diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/Discovery/AnnotatedClassDiscoveryAutomatedProviders.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/Discovery/AnnotatedClassDiscoveryAutomatedProviders.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/Discovery/AnnotatedClassDiscoveryAutomatedProviders.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Plugin/Discovery/AnnotatedClassDiscoveryAutomatedProviders.php
@@ -2,28 +2,26 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery;
 
-
 use Doctrine\Common\Reflection\StaticReflectionParser;
 use Drupal\Component\Annotation\AnnotationInterface;
 
+/**
+ * Adds the namespaces in the plugin class use statements as providers.
+ */
 class AnnotatedClassDiscoveryAutomatedProviders extends AnnotatedClassDiscovery {
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function prepareAnnotationDefinition(AnnotationInterface $annotation, $class, StaticReflectionParser $parser) {
-    $provider_set = $annotation->getProvider();
     parent::prepareAnnotationDefinition($annotation, $class, $parser);
-
-    if (!$provider_set) {
-      $namespaces[$annotation->getProvider()] = TRUE;
-      foreach ($parser->getUseStatements() as $class) {
-        if ($namespace = AnnotatedClassDiscovery::getProviderFromNamespace($class)) {
-          $namespaces[strtolower($namespace)] = TRUE;
-        }
+    $providers = array_flip((array) $annotation->getProvider());
+    foreach ($parser->getUseStatements() as $class) {
+      if ($provider = AnnotatedClassDiscovery::getProviderFromNamespace($class)) {
+        $providers[strtolower($provider)] = TRUE;
       }
-      $annotation->setProvider(array_keys($namespaces));
     }
+    $annotation->setProvider(array_keys($providers));
   }
 
 }
reverted:
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/InheritProviderDecorator.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin;
-
-use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface;
-use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryTrait;
-
-class InheritProviderDecorator implements DiscoveryInterface {
-
-  use DiscoveryTrait;
-
-  /**
-   * The Discovery object being decorated.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface
-   */
-  protected $decorated;
-
-  /**
-   * Constructs a InheritProviderDecorator object.
-   *
-   * @param \Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface $decorated
-   *   The object implementing DiscoveryInterface that is being decorated.
-   */
-  public function __construct(DiscoveryInterface $decorated) {
-    $this->decorated = $decorated;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function getDefinitions() {
-    $source_plugin_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migrate.source');
-    return array_map(function (array $definition) use ($source_plugin_manager) {
-      if (!isset($definition['provider'])) {
-        $source_plugin_definition = $source_plugin_manager->getDefinition($definition['source']['plugin']);
-        if (isset($source_plugin_definition['provider'])) {
-          $definition['provider'] = array_merge($definition['provider'], $source_plugin_definition['provider']);
-        }
-      }
-      return $definition;
-    }, $this->decorated->getDefinitions());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Passes through all unknown calls onto the decorated object.
-   */
-  public function __call($method, $args) {
-    return call_user_func_array(array($this->decorated, $method), $args);
-  }
-
-}
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrationPluginManager.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrationPluginManager.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrationPluginManager.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrationPluginManager.php
@@ -69,8 +69,14 @@
       }, $this->moduleHandler->getModuleDirectories());
 
