diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index ce89b92..e5a7d60 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -1644,4 +1644,4 @@ services:
       - { name: event_subscriber }
   pager.factory:
     class: Drupal\Core\Pager\PagerFactory
-    arguments: ['@service_container', '@request_stack']
+    arguments: ['@request_stack']
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/Pager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/Pager.php
index b5bf334..2acda0a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/Pager.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/Pager.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\Core\Pager;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
 /**
  * Pager class.
@@ -59,23 +58,14 @@ class Pager implements PagerInterface {
   /**
    * Constructs a new Pager object.
    *
+   * @param int $element
+   *   The pager element that uniquely identifies this pager object.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Pager\PagerFactoryInterface $pager_factory
    *   The pager factory.
    */
-  public function __construct(PagerFactoryInterface $pager_factory) {
+  public function __construct($element, PagerFactoryInterface $pager_factory) {
+    $this->element = $element;
     $this->factory = $pager_factory;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $element) {
-    $instance = new static(
-      $container->get('pager.factory')
-    );
-
-    // Set the pager element.
-    $instance->element = $element;
 
     // @todo: Start of BC layer. This maps the pager properties to the global
     // pager variables of D8. When removing the global variables in D9, remove
@@ -84,22 +74,20 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $element) {
     if (!isset($pager_page_array[$element])) {
       $pager_page_array[$element] = NULL;
     }
-    $instance->currentPage = &$pager_page_array[$element];
+    $this->currentPage = &$pager_page_array[$element];
     if (!isset($pager_total[$element])) {
       $pager_total[$element] = NULL;
     }
-    $instance->totalPages = &$pager_total[$element];
+    $this->totalPages = &$pager_total[$element];
     if (!isset($pager_total_items[$element])) {
       $pager_total_items[$element] = NULL;
     }
-    $instance->totalItems = &$pager_total_items[$element];
+    $this->totalItems = &$pager_total_items[$element];
     if (!isset($pager_limits[$element])) {
       $pager_limits[$element] = NULL;
     }
-    $instance->limit = &$pager_limits[$element];
+    $this->limit = &$pager_limits[$element];
     // @todo: End of BC layer.
-
-    return $instance;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerFactory.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerFactory.php
index 1dd8114..23eb74a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerFactory.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerFactory.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\Core\Pager;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\UrlHelper;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 
 /**
@@ -19,13 +18,6 @@ class PagerFactory implements PagerFactoryInterface {
   protected $pagers = [];
 
   /**
-   * The service container.
-   *
-   * @var \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface
-   */
-  protected $container;
-
-  /**
    * The request stack object.
    *
    * @var \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack
@@ -35,13 +27,10 @@ class PagerFactory implements PagerFactoryInterface {
   /**
    * Constructs a new PagerFactory object.
    *
-   * @param \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface $container
-   *   The service container.
    * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack $request_stack
    *   The request stack.
    */
-  public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, RequestStack $request_stack) {
-    $this->container = $container;
+  public function __construct(RequestStack $request_stack) {
     $this->requestStack = $request_stack;
   }
 
@@ -55,7 +44,7 @@ public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, RequestStack $request
    *   The pager object.
    */
   protected function create($element) {
-    return Pager::create($this->container, $element);
+    return new Pager($element, $this);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerInterface.php
index ecde698..f29f401 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Pager/PagerInterface.php
@@ -10,21 +10,6 @@
 interface PagerInterface {
 
   /**
-   * Instantiates a new instance of this class.
-   *
-   * This is a factory method that returns a new instance of this class. The
-   * factory should pass any needed dependencies into the constructor of this
-   * class, but not the container itself. Every call to this method must return
-   * a new instance of this class; that is, it may not implement a singleton.
-   *
-   * @param \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface $container
-   *   The service container this instance should use.
-   * @param int $element
-   *   The pager element that uniquely identifies this pager object.
-   */
-  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $element);
-
-  /**
    * Gets the pager element.
    *
    * The pager element is the index that uniquely identifies the relevant pager
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerFactoryTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerFactoryTest.php
index 273a7c5..587076d 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerFactoryTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerFactoryTest.php
@@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ protected function setUp() {
     global $pager_page_array, $pager_total, $pager_total_items, $pager_limits;
     $pager_page_array = $pager_total = $pager_total_items = $pager_limits = NULL;
 
-    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
     $request_stack = $this->getMockBuilder(RequestStack::class)->getMock();
     $query = new ParameterBag(['foo' => 'bar', 'qux' => 'dee']);
 
     $this->pagerFactory = $this
       ->getMockBuilder(PagerFactory::class)
       ->setMethods(['getCurrentRequestQuery'])
-      ->setConstructorArgs([$container, $request_stack])
+      ->setConstructorArgs([$request_stack])
       ->getMock();
-    $container->set('pager.factory', $this->pagerFactory);
 
     $this->pagerFactory->expects($this->any())
       ->method('getCurrentRequestQuery')
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerTest.php
index 88673f7..aa3e77f 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Pager/PagerTest.php
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ class PagerTest extends UnitTestCase {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function setUp() {
-    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
     $pager_factory = $this
       ->getMockBuilder(PagerFactory::class)
       ->disableOriginalConstructor()
       ->getMock();
-    $container->set('pager.factory', $pager_factory);
 
     // Set pager query string parameter to 'page'.
     $pager_factory->expects($this->any())
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
       ->will($this->returnValue(['rec' => 'lop', 'ste' => 'cik']));
 
     // Pager for element 6.
-    $this->pager = Pager::create($container, 6);
+    $this->pager = new Pager(6, $pager_factory);
 
     // Set factory to return the test pager via ::all().
     $pager_factory->expects($this->any())