diff --git a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.instance.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml
similarity index 51%
rename from core/modules/forum/config/install/field.instance.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml
rename to core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml
index ce78810..4ca9a47 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.instance.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml
+++ b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-id: taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description
-status: true
 langcode: en
-field_uuid: 19f95967-fe48-4f52-8e36-546303f4d589
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - field.storage.taxonomy_term.field_description
+    - taxonomy.vocabulary.forums
+  module:
+    - text
+id: taxonomy_term.forums.forum_description
 field_name: forum_description
 entity_type: taxonomy_term
 bundle: forums
 label: Description
 description: ''
 required: false
+translatable: false
 default_value: {  }
-default_value_function: ''
-settings:
-  text_processing: '1'
+default_value_callback: ''
+settings: {  }
+third_party_settings: {  }
 field_type: text_long
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml
similarity index 53%
rename from core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml
rename to core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml
index db99f3e..4aa3141 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.field.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml
+++ b/core/modules/forum/config/install/field.storage.taxonomy_term.forum_description.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-id: taxonomy_term.forum_description
-name: forum_description
-status: true
 langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  module:
+    - taxonomy
+    - text
+id: taxonomy_term.forum_description
+field_name: forum_description
 entity_type: taxonomy_term
 type: text_long
 settings: {  }
 module: text
 locked: false
 cardinality: 1
-translatable: false
-indexes: {  }
\ No newline at end of file
+translatable: true
+indexes: {  }
+persist_with_no_fields: false
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.install b/core/modules/forum/forum.install
index 544a601..746cd7f 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.install
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.install
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ function forum_install() {
     // Create a default forum so forum posts can be created.
     $term = Term::create(array(
       'name' => t('General discussion'),
-      'description' => '',
       'parent' => array(0),
       'vid' => 'forums',
       'forum_container' => 0,