       $yaml_discovery = new YamlDirectoryDiscovery($directories, 'migrate');
-      $inherited_discovery = new InheritProviderDecorator($yaml_discovery);
-      $filtered_discovery = new ProviderFilterDecorator($inherited_discovery, [$this->moduleHandler, 'moduleExists']);
+      // This gets rid of migration which try to use a non-existing source
+      // plugin. The common case for this is the source plugin defining a
+      // non-existing provider like migrate_drupal.
+      $only_with_source_discovery  = new NoSourcePluginDecorator($yaml_discovery);
+      // This gets rid of migrations with explicit providers set if one of the
+      // providers do not exist before we try to use a potentially non-existing
+      // deriver. This is a rare case.
+      $filtered_discovery = new ProviderFilterDecorator($only_with_source_discovery, [$this->moduleHandler, 'moduleExists']);
       $this->discovery = new ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator($filtered_discovery);
     }
     return $this->discovery;
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/block_content_body_field.yml
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/block_content_body_field.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ destination:
 migration_dependencies:
   required:
     - block_content_type
+provider:
+  - block_content
+  - migrate_drupal
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/block_content_type.yml
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/migration_templates/block_content_type.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ process:
   label: label
 destination:
   plugin: entity:block_content_type
+provider:
+  - block_content
+  - migrate_drupal
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/CommentVariablePerCommentType.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/CommentVariablePerCommentType.php
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 /**
  * @MigrateSource(
- *   id = "d6_comment_variable_per_comment_type"
+ *   id = "d6_comment_variable_per_comment_type",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class CommentVariablePerCommentType extends CommentVariable {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/field/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/FieldInstancePerViewMode.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/FieldInstancePerViewMode.php
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d6_field_instance_per_view_mode",
- *   source_provider = "content"
+ *   source_provider = "content",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class FieldInstancePerViewMode extends ViewModeBase {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/NoSourcePluginDecorator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\migrate\Plugin;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface;
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryTrait;
+
+class NoSourcePluginDecorator implements DiscoveryInterface {
+
+  use DiscoveryTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * The Discovery object being decorated.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface
+   */
+  protected $decorated;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a InheritProviderDecorator object.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface $decorated
+   *   The object implementing DiscoveryInterface that is being decorated.
+   */
+  public function __construct(DiscoveryInterface $decorated) {
+    $this->decorated = $decorated;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getDefinitions() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginManagerInterface $source_plugin_manager */
+    $source_plugin_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migrate.source');
+    return array_filter($this->decorated->getDefinitions(), function (array $definition) use ($source_plugin_manager) {
+      return $source_plugin_manager->hasDefinition($definition['source']['plugin']);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Passes through all unknown calls onto the decorated object.
+   */
+  public function __call($method, $args) {
+    return call_user_func_array(array($this->decorated, $method), $args);
+  }
+
+}
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate\Kernel\Plugin;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the migration manager plugin.
+ *
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigratePluginManager
+ * @group migrate
+ */
+class MigrationPluginListTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = [
+    'migrate',
+    // Test with all modules containing Drupal migrations.
+    'action',
+    'aggregator',
+    'ban',
+    'block',
+    'block_content',
+    'book',
+    'comment',
+    'contact',
+    'dblog',
+    'field',
+    'file',
+    'filter',
+    'forum',
+    'image',
+    'language',
+    'locale',
+    'menu_link_content',
+    'menu_ui',
+    'node',
+    'path',
+    'search',
+    'shortcut',
+    'simpletest',
+    'statistics',
+    'syslog',
+    'system',
+    'taxonomy',
+    'text',
+    'tracker',
+    'update',
+    'user',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * Tests MigratePluginManager::getDefinitions()
+   *
+   * @covers ::getDefinitions
+   */
+  public function testGetDefinitions() {
+    // Make sure retrieving all the core migration plugins does not throw any
+    // errors.
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by core depend on migrate_drupal.
+    $this->assertEmpty($migration_plugins);
+
+    // Enable a module that provides migrations that do not depend on
+    // migrate_drupal.
+    $this->enableModules(['migrate_external_translated_test']);
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by migrate_external_translated_test do depend
+    // not on migrate_drupal.
+    $this::assertArrayHasKey('external_translated_test_node', $migration_plugins);
+    $this::assertArrayHasKey('external_translated_test_node_translation', $migration_plugins);
+
+    // Disable the test module and the list should be empty again.
+    $this->disableModules(['migrate_external_translated_test']);
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by core depend on migrate_drupal.
+    $this->assertEmpty($migration_plugins);
+
+    // Enable migrate_drupal to test that the plugins can now be discovered.
+    $this->enableModules(['migrate_drupal']);
+    // Set up a migrate database connection so that plugin disocovery works.
+    // Clone the current connection and replace the current prefix.
+    $connection_info = Database::getConnectionInfo('migrate');
+    if ($connection_info) {
+      Database::renameConnection('migrate', 'simpletest_original_migrate');
+    }
+    $connection_info = Database::getConnectionInfo('default');
+    foreach ($connection_info as $target => $value) {
+      $prefix = is_array($value['prefix']) ? $value['prefix']['default'] : $value['prefix'];
+      // Simpletest uses 7 character prefixes at most so this can't cause
+      // collisions.
+      $connection_info[$target]['prefix']['default'] = $prefix . '0';
+
+      // Add the original simpletest prefix so SQLite can attach its database.
+      // @see \Drupal\Core\Database\Driver\sqlite\Connection::init()
+      $connection_info[$target]['prefix'][$value['prefix']['default']] = $value['prefix']['default'];
+    }
+    Database::addConnectionInfo('migrate', 'default', $connection_info['default']);
+
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by core depend on migrate_drupal.
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($migration_plugins);
+  }
+
+}
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/NodeRevision.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/NodeRevision.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  * Drupal 6 node revision source from database.
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
- *   id = "d6_node_revision"
+ *   id = "d6_node_revision",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class NodeRevision extends Node {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/ViewMode.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/ViewMode.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d6_view_mode",
- *   source_provider = "content"
+ *   source_provider = "content",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class ViewMode extends ViewModeBase {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d7/NodeRevision.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d7/NodeRevision.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d7_node_revision",
- *   source_provider = "node"
+ *   source_provider = "node",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class NodeRevision extends Node {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/path/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/UrlAlias.php
+++ b/core/modules/path/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/UrlAlias.php
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d6_url_alias",
- *   source_provider = "path"
+ *   source_provider = "path",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class UrlAlias extends UrlAliasBase {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/path/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d7/UrlAlias.php
+++ b/core/modules/path/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d7/UrlAlias.php
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d7_url_alias",
- *   source_provider = "path"
+ *   source_provider = "path",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class UrlAlias extends UrlAliasBase {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/TermNodeRevision.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/TermNodeRevision.php
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * Source returning tids from the term_node table for the non-current revision.
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
- *   id = "d6_term_node_revision"
+ *   id = "d6_term_node_revision",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class TermNodeRevision extends TermNode {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/VocabularyPerType.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/VocabularyPerType.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  *
  * @MigrateSource(
  *   id = "d6_taxonomy_vocabulary_per_type",
- *   source_provider = "taxonomy"
+ *   source_provider = "taxonomy",
+ *   provider = "migrate_drupal",
  * )
  */
 class VocabularyPerType extends Vocabulary {
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/modules/taxonomy_term_stub_test/migrations/taxonomy_term_stub_test.yml
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/tests/modules/taxonomy_term_stub_test/migrations/taxonomy_term_stub_test.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ destination:
 migration_dependencies:
   required:
     - vocabularies
+provider:
+  - migrate_drupal
+  - taxonomy