diff --git a/core/modules/node/config/views.view.content_recent.yml b/core/modules/node/config/views.view.content_recent.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2266c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/config/views.view.content_recent.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+base_field: nid
+base_table: node
+core: 8.x
+description: 'Recent content.'
+status: 1
+display:
+  block_1:
+    display_plugin: block
+    id: block_1
+    display_title: Block
+    position: '1'
+    block_category: 'Lists (Views)'
+    display_options:
+      link_url: admin/content
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: '1'
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access content'
+      cache:
+        type: none
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: '0'
+          distinct: '0'
+          slave: '0'
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: '0'
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: '1'
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: some
+        options:
+          items_per_page: '10'
+          offset: '0'
+      style:
+        type: table
+        options:
+          grouping: {  }
+          row_class: ''
+          default_row_class: '1'
+          row_class_special: '1'
+          override: '1'
+          sticky: '0'
+          caption: ''
+          summary: ''
+          description: ''
+          columns:
+            title: title
+            timestamp: title
+            name: title
+            edit_node: edit_node
+            delete_node: delete_node
+          info:
+            title:
+              sortable: '0'
+              default_sort_order: asc
+              align: ''
+              separator: ''
+              empty_column: '0'
+              responsive: ''
+            timestamp:
+              sortable: '0'
+              default_sort_order: asc
+              align: ''
+              separator: ''
+              empty_column: '0'
+              responsive: ''
+            name:
+              sortable: '0'
+              default_sort_order: asc
+              align: ''
+              separator: ''
+              empty_column: '0'
+              responsive: ''
+            edit_node:
+              sortable: '0'
+              default_sort_order: asc
+              align: ''
+              separator: ''
+              empty_column: '1'
+              responsive: ''
+            delete_node:
+              sortable: '0'
+              default_sort_order: asc
+              align: ''
+              separator: ''
+              empty_column: '1'
+              responsive: ''
+          default: '-1'
+          empty_table: '0'
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '0'
+            ellipsis: '0'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          link_to_node: '1'
+          provider: node
+        timestamp:
+          id: timestamp
+          table: history
+          field: timestamp
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '1'
+            ellipsis: '1'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          link_to_node: '0'
+          comments: '0'
+          plugin_id: history_user_timestamp
+          provider: history
+        name:
+          id: name
+          table: users
+          field: name
+          relationship: uid
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '1'
+            ellipsis: '1'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: div
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          link_to_user: '1'
+          overwrite_anonymous: '0'
+          anonymous_text: ''
+          format_username: '1'
+          plugin_id: user_name
+          provider: user
+        edit_node:
+          id: edit_node
+          table: node
+          field: edit_node
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '1'
+            ellipsis: '1'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          text: edit
+          plugin_id: node_link_edit
+          provider: node
+        delete_node:
+          id: delete_node
+          table: node
+          field: delete_node
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          exclude: '0'
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            text: ''
+            make_link: '0'
+            path: ''
+            absolute: '0'
+            external: '0'
+            replace_spaces: '0'
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: '0'
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: '0'
+            max_length: ''
+            word_boundary: '1'
+            ellipsis: '1'
+            more_link: '0'
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: '0'
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: '0'
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: '1'
+          empty: ''
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          hide_alter_empty: '1'
+          text: delete
+          plugin_id: node_link_delete
+          provider: node
+      filters:
+        status_extra:
+          id: status_extra
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: status_extra
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          operator: '='
+          value: ''
+          group: '1'
+          exposed: '0'
+          expose:
+            operator_id: '0'
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            use_operator: '0'
+            operator: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            required: '0'
+            remember: '0'
+            multiple: '0'
+            remember_roles:
+              authenticated: authenticated
+          is_grouped: '0'
+          group_info:
+            label: ''
+            description: ''
+            identifier: ''
+            optional: '1'
+            widget: select
+            multiple: '0'
+            remember: '0'
+            default_group: All
+            default_group_multiple: {  }
+            group_items: {  }
+          plugin_id: node_status
+          provider: node
+      sorts:
+        changed:
+          id: changed
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: changed
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          order: DESC
+          exposed: '0'
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          granularity: second
+          plugin_id: date
+          provider: views
+      title: 'Recent content'
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty:
+        area_text_custom:
+          id: area_text_custom
+          table: views
+          field: area_text_custom
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          empty: '1'
+          tokenize: '0'
+          content: 'No content available.'
