core/modules/rest/src/RequestHandler.php           | 22 ++--------------------
 .../EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php      |  3 ---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/RequestHandler.php b/core/modules/rest/src/RequestHandler.php
index 6b987f6..11a578c 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/RequestHandler.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/RequestHandler.php
@@ -35,33 +35,20 @@ class RequestHandler implements ContainerAwareInterface, ContainerInjectionInter
   protected $resourceStorage;
 
   /**
-   * The config factory.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
-   */
-  protected $configFactory;
-
-  /**
    * Creates a new RequestHandler instance.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface $entity_storage
    *   The resource configuration storage.
-   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory
-   *   The config factory.
    */
-  public function __construct(EntityStorageInterface $entity_storage, ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory) {
+  public function __construct(EntityStorageInterface $entity_storage) {
     $this->resourceStorage = $entity_storage;
-    $this->configFactory = $config_factory;
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {
-    return new static(
-      $container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('rest_resource_config'),
-      $container->get('config.factory')
-    );
+    return new static($container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('rest_resource_config'));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -142,11 +129,6 @@ public function handle(RouteMatchInterface $route_match, Request $request) {
 
     if ($response instanceof CacheableResponseInterface) {
       $response->addCacheableDependency($resource_config);
-      // Add global rest settings config's cache tag, for BC flags.
-      // @see \Drupal\rest\Plugin\rest\resource\EntityResource::permissions()
-      // @see \Drupal\rest\EventSubscriber\RestConfigSubscriber
-      // @todo Remove in https://www.drupal.org/node/2893804
-      $response->addCacheableDependency($this->configFactory->get('rest.settings'));
     }
 
     return $response;
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
index 32f0a22..11bbf46 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ protected function getExpectedUnauthorizedAccessCacheability() {
   protected function getExpectedCacheTags() {
     $expected_cache_tags = [
       'config:rest.resource.entity.' . static::$entityTypeId,
-      // Necessary for 'bc_entity_resource_permissions'.
-      // @see \Drupal\rest\Plugin\rest\resource\EntityResource::permissions()
-      'config:rest.settings',
     ];
     if (!static::$auth) {
       $expected_cache_tags[] = 'config:user.role.anonymous';