.../src/Functional/BlockContentCacheTagsTest.php      | 14 --------------
 .../tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php |  5 ++---
 .../tests/src/Functional/BlockContentPageViewTest.php | 10 +---------
 .../src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php  | 10 +---------
 .../quickedit/src/Tests/QuickEditLoadingTest.php      |  2 +-
 .../BlockContent/BlockContentResourceTestBase.php     | 19 +++++++++----------
 .../Update/UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest.php        | 14 --------------
 7 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCacheTagsTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCacheTagsTest.php
index bf4eb00..59f111b 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCacheTagsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCacheTagsTest.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Entity\EntityCacheTagsTestBase;
-use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
 /**
@@ -26,19 +25,6 @@ class BlockContentCacheTagsTest extends EntityCacheTagsTestBase {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  protected function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    // Give anonymous users permission to access content, so that we can view
-    // BlockContent entity.
-    $anonymous_role = Role::load(Role::ANONYMOUS_ID);
-    $anonymous_role->grantPermission('access content');
-    $anonymous_role->save();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   protected function createEntity() {
     $block_content_type = BlockContentType::create([
       'id' => 'basic',
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
index e9001c3..562a4bd 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentCreationTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class BlockContentCreationTest extends BlockContentTestBase {
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = ['block_content_test', 'dblog', 'field_ui', 'node'];
+  public static $modules = ['block_content_test', 'dblog', 'field_ui'];
 
   /**
    * Permissions to grant admin user.
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ class BlockContentCreationTest extends BlockContentTestBase {
    */
   protected $permissions = [
     'administer blocks',
-    'administer block_content display',
-    'access content',
+    'administer block_content display'
   ];
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentPageViewTest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentPageViewTest.php
index b9494d7..355faf1 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentPageViewTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentPageViewTest.php
@@ -14,15 +14,7 @@ class BlockContentPageViewTest extends BlockContentTestBase {
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = ['block_content_test', 'node'];
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  protected $permissions = [
-    'administer blocks',
-    'access content',
-  ];
+  public static $modules = ['block_content_test'];
 
   /**
    * Checks block edit and fallback functionality.
diff --git a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
index 41c9465..2699fcf 100644
--- a/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block_content/tests/src/Functional/BlockContentTranslationUITest.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use Drupal\block_content\Entity\BlockContentType;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
 use Drupal\content_translation\Tests\ContentTranslationUITestBase;
-use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
 
 /**
  * Tests the block content translation UI.
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ class BlockContentTranslationUITest extends ContentTranslationUITestBase {
     'content_translation',
     'block',
     'field_ui',
-    'block_content',
-    'node',
+    'block_content'
   ];
 
   /**
@@ -52,12 +50,6 @@ protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
     $this->drupalPlaceBlock('page_title_block');
-
-    // Give anonymous users permission to access content, so that we can view
-    // BlockContent entity.
-    $anonymous_role = Role::load(Role::ANONYMOUS_ID);
-    $anonymous_role->grantPermission('access content');
-    $anonymous_role->save();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/quickedit/src/Tests/QuickEditLoadingTest.php b/core/modules/quickedit/src/Tests/QuickEditLoadingTest.php
index b644740..150ef00 100644
--- a/core/modules/quickedit/src/Tests/QuickEditLoadingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/quickedit/src/Tests/QuickEditLoadingTest.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
     // editing
     $basic_permissions = ['access content', 'create article content', 'edit any article content', 'use text format filtered_html', 'access contextual links'];
     $this->authorUser = $this->drupalCreateUser($basic_permissions);
-    $this->editorUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array_merge($basic_permissions, ['access in-place editing', 'access content']));
+    $this->editorUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array_merge($basic_permissions, ['access in-place editing']));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/BlockContent/BlockContentResourceTestBase.php b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/BlockContent/BlockContentResourceTestBase.php
index 42d1ea2..8b67cc6 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/BlockContent/BlockContentResourceTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/BlockContent/BlockContentResourceTestBase.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function setUpAuthorization($method) {
-    $this->grantPermissionsToTestedRole(['administer blocks', 'access content']);
+    $this->grantPermissionsToTestedRole(['administer blocks']);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ protected function createEntity() {
         'value' => 'The name "llama" was adopted by European settlers from native Peruvians.',
         'format' => 'plain_text',
       ],
-    ]);
+    ])
+      ->setPublished(FALSE);
     $block_content->save();
     return $block_content;
   }
@@ -132,6 +133,11 @@ protected function getExpectedNormalizedEntity() {
           'summary' => NULL,
         ],
       ],
+      'status' => [
+        [
+          'value' => FALSE,
+        ],
+      ],
     ];
   }
 
@@ -162,14 +168,7 @@ protected function getExpectedUnauthorizedAccessMessage($method) {
       return parent::getExpectedUnauthorizedAccessMessage($method);
     }
 
-    switch ($method) {
-      case 'GET':
-      case 'PATCH':
-        return "The 'access content' permission is required for view, and 'administer blocks' permission is required for update BlockContent entity.";
-
-      default:
-        return parent::getExpectedUnauthorizedAccessMessage($method);
-    }
+    return parent::getExpectedUnauthorizedAccessMessage($method);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Update/UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Update/UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest.php
index 1d4eedc..7573fc4 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Update/UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Update/UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
-use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
@@ -17,19 +16,6 @@ class UpdatePathRC1TestBaseFilledTest extends UpdatePathRC1TestBaseTest {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  protected function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    // Give anonymous users permission to access content, so that we can view
-    // BlockContent entity.
-    $anonymous_role = Role::load(Role::ANONYMOUS_ID);
-    $anonymous_role->grantPermission('access content');
-    $anonymous_role->save();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   protected function setDatabaseDumpFiles() {
     parent::setDatabaseDumpFiles();
     $this->databaseDumpFiles[0] = __DIR__ . '/../../../../tests/fixtures/update/drupal-8-rc1.filled.standard.php.gz';