diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityDisplayBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityDisplayBase.php
index e58fed6..6408391 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityDisplayBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityDisplayBase.php
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies) {
         }
         // If there are unresolved deleted dependencies left, disable this
         // component to avoid the removal of the entire display entity.
-        elseif (static::isUnresolved($renderer->calculateDependencies(), $dependencies)) {
+        if ($renderer->hasUnresolvedDependencies($dependencies)) {
           $this->removeComponent($name);
           $arguments = [
             '@display' => $this->getEntityType()->getLabel(),
@@ -469,37 +469,6 @@ public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Checks if the plugin has unresolved dependencies against the display entity
-   * removed dependencies.
-   *
-   * Note:
-   * 1. The two arguments don't have the same structure.
-   * 2. $removed_dependencies has already sane defaults. All the types of
-   *    dependencies are filled in, even with empty arrays.
-   *
-   * @param array[] $plugin_dependencies
-   *   A list of dependencies having the same structure as the return value of
-   *   ConfigEntityInterface::calculateDependencies().
-   * @param array[] $removed_dependencies
-   *   A list of dependencies having the same structure as the input argument of
-   *   ConfigEntityInterface::onDependencyRemoval().
-   *
-   * @return bool
-   *   TRUE if there are unresolved dependencies in $plugin_dependencies.
-   *
-   * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface::calculateDependencies()
-   * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface::onDependencyRemoval()
-   */
-  protected static function isUnresolved(array $plugin_dependencies, array $removed_dependencies) {
-    foreach ($plugin_dependencies as $type => $dependencies) {
-      if (array_diff($dependencies, array_keys($removed_dependencies[$type]))) {
-        return TRUE;
-      }
-    }
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function __sleep() {
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsBase.php
index 8e12df3..d161187 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsBase.php
@@ -129,4 +129,16 @@ public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies) {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function hasUnresolvedDependencies(array $removed) {
+    foreach ($this->calculateDependencies() as $type => $dependencies) {
+      if (array_intersect($dependencies, array_keys($removed[$type]))) {
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsInterface.php
index cc30eed..1a27454 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/PluginSettingsInterface.php
@@ -120,4 +120,27 @@ public function setThirdPartySetting($module, $key, $value);
    */
   public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies);
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if this plugin currently has unresolved dependencies against a given
+   * set of dependencies being removed.
+   *
+   * Typically, this method is used to find out if this plugin resolves all its
+   * dependencies in onDependencyRemoval(), against a list of dependencies being
+   * removed. For example, an entity view display invokes this method when
+   * reacting on dependencies removal. If this method returns TRUE for a
+   * particular component, that component is disabled to prevent the deletion of
+   * the entire view display entity.
+   *
+   * @param array[] $removed
+   *   A list of dependencies that are being removed having the same structure
+   *   as the input argument of ConfigEntityInterface::onDependencyRemoval().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if there are unresolved dependencies in this plugin.
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface::onDependencyRemoval()
+   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDisplayBase
+   */
+  public function hasUnresolvedDependencies(array $removed);
+
 }