diff --git a/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/Tests/ManageDisplayTest.php b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/Tests/ManageDisplayTest.php
index b1fb656..6e48d26 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/Tests/ManageDisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/Tests/ManageDisplayTest.php
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ function testNonInitializedFields() {
    * Tests hiding the view modes fieldset when there's only one available.
    */
   function testSingleViewMode() {
+    // Create a test field.
+    $edit = array(
+      'fields[_add_new_field][label]' => 'Test',
+      'fields[_add_new_field][field_name]' => 'test',
+    );
+    $this->fieldUIAddNewField('admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/' . $this->vocabulary, $edit);
+
     $this->drupalGet('admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/' . $this->vocabulary . '/display');
     $this->assertNoText('Use custom display settings for the following view modes', 'Custom display settings fieldset found.');
 
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.module b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
index 011e37e..d80ce3f 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.module
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ function template_preprocess_forum_list(&$variables) {
   $row = 0;
   // Sanitize each forum so that the template can safely print the data.
   foreach ($variables['forums'] as $id => $forum) {
-    $variables['forums'][$id]->description = filter_xss_admin($forum->description->value);
     $variables['forums'][$id]->link = url("forum/" . $forum->id());
     $variables['forums'][$id]->name = check_plain($forum->label());
     $variables['forums'][$id]->is_container = !empty($forum->forum_container->value);
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
index 86017f7..b983cf2 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
@@ -363,13 +363,11 @@ function editForumVocabulary() {
    *   The created taxonomy term data.
    */
   function createForum($type, $parent = 0) {
-    // Generate a random name/description.
+    // Generate a random name.
     $name = $this->randomName(10);
-    $description = $this->randomName(100);
 
     $edit = array(
       'name' => $name,
-      'description[value]' => $description,
       'parent[0]' => $parent,
       'weight' => '0',
     );
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ function createForum($type, $parent = 0) {
     );
 
     // Verify forum.
-    $term = db_query("SELECT * FROM {taxonomy_term_data} t WHERE t.vid = :vid AND t.name = :name AND t.description__value = :desc", array(':vid' => \Drupal::config('forum.settings')->get('vocabulary'), ':name' => $name, ':desc' => $description))->fetchAssoc();
+    $term = db_query("SELECT * FROM {taxonomy_term_data} t WHERE t.vid = :vid AND t.name = :name", array(':vid' => \Drupal::config('forum.settings')->get('vocabulary'), ':name' => $name))->fetchAssoc();
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($term), 'The ' . $type . ' exists in the database');
 
     // Verify forum hierarchy.
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/templates/forum-list.html.twig b/core/modules/forum/templates/forum-list.html.twig
index 5b41f6a..fa49dbe 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/templates/forum-list.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/forum/templates/forum-list.html.twig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  *   - icon_title: Text alternative for the forum icon.
  *   - name: The name of the forum.
  *   - link: The URL to link to this forum.
- *   - description: The description field for the forum, containing:
- *     - value: The descriptive text for the forum.
  *   - new_topics: A flag indicating if the forum contains unread posts.
  *   - new_url: A URL to the forum's unread posts.
  *   - new_text: Text for the above URL, which tells how many new posts.
@@ -59,9 +57,6 @@
             <span class="visually-hidden">{{ forum.icon_title }}</span>
           </div>
           <div class="name"><a href="{{ forum.link }}">{{ forum.label }}</a></div>
-          {% if forum.description.value %}
-            <div class="description">{{ forum.description.value }}</div>
-          {% endif %}
         {% for i in 1..forum.depth if forum.depth > 0 %}</div>{% endfor %}
       </td>
       {% if forum.is_container == false %}
diff --git a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathTaxonomyTermTest.php b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathTaxonomyTermTest.php
index c483d9e..fb448b3 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathTaxonomyTermTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathTaxonomyTermTest.php
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ function setUp() {
   function testTermAlias() {
     // Create a term in the default 'Tags' vocabulary with URL alias.
     $vocabulary = entity_load('taxonomy_vocabulary', 'tags');
-    $description = $this->randomName();
     $edit = array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(),
-      'description[value]' => $description,
       'path[alias]' => $this->randomName(),
     );
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/structure/taxonomy/manage/' . $vocabulary->id() . '/add', $edit, t('Save'));
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ function testTermAlias() {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertText($description, 'Term can be accessed on URL alias.');
+    $this->assertText($edit['name'], 'Term can be accessed on URL alias.');
 
