diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/CommentViewsData.php b/core/modules/comment/src/CommentViewsData.php
index f84e221..8506452 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/CommentViewsData.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/CommentViewsData.php
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public function getViewsData() {
     $data['comment_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['title'] = t('Author');
     $data['comment_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['help'] = t("The User ID of the comment's author.");
     $data['comment_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['label'] = t('author');
-    $data['comment_field_data']['uid']['field']['id'] = 'user';
 
     $data['comment_field_data']['pid']['title'] = t('Parent CID');
     $data['comment_field_data']['pid']['relationship']['title'] = t('Parent comment');
diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
index a3387be..f8a7273 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content.yml
@@ -208,11 +208,10 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
-          anonymous_text: ''
-          format_username: true
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
         status:
diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content_recent.yml b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content_recent.yml
index 7cd39e1..9ee76ea 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content_recent.yml
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/optional/views.view.content_recent.yml
@@ -185,13 +185,12 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
-          anonymous_text: ''
-          format_username: true
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
         edit_node:
           id: edit_node
           table: node
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/NodeViewsData.php b/core/modules/node/src/NodeViewsData.php
index 939e51b..a3ca5f0 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/NodeViewsData.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/NodeViewsData.php
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ public function getViewsData() {
 
     $data['node_field_data']['uid']['help'] = t('The user authoring the content. If you need more fields than the uid add the content: author relationship');
     $data['node_field_data']['uid']['filter']['id'] = 'user_name';
-    $data['node_field_data']['uid']['field']['id'] = 'user';
     $data['node_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['title'] = t('Content author');
     $data['node_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['help'] = t('Relate content to the user who created it.');
     $data['node_field_data']['uid']['relationship']['label'] = t('author');
diff --git a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
index 57dd4e4..cf34555 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.user_admin_people.yml
@@ -237,11 +237,21 @@ display:
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
-          anonymous_text: ''
-          format_username: true
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
         status:
@@ -560,7 +570,8 @@ display:
           hide_alter_empty: true
           click_sort_column: value
           type: basic_string
-          settings: {  }
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: false
           group_column: value
           group_columns: {  }
           group_rows: true
diff --git a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_new.yml b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_new.yml
index 0f10a8d..d0c02b3 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_new.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_new.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ display:
           table: users_field_data
           field: name
           label: ''
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
           alter:
             alter_text: false
             make_link: false
@@ -70,8 +73,6 @@ display:
             html: false
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
           relationship: none
           group_type: group
           admin_label: ''
@@ -86,8 +87,6 @@ display:
           element_default_classes: true
           empty: ''
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          anonymous_text: ''
-          format_username: true
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
       filters:
diff --git a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_online.yml b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_online.yml
index db54c5b..746ecc3 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_online.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/config/optional/views.view.who_s_online.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ display:
           table: users_field_data
           field: name
           label: ''
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
           alter:
             alter_text: false
             make_link: false
@@ -77,8 +80,6 @@ display:
             html: false
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
           relationship: none
           group_type: group
           admin_label: ''
@@ -93,8 +94,6 @@ display:
           element_default_classes: true
           empty: ''
           hide_alter_empty: true
-          anonymous_text: ''
-          format_username: true
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
       filters:
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/UserViewsData.php b/core/modules/user/src/UserViewsData.php
index d47651c..cfe3ff2 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/UserViewsData.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/UserViewsData.php
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public function getViewsData() {
     );
 
     $data['users_field_data']['name']['help'] = t('The user or author name.');
-    $data['users_field_data']['name']['field']['id'] = 'user_name';
     $data['users_field_data']['name']['filter']['title'] = t('Name (raw)');
     $data['users_field_data']['name']['filter']['help'] = t('The user or author name. This filter does not check if the user exists and allows partial matching. Does not use autocomplete.');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_data.yml b/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_data.yml
index 30842f5..0beefc0 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_data.yml
+++ b/core/modules/user/tests/modules/user_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_user_data.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ display:
             html: false
           hide_empty: false
           empty_zero: false
-          link_to_user: true
-          overwrite_anonymous: false
-          plugin_id: user_name
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
           entity_type: user
           entity_field: name
         data: