diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
index 075adb255ad8..45ad33bf2316 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Drupal\Core\Logger\RfcLogLevel;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\dblog\Controller\DbLogController;
 use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
-use Drupal\Tests\Traits\Core\CronRunTrait;
 
 /**
  * Generate events and verify dblog entries; verify user access to log reports
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ use Drupal\Tests\Traits\Core\CronRunTrait;
  * @group dblog
  */
 class DbLogTest extends BrowserTestBase {
-  use CronRunTrait;
   use FakeLogEntries;
 
   /**
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ class DbLogTest extends BrowserTestBase {
 
     $row_limit = 100;
     $this->verifyRowLimit($row_limit);
-    $this->verifyCron($row_limit);
     $this->verifyEvents();
     $this->verifyReports();
     $this->verifyBreadcrumbs();
@@ -138,52 +135,6 @@ class DbLogTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->assertTrue($current_limit == $row_limit, format_string('[Cache] Row limit variable of @count equals row limit of @limit', ['@count' => $current_limit, '@limit' => $row_limit]));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Verifies that cron correctly applies the database log row limit.
-   *
-   * @param int $row_limit
-   *   The row limit.
-   */
-  private function verifyCron($row_limit) {
-    // Generate additional log entries.
-    $this->generateLogEntries($row_limit + 10);
-    // Verify that the database log row count exceeds the row limit.
-    $count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
-    $this->assertTrue($count > $row_limit, format_string('Dblog row count of @count exceeds row limit of @limit', ['@count' => $count, '@limit' => $row_limit]));
-
-    // Get the number of enabled modules. Cron adds a log entry for each module.
-    $list = \Drupal::moduleHandler()->getImplementations('cron');
-    $module_count = count($list);
-    $cron_detailed_count = $this->runCron();
-    $this->assertTrue($cron_detailed_count == $module_count + 2, format_string('Cron added @count of @expected new log entries', ['@count' => $cron_detailed_count, '@expected' => $module_count + 2]));
-
-    // Test disabling of detailed cron logging.
-    $this->config('system.cron')->set('logging', 0)->save();
-    $cron_count = $this->runCron();
-    $this->assertTrue($cron_count = 1, format_string('Cron added @count of @expected new log entries', ['@count' => $cron_count, '@expected' => 1]));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Runs cron and returns number of new log entries.
-   *
-   * @return int
-   *   Number of new watchdog entries.
-   */
-  private function runCron() {
-    // Get last ID to compare against; log entries get deleted, so we can't
-    // reliably add the number of newly created log entries to the current count
-    // to measure number of log entries created by cron.
-    $last_id = db_query('SELECT MAX(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
-
-    // Run a cron job.
-    $this->cronRun();
-
-    // Get last ID after cron was run.
-    $current_id = db_query('SELECT MAX(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
-
-    return $current_id - $last_id;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Clear the entry logs by clicking on 'Clear log messages' button.
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Kernel/DbLogTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Kernel/DbLogTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc5eac7af18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Kernel/DbLogTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\dblog\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\Tests\dblog\Functional\FakeLogEntries;
+
+/**
+ * Generate events and verify dblog entries.
+ *
+ * @group dblog
+ */
+class DbLogTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  use FakeLogEntries;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = ['dblog', 'system'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installSchema('dblog', ['watchdog']);
+    $this->installSchema('system', ['key_value_expire', 'sequences']);
+    $this->installConfig(['system']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that cron correctly applies the database log row limit.
+   */
+  public function testDbLogCron() {
+    $row_limit = 100;
+    // Generate additional log entries.
+    $this->generateLogEntries($row_limit + 10);
+    // Verify that the database log row count exceeds the row limit.
+    $count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
+    $this->assertGreaterThan($row_limit, $count, format_string('Dblog row count of @count exceeds row limit of @limit', ['@count' => $count, '@limit' => $row_limit]));
+
+    // Get the number of enabled modules. Cron adds a log entry for each module.
+    $list = $this->container->get('module_handler')->getImplementations('cron');
+    $module_count = count($list);
+    $cron_detailed_count = $this->runCron();
+    $this->assertEquals($module_count + 2, $cron_detailed_count, format_string('Cron added @count of @expected new log entries', ['@count' => $cron_detailed_count, '@expected' => $module_count + 2]));
+
+    // Test disabling of detailed cron logging.
+    $this->config('system.cron')->set('logging', 0)->save();
+    $cron_count = $this->runCron();
+    $this->assertEquals(1, $cron_count, format_string('Cron added @count of @expected new log entries', ['@count' => $cron_count, '@expected' => 1]));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs cron and returns number of new log entries.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   Number of new watchdog entries.
+   */
+  private function runCron() {
+    // Get last ID to compare against; log entries get deleted, so we can't
+    // reliably add the number of newly created log entries to the current count
+    // to measure number of log entries created by cron.
+    $last_id = db_query('SELECT MAX(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
+
+    // Run a cron job.
+    $this->container->get('cron')->run();
+
+    // Get last ID after cron was run.
+    $current_id = db_query('SELECT MAX(wid) FROM {watchdog}')->fetchField();
+
+    return $current_id - $last_id;
+  }
+
+}