     // Confirm the 'canonical' and 'shortlink' URLs.
     $elements = $this->xpath("//link[contains(@rel, 'canonical') and contains(@href, '" . $edit['path[alias]'] . "')]");
@@ -74,11 +72,11 @@ function testTermAlias() {
 
     // Confirm that the changed alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit2['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertText($description, 'Term can be accessed on changed URL alias.');
+    $this->assertText($edit['name'], 'Term can be accessed on changed URL alias.');
 
     // Confirm that the old alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertNoText($description, 'Old URL alias has been removed after altering.');
+    $this->assertNoText($edit['name'], 'Old URL alias has been removed after altering.');
     $this->assertResponse(404, 'Old URL alias returns 404.');
 
     // Remove the term's URL alias.
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ function testTermAlias() {
 
     // Confirm that the alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit2['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertNoText($description, 'Old URL alias has been removed after altering.');
+    $this->assertNoText($edit['name'], 'Old URL alias has been removed after altering.');
     $this->assertResponse(404, 'Old URL alias returns 404.');
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.taxonomy.database.php b/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.taxonomy.database.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e22261c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/upgrade/drupal-7.taxonomy.database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Database additions for taxonomy tests. Used in
+ * \Drupal\system\Tests\Upgrade\TaxonomyUpgradePathTest.
+ *
+ * This dump only contains data and schema components relevant for taxonomy
+ * functionality. The drupal-7.standard-all.database.php file is imported
+ * before this dump, so the two form the database structure expected in tests
+ * altogether.
+ */
+
+db_insert('taxonomy_term_data')
+  ->fields(array('tid', 'vid', 'name', 'description', 'format', 'weight'))
+  ->values(array(
+    'tid' => 5,
+    'vid' => 1,
+    'name' => 'A tag',
+    'description' => 'Description of a tag',
+    'format' => 'plain_text',
+    'weight' => 10,
+  ))
+  ->values(array(
+    'tid' => 6,
+    'vid' => 1,
+    'name' => 'Another tag',
+    'description' => '<strong>HTML</strong> Description',
+    'format' => 'filtered_html',
+    'weight' => 20,
+  ))
+  ->execute();
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/css/taxonomy.module.css b/core/modules/taxonomy/css/taxonomy.module.css
index 1f80d52..543666a 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/css/taxonomy.module.css
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/css/taxonomy.module.css
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@
 .taxonomy-term-divider-bottom {
   border-top: 1px dotted #ccc;
 }
-.taxonomy-term-description {
-  margin: 5px 0 20px;
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Entity/Term.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Entity/Term.php
index b28a6d9..ee4df94 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Entity/Term.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Entity/Term.php
@@ -81,20 +81,6 @@ class Term extends ContentEntityBase implements TermInterface {
   public $name;
 
   /**
-   * Description of the term.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface
-   */
-  public $description;
-
-  /**
-   * The text format name for the term's description.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface
-   */
-  public $format;
-
-  /**
    * The weight of this term.
    *
    * This property stores the weight of this term in relation to other terms of
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermFormController.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermFormController.php
index 925d83c..2fba8dc 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermFormController.php
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ public function form(array $form, array &$form_state) {
       '#weight' => -5,
     );
 
-    $form['description'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'text_format',
-      '#title' => $this->t('Description'),
-      '#default_value' => $term->description->value,
-      '#format' => $term->description->format,
-      '#weight' => 0,
-    );
     $language_configuration = $this->moduleHandler->moduleExists('language') ? language_get_default_configuration('taxonomy_term', $vocabulary->id()) : FALSE;
     $form['langcode'] = array(
       '#type' => 'language_select',
@@ -174,12 +167,6 @@ public function buildEntity(array $form, array &$form_state) {
     // Prevent leading and trailing spaces in term names.
     $term->name->value = trim($term->name->value);
 
-    // Convert text_format field into values expected by
-    // \Drupal\Core\Entity\Entity::save() method.
-    $description = $form_state['values']['description'];
-    $term->description->value = $description['value'];
-    $term->description->format = $description['format'];
-
     // Assign parents with proper delta values starting from 0.
     $term->parent = array_keys($form_state['values']['parent']);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermViewBuilder.php
index fbf29ea..048ca6e 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/TermViewBuilder.php
@@ -17,28 +17,7 @@
 class TermViewBuilder extends EntityViewBuilder {
 