+          plugin_id: text_custom
+          provider: views
+      relationships:
+        uid:
+          id: uid
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: uid
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: author
+          required: '1'
+          plugin_id: standard
+          provider: views
+      arguments: {  }
+      filter_groups:
+        operator: AND
+        groups: {  }
+      use_more: '1'
+      use_more_always: '0'
+      use_more_text: More
+      link_display: custom_url
+label: 'Recent content'
+module: views
+id: content_recent
+tag: default
+uuid: 22208367-bde8-4977-ae04-4f1a34383ae3
+langcode: en
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Block/RecentContentBlock.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Block/RecentContentBlock.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d5db365..0000000
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Block/RecentContentBlock.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\node\Plugin\Block\RecentContentBlock.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\node\Plugin\Block;
-
-use Drupal\block\BlockBase;
-use Drupal\block\Annotation\Block;
-use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation;
-use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
-
-/**
- * Provides a 'Recent content' block.
- *
- * @Block(
- *   id = "node_recent_block",
- *   admin_label = @Translation("Recent content"),
- *   category = @Translation("Lists (Views)")
- * )
- */
-class RecentContentBlock extends BlockBase {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function defaultConfiguration() {
-    return array(
-      'block_count' => 10,
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function access(AccountInterface $account) {
-    return $account->hasPermission('access content');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::blockForm().
-   */
-  public function blockForm($form, &$form_state) {
-    $form['block_count'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'select',
-      '#title' => t('Number of recent content items to display'),
-      '#default_value' => $this->configuration['block_count'],
-      '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30)),
-    );
-    return $form;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\block\BlockBase::blockSubmit().
-   */
-  public function blockSubmit($form, &$form_state) {
-    $this->configuration['block_count'] = $form_state['values']['block_count'];
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function build() {
-    if ($nodes = node_get_recent($this->configuration['block_count'])) {
-      return array(
-        '#theme' => 'node_recent_block',
-        '#nodes' => $nodes,
-      );
-    }
-    else {
-      return array(
-        '#children' => t('No content available.'),
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 70598ee..0000000
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Definition of Drupal\node\Tests\NodeBlockFunctionalTest.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\node\Tests;
-
-/**
- * Functional tests for the node module blocks.
- */
-class NodeBlockFunctionalTest extends NodeTestBase {
-
-  /**
-   * An administrative user for testing.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
-   */
-  protected $adminUser;
-
-  /**
-   * An unprivileged user for testing.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
-   */
-  protected $webUser;
-
-  /**
-   * Modules to enable.
-   *
-   * @var array
-   */
-  public static $modules = array('block');
-
-  public static function getInfo() {
-    return array(
-      'name' => 'Node blocks',
-      'description' => 'Test node block functionality.',
-      'group' => 'Node',
-    );
-  }
-
-  function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    // Create users and test node.
-    $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer content types', 'administer nodes', 'administer blocks'));
-    $this->webUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access content', 'create article content'));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests the recent comments block.
-   */
-  public function testRecentNodeBlock() {
-    $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
-
-    // Disallow anonymous users to view content.
-    user_role_change_permissions(DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, array(
-      'access content' => FALSE,
-    ));
-
-    // Enable the recent content block with two items.
-    $block = $this->drupalPlaceBlock('node_recent_block', array('id' => 'test_block', 'block_count' => 2));
-
-    // Test that block is not visible without nodes.
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->assertText(t('No content available.'), 'Block with "No content available." found.');
-
-    // Add some test nodes.
-    $default_settings = array('uid' => $this->webUser->id(), 'type' => 'article');
-    $node1 = $this->drupalCreateNode($default_settings);
-    $node2 = $this->drupalCreateNode($default_settings);
-    $node3 = $this->drupalCreateNode($default_settings);
-
-    // Change the changed time for node so that we can test ordering.
-    db_update('node_field_data')
-      ->fields(array(
-        'changed' => $node1->getChangedTime() + 100,
-      ))
-      ->condition('nid', $node2->id())
-      ->execute();
-    db_update('node_field_data')
-      ->fields(array(
-        'changed' => $node1->getChangedTime() + 200,
-      ))
-      ->condition('nid', $node3->id())
-      ->execute();
-
-    // Test that a user without the 'access content' permission cannot
-    // see the block.
-    $this->drupalLogout();
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->assertNoText($block->label(), 'Block was not found.');
-
-    // Test that only the 2 latest nodes are shown.
-    $this->drupalLogin($this->webUser);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), 'Node not found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($node2->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($node3->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-
-    // Check to make sure nodes are in the right order.
-    $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//div[@id="block-test-block"]/div/table/tbody/tr[position() = 1]/td/div/a[text() = "' . $node3->label() . '"]'), 'Nodes were ordered correctly in block.');
-
-    $this->drupalLogout();
-    $this->drupalLogin($this->adminUser);
-
-    // Set the number of recent nodes to show to 10.
