByProperties(array('field_name' => $field_name))) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    foreach ($fields as $field) {
-      $field->field_type = 'entity_reference';
-      $field->settings['handler'] = 'default';
-      $field->settings['handler_settings'] = array(
-        'target_bundles' => array($vocabulary_name => $vocabulary_name),
-        // Enable auto-create.
-        'auto_create' => TRUE,
-      );
-      $field->save();
-
-      // Update entity view displays.
-      $properties = array(
-        'targetEntityType' => $field->getTargetEntityTypeId(),
-        'bundle' => $field->getTargetBundle()
-      );
-      if ($view_displays = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('entity_view_display')->loadByProperties($properties)) {
-        foreach ($view_displays as $view_display) {
-          if ($component = $view_display->getComponent($field_name)) {
-            $view_display->setComponent($field_name, array(
-              'type' => 'entity_reference_label',
-              'settings' => array(
-                'link' => TRUE,
-              ),
-            ) + $component)->save();
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Update entity form displays.
-      $properties = array(
-        'targetEntityType' => $field->getTargetEntityTypeId(),
-        'bundle' => $field->getTargetBundle()
-      );
-      if ($form_displays = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage('entity_form_display')->loadByProperties($properties)) {
-        foreach ($form_displays as $form_display) {
-          if ($component = $form_display->getComponent($field_name)) {
-            $form_display->setComponent($field_name, array(
-              'type' => 'entity_reference_autocomplete_tags',
-              'settings' => array(
-                'match_operator' => 'CONTAINS',
-                'size' => '60',
-                'autocomplete_type' => 'tags',
-                'placeholder' => '',
-              ),
-            ) + $component)->save();
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}