   /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function buildContent(array $entities, array $displays, $view_mode, $langcode = NULL) {
-    parent::buildContent($entities, $displays, $view_mode, $langcode);
-
-    foreach ($entities as $entity) {
-      // Add the description if enabled.
-      // @todo Remove this when base fields are able to use formatters.
-      // https://drupal.org/node/2144919
-      $display = $displays[$entity->bundle()];
-      if (!empty($entity->description->value) && $display->getComponent('description')) {
-        $entity->content['description'] = array(
-          '#markup' => $entity->description->processed,
-          '#prefix' => '<div class="taxonomy-term-description">',
-          '#suffix' => '</div>',
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
+   * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilder::getBuildDefaults().
    */
   protected function getBuildDefaults(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode, $langcode) {
     $return = parent::getBuildDefaults($entity, $view_mode, $langcode);
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
index 9fd5a34..0e380ee 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TaxonomyTestBase.php
@@ -51,15 +51,8 @@ function createVocabulary() {
    * Returns a new term with random properties in vocabulary $vid.
    */
   function createTerm($vocabulary) {
-    $filter_formats = filter_formats();
-    $format = array_pop($filter_formats);
     $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(),
-      'description' => array(
-        'value' => $this->randomName(),
-        // Use the first available text format.
-        'format' => $format->format,
-      ),
       'vid' => $vocabulary->id(),
       'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ));
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TermTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TermTest.php
index 410ff5a..236e4a9 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TermTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TermTest.php
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ function testTermAutocompletion() {
   function testTermInterface() {
     $edit = array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(12),
-      'description[value]' => $this->randomName(100),
     );
     // Explicitly set the parents field to 'root', to ensure that
     // TermFormController::save() handles the invalid term ID correctly.
@@ -319,11 +318,9 @@ function testTermInterface() {
     $this->clickLink(t('edit'));
 
     $this->assertRaw($edit['name'], 'The randomly generated term name is present.');
-    $this->assertText($edit['description[value]'], 'The randomly generated term description is present.');
 
     $edit = array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(14),
-      'description[value]' => $this->randomName(102),
     );
 
     // Edit the term.
@@ -341,15 +338,6 @@ function testTermInterface() {
     // View the term and check that it is correct.
     $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id());
     $this->assertText($edit['name'], 'The randomly generated term name is present.');
-    $this->assertText($edit['description[value]'], 'The randomly generated term description is present.');
-
-    // Did this page request display a 'term-listing-heading'?
-    $this->assertPattern('|class="taxonomy-term-description"|', 'Term page displayed the term description element.');
-    // Check that it does NOT show a description when description is blank.
-    $term->description->value = NULL;
-    $term->save();
-    $this->drupalGet('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id());
-    $this->assertNoPattern('|class="taxonomy-term-description"|', 'Term page did not display the term description when description was blank.');
 
     // Check that the description value is processed.
     $term->description->value = $value = $this->randomName();
@@ -437,7 +425,6 @@ function testTermMultipleParentsInterface() {
     // Add a new term with multiple parents.
     $edit = array(
       'name' => $this->randomName(12),
-      'description[value]' => $this->randomName(100),
       'parent[]' => array(0, $parent->id()),
     );
     // Save the new term.
@@ -448,7 +435,6 @@ function testTermMultipleParentsInterface() {
     $term = reset($terms);
     $this->assertNotNull($term, 'Term found in database.');
     $this->assertEqual($edit['name'], $term->label(), 'Term name was successfully saved.');
-    $this->assertEqual($edit['description[value]'], $term->description->value, 'Term description was successfully saved.');
     // Check that the parent tid is still there. The other parent (<root>) is
     // not added by taxonomy_term_load_parents().
     $parents = taxonomy_term_load_parents($term->id());
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TokenReplaceTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TokenReplaceTest.php
index a91675c..5ceb4f0 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TokenReplaceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/TokenReplaceTest.php
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ function testTaxonomyTokenReplacement() {
     $tests = array();
     $tests['[term:tid]'] = $term1->id();
     $tests['[term:name]'] = check_plain($term1->name->value);
-    $tests['[term:description]'] = $term1->description->processed;
     $tests['[term:url]'] = url('taxonomy/term/' . $term1->id(), array('absolute' => TRUE));
     $tests['[term:node-count]'] = 0;
     $tests['[term:parent:name]'] = '[term:parent:name]';
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ function testTaxonomyTokenReplacement() {
     $tests = array();
     $tests['[term:tid]'] = $term2->id();
     $tests['[term:name]'] = check_plain($term2->name->value);
-    $tests['[term:description]'] = $term2->description->processed;
     $tests['[term:url]'] = url('taxonomy/term/' . $term2->id(), array('absolute' => TRUE));
     $tests['[term:node-count]'] = 1;
     $tests['[term:parent:name]'] = check_plain($term1->name->value);
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ function testTaxonomyTokenReplacement() {
 
