diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateCoreTest.php b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateCoreTest.php
index ed66371..6d32245 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateCoreTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/Tests/UpdateCoreTest.php
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ function testFetchTasks() {
 
     // Clear storage and try again.
     update_storage_clear();
-    drupal_static_reset('_update_create_fetch_task');
     update_create_fetch_task($projecta);
     $this->assertEqual($queue->numberOfItems(), 2, 'Queue contains two items');
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc b/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
index fae02d4..775e5c4 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
@@ -30,26 +30,6 @@ function _update_refresh() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Adds a task to the queue for fetching release history data for a project.
- *
- * We only create a new fetch task if there's no task already in the queue for
- * this particular project (based on 'update_fetch_task' key-value collection).
- *
- * @param $project
- *   Associative array of information about a project as created by
- *   update_get_projects(), including keys such as 'name' (short name), and the
- *   'info' array with data from a .info.yml file for the project.
- *
- * @see \Drupal\update\UpdateFetcher::createFetchTask()
- *
- * @deprecated in Drupal 8.x-dev, will be removed before Drupal 8.0.
- *   Use \Drupal::service('update.processor')->createFetchTask().
- */
-function _update_create_fetch_task($project) {
-  \Drupal::service('update.processor')->createFetchTask($project);
-}
-
-/**
  * Performs any notifications that should be done once cron fetches new data.
  *
  * This method checks the status of the site using the new data and, depending
diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.module b/core/modules/update/update.module
index 542e0c5..864e3d0 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.module
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.module
@@ -374,11 +374,9 @@ function update_get_available($refresh = FALSE) {
  *   Associative array of information about a project. See update_get_projects()
  *   for the keys used.
  *
- * @see _update_create_fetch_task()
  */
 function update_create_fetch_task($project) {
-  module_load_include('inc', 'update', 'update.fetch');
-  _update_create_fetch_task($project);
+  \Drupal::service('update.processor')->createFetchTask($project);
 }
 
 /**