-    $block->getPlugin()->setConfigurationValue('block_count', 10);
-    $block->save();
-
-    // Post an additional node.
-    $node4 = $this->drupalCreateNode($default_settings);
-    // drupalCreateNode() does not automatically flush content caches unlike
-    // posting a node from a node form.
-    cache_invalidate_tags(array('content' => TRUE));
-
-    // Test that all four nodes are shown.
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->assertText($node1->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($node2->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($node3->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-    $this->assertText($node4->label(), 'Node found in block.');
-
-    // Enable the "Powered by Drupal" block only on article nodes.
-    $block = $this->drupalPlaceBlock('system_powered_by_block', array(
-      'visibility' => array(
-        'node_type' => array(
-          'types' => array(
-            'article' => 'article',
-          ),
-        ),
-      ),
-    ));
-    $visibility = $block->get('visibility');
-    $this->assertTrue(isset($visibility['node_type']['types']['article']), 'Visibility settings were saved to configuration');
-
-    // Create a page node.
-    $node5 = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('uid' => $this->adminUser->id(), 'type' => 'page'));
-
-    // Verify visibility rules.
-    $this->drupalGet('');
-    $label = $block->label();
-    $this->assertNoText($label, 'Block was not displayed on the front page.');
-    $this->drupalGet('node/add/article');
-    $this->assertText($label, 'Block was displayed on the node/add/article page.');
-    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node1->id());
-    $this->assertText($label, 'Block was displayed on the node/N when node is of type article.');
-    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node5->id());
-    $this->assertNoText($label, 'Block was not displayed on nodes of type page.');
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 1702ee9..bd7d8cf 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ function node_theme() {
       'variables' => array('node' => NULL),
       'file' => 'node.pages.inc',
     ),
-    'node_recent_block' => array(
-      'variables' => array('nodes' => NULL),
-    ),
-    'node_recent_content' => array(
-      'variables' => array('node' => NULL),
-    ),
     'node_edit_form' => array(
       'render element' => 'form',
       'template' => 'node-edit-form',
@@ -628,9 +622,6 @@ function node_preprocess_block(&$variables) {
       case 'node_syndicate_block':
         $variables['attributes']['role'] = 'complementary';
         break;
-      case 'node_recent_block':
-        $variables['attributes']['role'] = 'navigation';
-        break;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -1138,94 +1129,6 @@ function node_get_recent($number = 10) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns HTML for a list of recent content.
- *
- * @param $variables
- *   An associative array containing:
- *   - nodes: An array of recent node entities.
- *
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_node_recent_block($variables) {
-  $rows = array();
-  $output = '';
-
-  $l_options = array('query' => drupal_get_destination());
-  foreach ($variables['nodes'] as $node) {
-    $row = array();
-    $node_recent_content = array(
-      '#theme' => 'node_recent_content',
-      '#node' => $node,
-    );
-    $row[] = array(
-      'data' => drupal_render($node_recent_content),
-      'class' => 'title-author',
-    );
-    if ($node->access('update')) {
-      $row[] = array(
-        'data' => l(t('edit'), 'node/' . $node->id() . '/edit', $l_options),
-        'class' => 'edit',
-      );
-    }
-    if ($node->access('delete')) {
-      $row[] = array(
-        'data' => l(t('delete'), 'node/' . $node->id() . '/delete', $l_options),
-        'class' => 'delete',
-      );
-    }
-    $rows[] = $row;
-  }
-
-  if ($rows) {
-    $table = array(
-      '#theme' => 'table',
-      '#rows' => $rows,
-    );
-    $output = drupal_render($table);
-    if (user_access('access content overview')) {
-      $more_link = array(
-        '#theme' => 'more_link',
-        '#url' => 'admin/content',
-        '#title' => t('Show more content'),
-      );
-      $output .= drupal_render($more_link);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return $output;
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns HTML for a recent node to be displayed in the recent content block.
- *
- * @param $variable
- *   An associative array containing:
- *   - node: A node entity.
- *
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_node_recent_content($variables) {
-  $node = $variables['node'];
-
-  $output = '<div class="node-title">';
-  $output .= l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->id());
-  $mark = array(
-    '#theme' => 'mark',
-    '#status' => node_mark($node->id(), $node->getChangedTime()),
-  );
-  $output .= drupal_render($mark);
-  $output .= '</div><div class="node-author">';
-  $username = array(
-    '#theme' => 'username',
-    '#account' => $node->getAuthor(),
-  );
-  $output .= drupal_render($username);
-  $output .= '</div>';
-
-  return $output;
-}
-
-/**
  * Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() for block_form().
  *
  * Adds node-type specific visibility options to block configuration form.