     // Generate and test unsanitized tokens.
     $tests['[term:name]'] = $term2->name->value;
-    $tests['[term:description]'] = $term2->description->value;
     $tests['[term:parent:name]'] = $term1->name->value;
     $tests['[term:vocabulary:name]'] = $this->vocabulary->name;
 
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
index 7b247c9..7b7799a 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.install
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\FieldableDatabaseStorageController;
 use Drupal\field\Entity\Field;
+use Drupal\Component\Uuid\Uuid;
+use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_uninstall().
+ */
+function taxonomy_uninstall() {
+  // Remove taxonomy_term bundles.
+  $config_names = config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('taxonomy.vocabulary.');
+  foreach ($config_names as $config_name) {
+    $vid = substr($config_name, strlen('taxonomy.vocabulary.'));
+    entity_invoke_bundle_hook('delete', 'taxonomy_term', $vid);
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Implements hook_schema().
@@ -48,18 +62,6 @@ function taxonomy_schema() {
         'default' => '',
         'description' => 'The term name.',
       ),
-      'description__value' => array(
-        'type' => 'text',
-        'not null' => FALSE,
-        'size' => 'big',
-        'description' => 'A description of the term.',
-      ),
-      'description__format' => array(
-        'type' => 'varchar',
-        'length' => 255,
-        'not null' => FALSE,
-        'description' => 'The filter format ID of the description.',
-      ),
       'weight' => array(
         'type' => 'int',
         'not null' => TRUE,
@@ -425,3 +427,112 @@ function taxonomy_update_8010() {
   );
   db_change_field('taxonomy_term_data', 'format', 'description__format', $format);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Create new field for term descriptions.
+ */
+function taxonomy_update_8011() {
+  $vocabularies = config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('taxonomy.vocabulary.');
+  if (count($vocabularies)) {
+    // Create a new term description field.
+    $field = array(
+      'name' => 'description',
+      'entity_type' => 'taxonomy_term',
+      'module' => 'text',
+      'type' => 'text_long',
+      'cardinality' => 1,
+      'locked' => FALSE,
+      'schema' => array(
+        'columns' => array(
+          'value' => array(
+            'type' => 'text',
+            'size' => 'big',
+            'not null' => FALSE,
+          ),
+          'format' => array(
+            'type' => 'varchar',
+            'length' => 255,
+            'not null' => FALSE,
+          ),
+        ),
+        'foreign keys' => array(
+          'format' => array(
+            'table' => 'filter_format',
+            'columns' => array('format' => 'format'),
+          ),
+        ),
+        'indexes' => array(),
+      ),
+    );
+    _update_8003_field_create_field($field);
+
+    // Create instances for existing vocabularies.
+    foreach ($vocabularies as $vocabulary) {
+      $vocabulary = substr($vocabulary, drupal_strlen('taxonomy.vocabulary.'));
+      // Attaches the description field to each bundle.
+      $instance = array(
+        'label' => 'Description',
+        'description' => '',
+        'entity_type' => 'taxonomy_term',
+        'name' => 'description',
+        'bundle' => $vocabulary,
+        'required' => FALSE,
+        'settings' => array('text_processing' => 1),
+      );
+      _update_8003_field_create_instance($field, $instance);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Move term descriptions in {term_data}.description into new field.
+ */
+function taxonomy_update_8012(&$sandbox) {
+  if (!isset($sandbox['progress'])) {
+    $sandbox['progress'] = 0;
+    $sandbox['current_tid'] = 0;
+    $sandbox['max'] = db_query('SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT tid) FROM {taxonomy_term_data} WHERE vid > 0')->fetchField();
+  }
+
+  if ($terms = db_query_range('SELECT t.tid, t.description, t.format, t.vid FROM {taxonomy_term_data} t WHERE tid > :tid ORDER BY tid ASC', 0, 100, array(':tid' => $sandbox['current_tid']))) {
+    $data = db_insert('taxonomy_term__description')
+      ->fields(array('bundle', 'entity_id', 'revision_id', 'langcode', 'delta', 'description_value', 'description_format'));
+    $revision = db_insert('taxonomy_term_revision__description')
+      ->fields(array('bundle', 'entity_id', 'revision_id', 'langcode', 'delta', 'description_value', 'description_format'));
+    foreach ($terms as $term) {
+      $data->values(array(
+        'bundle' => $term->vid,
+        'entity_id' => $term->tid,
+        'revision_id' => $term->tid,
+        'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
+        'delta' => 0,
+        'description_value' => $term->description,
+        'description_format' => $term->format,
+      ));
+      $revision->fields(array(
+        'bundle' => $term->vid,
+        'entity_id' => $term->tid,
+        'revision_id' => $term->tid,
+        'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
+        'delta' => 0,
+        'description_value' => $term->description,
+        'description_format' => $term->format,
+      ));
+      $sandbox['progress']++;
+      $sandbox['current_tid'] = $term->tid;
+    }
+
+    $data->execute();
+    $revision->execute();
+  }
+
+  $sandbox['#finished'] = empty($sandbox['max']) ? 1 : ($sandbox['progress'] / $sandbox['max']);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove {term_data}.description and {term_data}.format.
+ */
+function taxonomy_update_8013() {
+  db_drop_field('taxonomy_term_data', 'description');
+  db_drop_field('taxonomy_term_data', 'format');
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index fd08344..92f74dc 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -142,18 +142,6 @@ function taxonomy_field_extra_fields() {
           'description' => t('Term name textfield'),
           'weight' => -5,
         ),
-        'description' => array(
-          'label' => t('Description'),
-          'description' => t('Term description textarea'),
-          'weight' => 0,
-        ),
-      ),
-      'display' => array(
-        'description' => array(
-          'label' => t('Description'),
-          'description' => t('Term description'),
-          'weight' => 0,
-        ),
       ),
     );
   }
@@ -962,3 +950,54 @@ function taxonomy_library_info() {
 
