diff --git a/core/core.services.yml b/core/core.services.yml
index 8fe29d2..c596086 100644
--- a/core/core.services.yml
+++ b/core/core.services.yml
@@ -609,12 +609,8 @@ services:
   http_kernel.basic:
     class: Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel
     arguments: ['@event_dispatcher', '@controller_resolver', '@request_stack']
-  http_negotiation.format_negotiator:
-    class: Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation
-    private: true
   http_middleware.negotiation:
     class: Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware
-    arguments: ['@http_negotiation.format_negotiator']
     tags:
       - { name: http_middleware, priority: 400 }
   http_middleware.reverse_proxy:
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiation.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiation.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 08c8ab0..0000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiation.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\Core;
-
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-
-/**
- * Provides content negotation based upon query parameters.
- */
-class ContentNegotiation implements ContentNegotiationInterface {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function getContentType(Request $request) {
-    // AJAX iframe uploads need special handling, because they contain a JSON
-    // response wrapped in <textarea>.
-    if ($request->get('ajax_iframe_upload', FALSE)) {
-      return 'iframeupload';
-    }
-
-    if ($request->query->has('_format')) {
-      return $request->query->get('_format');
-    }
-
-    // Do HTML last so that it always wins.
-    return 'html';
-  }
-}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiationInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiationInterface.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 43f9850..0000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/ContentNegotiationInterface.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Definition of Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiationInterface.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\Core;
-
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-
-/**
- * Provides content negotiation based upon query parameters.
- */
-interface ContentNegotiationInterface {
-
-  /**
-   * Gets the normalized type of a request.
-   *
-   * The normalized type is a short, lowercase version of the format, such as
-   * 'html', 'json' or 'atom'.
-   *
-   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
-   *   The request object from which to extract the content type.
-   *
-   * @return string
-   *   The normalized type of a given request.
-   */
-  public function getContentType(Request $request);
-}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddleware.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddleware.php
index dff6d2a..9b8859e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddleware.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddleware.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware;
 
-use Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiationInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
 
@@ -26,13 +25,6 @@ class NegotiationMiddleware implements HttpKernelInterface {
   protected $app;
 
   /**
-   * The content negotiator.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiationInterface
-   */
-  protected $negotiator;
-
-  /**
    * Contains a hashmap of format as key and mimetype as value.
    *
    * @var array
@@ -44,12 +36,9 @@ class NegotiationMiddleware implements HttpKernelInterface {
    *
    * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface $app
    *   The wrapper HTTP kernel
-   * @param \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiationInterface $negotiator
-   *   The content negotiator.
    */
-  public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $app, ContentNegotiationInterface $negotiator) {
+  public function __construct(HttpKernelInterface $app) {
     $this->app = $app;
-    $this->negotiator = $negotiator;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -62,7 +51,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request, $type = self::MASTER_REQUEST, $catch =
     }
 
     // Determine the request format using the negotiator.
-    $request->setRequestFormat($this->negotiator->getContentType($request));
+    $request->setRequestFormat($this->getContentType($request));
     return $this->app->handle($request, $type, $catch);
   }
 
@@ -80,5 +69,32 @@ public function registerFormat($format, $mime_type) {
     $this->formats[$format] = $mime_type;
     return $this;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Gets the normalized type of a request.
+   *
+   * The normalized type is a short, lowercase version of the format, such as
+   * 'html', 'json' or 'atom'.
+   *
+   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+   *   The request object from which to extract the content type.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The normalized type of a given request.
+   */
+  public function getContentType(Request $request) {
+    // AJAX iframe uploads need special handling, because they contain a JSON
+    // response wrapped in <textarea>.
+    if ($request->get('ajax_iframe_upload', FALSE)) {
+      return 'iframeupload';
+    }
+
+    if ($request->query->has('_format')) {
+      return $request->query->get('_format');
+    }
+
+    // Do HTML last so that it always wins.
+    return 'html';
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/ContentNegotiationTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/ContentNegotiationTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b5f9d3f..0000000
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/ContentNegotiationTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\ContentNegotiationTest.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\Tests\Core;
-
-use Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation;
-use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-
-/**
- * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation
- * @group ContentNegotiation
- */
-class ContentNegotiationTest extends UnitTestCase {
-
-  /**
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\ContentNegotiation
-   */
-  protected $contentNegotiation;
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  protected function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    $this->contentNegotiation = new ContentNegotiation;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the getContentType() method with AJAX iframe upload.
-   *
-   * @covers ::getContentType
-   */
-  public function testAjaxIframeUpload() {
-    $request = new Request();
-    $request->attributes->set('ajax_iframe_upload', '1');
-
-    $this->assertSame('iframeupload', $this->contentNegotiation->getContentType($request));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the specifying a format via query parameters gets used.
-   */
-  public function testFormatViaQueryParameter() {
-    $request = new Request();
-    $request->query->set('_format', 'bob');
-
-    $this->assertSame('bob', $this->contentNegotiation->getContentType($request));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the getContentType() method when no priority format is found.
-   *
-   * @covers ::getContentType
-   */
-  public function testUnknowContentTypeReturnsHtmlByDefault() {
-    $request = new Request();
-
-    $this->assertSame('html', $this->contentNegotiation->getContentType($request));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the getContentType() method when no priority format is found but it's an AJAX request.
-   *
-   * @covers ::getContentType
-   */
-  public function testUnknowContentTypeButAjaxRequest() {
-    $request = new Request();
-    $request->headers->set('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
-
-    $this->assertSame('html', $this->contentNegotiation->getContentType($request));
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddlewareTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddlewareTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a35a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddlewareTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\StackMiddleware;
+
+use Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Controller\ControllerResolver;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware
+ * @group NegotiationMiddleware
+ */
+class NegotiationMiddlewareTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware
+   */
+  protected $negotiationMiddleware;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+    $resolver = new ControllerResolver();
+    $app = new HttpKernel($dispatcher, $resolver);
+    $this->negotiationMiddleware = new NegotiationMiddleware($app);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the getContentType() method with AJAX iframe upload.
+   *
+   * @covers ::getContentType
+   */
+  public function testAjaxIframeUpload() {
+    $request = new Request();
+    $request->attributes->set('ajax_iframe_upload', '1');
+
+    $this->assertSame('iframeupload', $this->negotiationMiddleware->getContentType($request));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the specifying a format via query parameters gets used.
+   */
+  public function testFormatViaQueryParameter() {
+    $request = new Request();
+    $request->query->set('_format', 'bob');
+
+    $this->assertSame('bob', $this->negotiationMiddleware->getContentType($request));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the getContentType() method when no priority format is found.
+   *
+   * @covers ::getContentType
+   */
+  public function testUnknowContentTypeReturnsHtmlByDefault() {
+    $request = new Request();
+
+    $this->assertSame('html', $this->negotiationMiddleware->getContentType($request));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the getContentType() method when no priority format is found but it's an AJAX request.
+   *
+   * @covers ::getContentType
+   */
+  public function testUnknowContentTypeButAjaxRequest() {
+    $request = new Request();
+    $request->headers->set('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
+
+    $this->assertSame('html', $this->negotiationMiddleware->getContentType($request));
+  }
+
+}