diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Tests/LinksTest.php b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Tests/LinksTest.php
index 29a8d9715ca..0c660e8686e 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Tests/LinksTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/src/Tests/LinksTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Drupal\menu_link_content\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\SafeMarkup;
 use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+use Drupal\system\Entity\Menu;
 
 /**
  * Tests handling of menu links hierarchies.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class LinksTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     $this->menuLinkManager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.menu.link');
 
-    entity_create('menu', array(
+    Menu::create(array(
       'id' => 'menu_test',
       'label' => 'Test menu',
       'description' => 'Description text',
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuCacheTagsTest.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuCacheTagsTest.php
index 520627ed797..5d9ce5ffde7 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuCacheTagsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuCacheTagsTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace Drupal\menu_ui\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Cache\PageCacheTagsTestBase;
+use Drupal\system\Entity\Menu;
 
 /**
  * Tests the Menu and Menu Link entities' cache tags.
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class MenuCacheTagsTest extends PageCacheTagsTestBase {
     $url = Url::fromRoute('test_page_test.test_page');
 
     // Create a Llama menu, add a link to it and place the corresponding block.
-    $menu = entity_create('menu', array(
+    $menu = Menu::create(array(
       'id' => 'llama',
       'label' => 'Llama',
       'description' => 'Description text',
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuTest.php b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuTest.php
index d88911ad3ee..d350ab62ae4 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_ui/src/Tests/MenuTest.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class MenuTest extends MenuWebTestBase {
     $menu_name = substr(hash('sha256', $this->randomMachineName(16)), 0, MENU_MAX_MENU_NAME_LENGTH_UI);
     $label = $this->randomMachineName(16);
 
-    $menu = entity_create('menu', array(
+    $menu = Menu::create(array(
       'id' => $menu_name,
       'label' => $label,
       'description' => 'Description text',
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
index e10a6af8569..4e6db75bb2a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Block/SystemMenuBlockTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\system\Tests\Block;
 
+use Drupal\system\Entity\Menu;
+
 use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
 use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Routing\MockRouteProvider;
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class SystemMenuBlockTest extends KernelTestBase {
     $menu_name = 'mock';
     $label = $this->randomMachineName(16);
 
-    $this->menu = entity_create('menu', array(
+    $this->menu = Menu::create(array(
       'id' => $menu_name,
       'label' => $label,
       'description' => 'Description text',