   return $libraries;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Adds the default description field to a taxonomy term type.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\taxonomy\VocabularyInterface $type
+ *   A vocabulary type object.
+ * @param $label
+ *   (Optional) The label for the description instance.
+ * @return
+ *   A description field instance.
+ */
+function taxonomy_add_description_field(VocabularyInterface $type, $label = 'Description') {
+  // Add the description field as needed.
+  $field = field_info_field('taxonomy_term', 'description');
+  $instance = field_info_instance('taxonomy_term', 'description', $type->id());
+
+  if (empty($field)) {
+    $field = entity_create('field_entity', array(
+      'name' => 'description',
+      'entity_type' => 'taxonomy_term',
+      'type' => 'text_long',
+    ));
+    $field->save();
+  }
+  if (empty($instance)) {
+    $instance = entity_create('field_instance', array(
+      'field_name' => 'description',
+      'entity_type' => 'taxonomy_term',
+      'bundle' => $type->id(),
+      'label' => $label,
+      'settings' => array('text_processing' => 1),
+    ));
+    $instance->save();
+
+    entity_get_form_display('taxonomy_term', $type->id(), 'default')
+      ->setComponent('description', array(
+        'type' => 'text_long',
+      ))
+      ->save();
+
+    // Assign display settings for the 'default' and 'teaser' view modes.
+    entity_get_display('taxonomy_term', $type->id(), 'default')
+      ->setComponent('description', array(
+        'label' => 'hidden',
+        'type' => 'text_default',
+      ))
+      ->save();
+  }
+
+  return $instance;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
index 79d4472..495b473 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ function taxonomy_term_page(Term $term) {
 function taxonomy_term_feed(Term $term) {
   $channel['link'] = url('taxonomy/term/' . $term->id(), array('absolute' => TRUE));
   $channel['title'] = \Drupal::config('system.site')->get('name') . ' - ' . $term->label();
-  // Only display the description if we have a single term, to avoid clutter and confusion.
-  // HTML will be removed from feed description.
-  $channel['description'] = $term->description->processed;
   $nids = taxonomy_select_nodes($term->id(), FALSE, \Drupal::config('system.rss')->get('items.limit'));
 
   return node_feed($nids, $channel);
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.tokens.inc b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.tokens.inc
index ce77a7c..de5d486 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.tokens.inc
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.tokens.inc
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ function taxonomy_token_info() {
     'name' => t("Name"),
     'description' => t("The name of the taxonomy term."),
   );
-  $term['description'] = array(
-    'name' => t("Description"),
-    'description' => t("The optional description of the taxonomy term."),
-  );
   $term['node-count'] = array(
     'name' => t("Node count"),
     'description' => t("The number of nodes tagged with the taxonomy term."),
@@ -107,10 +103,6 @@ function taxonomy_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options =
           $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($term->name->value) : $term->name->value;
           break;
 
-        case 'description':
-          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? $term->description->processed : $term->description->value;
-          break;
-
         case 'url':
           $uri = $term->uri();
           $replacements[$original] = url($uri['path'], array_merge($uri['options'], array('absolute' => TRUE)));
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.views.inc b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.views.inc
index d114050..143a68d 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.views.inc
@@ -127,20 +127,6 @@ function taxonomy_views_data() {
     ),
   );
 
-  // Term description
-  $data['taxonomy_term_data']['description__value'] = array(
-    'title' => t('Term description'),
-    'help' => t('The description associated with a taxonomy term.'),
-    'field' => array(
-      'id' => 'markup',
-      'format' => array('field' => 'description__format'),
-      'click sortable' => FALSE,
-    ),
-    'filter' => array(
-      'id' => 'string',
-    ),
-  );
-
   // Term vocabulary
   $data['taxonomy_term_data']['vid'] = array(
     'title' => t('Vocabulary'),
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig b/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
index a3986fa..3a834a6 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/templates/taxonomy-term.html.twig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Available variables:
  * - url: URL of the current term.
  * - name: Name of the current term.
- * - content: Items for the content of the term (fields and description).
+ * - content: Items for the content of the term fields.
  *   Use 'content' to print them all, or print a subset such as
  *   'content.description'. Use the following code to temporarily suppress the
  *   printing of a given element:
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/entity.form_display.taxonomy_term.tags.default.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/entity.form_display.taxonomy_term.tags.default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ff493b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/entity.form_display.taxonomy_term.tags.default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+id: taxonomy_term.tags.default
+uuid: db7383e4-7317-432c-a200-c5a87b55667b
+targetEntityType: taxonomy_term
+bundle: tags
+mode: default
+content:
+  description:
+    type: text_textarea
+    weight: 0
+    settings:
+      rows: '5'
+      placeholder: ''
+status: true
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/field.field.taxonomy_term.description.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/field.field.taxonomy_term.description.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51f5807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/field.field.taxonomy_term.description.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+id: taxonomy_term.description
+uuid: 132ab84f-764f-41ca-bc0c-12a16c85742a
+status: true
+langcode: en
+name: description
+entity_type: taxonomy_term
+type: text_long
+settings: {  }
+module: text
+active: true
+locked: false
+cardinality: '1'
+translatable: false
+indexes: {  }
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/config/field.instance.taxonomy_term.tags.description.yml b/core/profiles/standard/config/field.instance.taxonomy_term.tags.description.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48e3b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/config/field.instance.taxonomy_term.tags.description.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+id: taxonomy_term.tags.description
+uuid: d371ade7-286e-4504-8500-ce084609168e
+status: true
+langcode: en
+field_uuid: 132ab84f-764f-41ca-bc0c-12a16c85742a
+entity_type: taxonomy_term
+bundle: tags
+label: Description
+description: ''
+required: 0
+default_value: {  }
+default_value_function: ''
+settings:
+  text_processing: '1'
+field_type: text_long
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
index 8718567..56a5dd6 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
@@ -81,4 +81,11 @@ function standard_install() {
   theme_enable(array('seven'));
   \Drupal::config('system.theme')->set('admin', 'seven')->save();
   \Drupal::config('node.settings')->set('use_admin_theme', '1')->save();
+
+  // Configure the widget for the taxonomy term description field.
+  entity_get_form_display('taxonomy_term', 'tags', 'default')
+    ->setComponent('taxonomy_term_description', array(
+      'type' => 'text_textarea',
+    ))
+    ->save();
 }
diff --git a/core/scripts/generate-d7-content.sh b/core/scripts/generate-d7-content.sh
index 30c61a2..34c7215 100644
--- a/core/scripts/generate-d7-content.sh
+++ b/core/scripts/generate-d7-content.sh
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
   for ($j = 0; $j < $vocabulary->hierarchy + 1; $j++) {
     ++$term_id;
     $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', array(
+      'vid' => $voc_id,
       'vocabulary_machine_name' => $vocabulary->machine_name,
       // For multiple parent vocabularies, omit the t0-t1 relation, otherwise
       // every parent in the vocabulary is a parent.
