diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/lib/Drupal/aggregator/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/aggregator/lib/Drupal/aggregator/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
index 77393d6536f..8738aa49877 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/lib/Drupal/aggregator/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/lib/Drupal/aggregator/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class IntegrationTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
 
     $this->installSchema('aggregator', array('aggregator_item', 'aggregator_feed', 'aggregator_category_feed', 'aggregator_category', 'aggregator_category_item'));
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('aggregator_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('aggregator_test_views'));
 
     $this->itemStorageController = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorageController('aggregator_item');
     $this->feedStorageController = $this->container->get('entity.manager')->getStorageController('aggregator_feed');
diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/Views/DisplayBlockTest.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/Views/DisplayBlockTest.php
index 1e075868e29..463bcd523b1 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/Views/DisplayBlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/Views/DisplayBlockTest.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DisplayBlockTest extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('block_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('block_test_views'));
     $this->enableViewsTestModule();
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/CommentTestBase.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/CommentTestBase.php
index 7027ef46d81..adba6b82620 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/CommentTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/Views/CommentTestBase.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class CommentTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
   function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('comment_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('comment_test_views'));
 
     // Add two users, create a node with the user1 as author and another node
     // with user2 as author. For the second node add a comment from user1.
diff --git a/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Tests/Views/ContactLinkTest.php b/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Tests/Views/ContactLinkTest.php
index c2f6a214eac..064ac2d782a 100644
--- a/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Tests/Views/ContactLinkTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/contact/lib/Drupal/contact/Tests/Views/ContactLinkTest.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ContactLinkTest extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('contact_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('contact_test_views'));
 
     $this->userData = $this->container->get('user.data');
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php b/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
index b26b0a58ba4..fe453792412 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TranslationLinkTest extends ContentTranslationTestBase {
     $user->langcode = 'en';
     $user->save();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('content_translation_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('content_translation_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/lib/Drupal/dblog/Tests/Views/ViewsIntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/dblog/lib/Drupal/dblog/Tests/Views/ViewsIntegrationTest.php
index d5484807611..dce1106022a 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/lib/Drupal/dblog/Tests/Views/ViewsIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/lib/Drupal/dblog/Tests/Views/ViewsIntegrationTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ViewsIntegrationTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
     $this->enableModules(array('system', 'dblog'));
     $this->installSchema('dblog', array('watchdog'));
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('dblog_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('dblog_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/Views/FieldTestBase.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/Views/FieldTestBase.php
index 2f8e5a6f15f..947ec8746f0 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/Views/FieldTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Tests/Views/FieldTestBase.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ abstract class FieldTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('field_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('field_test_views'));
   }
 
   function setUpFields($amount = 3) {
diff --git a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Tests/Views/ExtensionViewsFieldTest.php b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Tests/Views/ExtensionViewsFieldTest.php
index 3406a6bb662..87ab5f89c10 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Tests/Views/ExtensionViewsFieldTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/lib/Drupal/file/Tests/Views/ExtensionViewsFieldTest.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ExtensionViewsFieldTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('file_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('file_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/Views/ForumIntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/Views/ForumIntegrationTest.php
index 2a04b4c1b88..48552aff756 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/Views/ForumIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/Views/ForumIntegrationTest.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ForumIntegrationTest extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('forum_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('forum_test_views'));
   }
 
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/NodeTestBase.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/NodeTestBase.php
index d30f5285812..1c634bbfc12 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/NodeTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/NodeTestBase.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ abstract class NodeTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('node_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('node_test_views'));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/RevisionRelationships.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/RevisionRelationships.php
index edb40d0d146..4e440691f1f 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/RevisionRelationships.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/Views/RevisionRelationships.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class RevisionRelationships extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('node_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('node_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
index dcc4ac67891..6594cfdfce8 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/lib/Drupal/rest/Tests/Views/StyleSerializerTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class StyleSerializerTest extends PluginTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('rest_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('rest_test_views'));
 
     $this->adminUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer views', 'administer entity_test content', 'access user profiles', 'view test entity'));
 
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
index a16f824b71d..fd447d15e2f 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/Views/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class IntegrationTest extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('statistics_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('statistics_test_views'));
 
     // Create a new user for viewing nodes.
     $this->webUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access content'));
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyIndexTidUiTest.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyIndexTidUiTest.php
index 17c88293e57..b95759d37b1 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyIndexTidUiTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyIndexTidUiTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TaxonomyIndexTidUiTest extends UITestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('taxonomy_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('taxonomy_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
index 6e5e7ff7c4d..3209d33a7f7 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/lib/Drupal/taxonomy/Tests/Views/TaxonomyTestBase.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abstract class TaxonomyTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
     parent::setUp();
     $this->mockStandardInstall();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('taxonomy_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('taxonomy_test_views'));
 
     $this->term1 = $this->createTerm();
     $this->term2 = $this->createTerm();
diff --git a/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/Views/TrackerTestBase.php b/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/Views/TrackerTestBase.php
index 1ae4ba6f507..2b2ffc7e450 100644
--- a/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/Views/TrackerTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/Views/TrackerTestBase.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ abstract class TrackerTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('tracker_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('tracker_test_views'));
 
     $this->drupalCreateContentType(array('type' => 'page', 'name' => 'Basic page'));
 
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/HandlerFilterUserNameTest.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/HandlerFilterUserNameTest.php
index 59107267b0b..91c45efdf35 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/HandlerFilterUserNameTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/HandlerFilterUserNameTest.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class HandlerFilterUserNameTest extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
 
     $this->enableViewsTestModule();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserTestBase.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserTestBase.php
index 88b1c78070b..0b4df3d1c73 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserTestBase.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class UserTestBase extends ViewTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
 
     $this->users[] = $this->drupalCreateUser();
     $this->users[] = user_load(1);
diff --git a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserUnitTestBase.php
index 9446f66d2bb..bec7c5a7e44 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/Views/UserUnitTestBase.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ abstract class UserUnitTestBase extends ViewUnitTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('user_test_views'));
 
     $this->installSchema('user', array('users', 'users_roles'));
     $this->installSchema('system', 'sequences');
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/AccessTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/AccessTest.php
index 09eaaf82540..b86ca2893d2 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/AccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/AccessTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AccessTest extends PluginTestBase {
 
     $this->enableViewsTestModule();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_data'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_data'));
 
     $this->admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('access all views'));
     $this->web_user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/ViewsBlockTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/ViewsBlockTest.php
index f1a05635989..bd5f2525c9a 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/ViewsBlockTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Plugin/ViewsBlockTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ViewsBlockTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('block_test_views'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('block_test_views'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestBase.php
index 67e84a6e988..db703fe93fc 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestBase.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ abstract class ViewTestBase extends WebTestBase {
     foreach (ViewExecutable::getPluginTypes() as $plugin_type) {
       $this->container->get("plugin.manager.views.$plugin_type")->clearCachedDefinitions();
     }
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_config'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_config'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestConfigInstaller.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestConfigInstaller.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c514ebdd65b..00000000000
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestConfigInstaller.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestConfigInstaller.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\views\Tests;
-
-use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporter;
-
-/**
- * Defines a configuration installer.
- *
- * A config installer imports test views for views testing.
- *
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporter
- * @see \Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData
- */
-class ViewTestConfigInstaller extends ConfigImporter {
-
-  /**
-   * The name used to identify events and the lock.
-   */
-  const ID = 'views.test.installer';
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestData.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestData.php
index a574474c4dd..007bd0018c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestData.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewTestData.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage;
-use Drupal\Core\Config\StorageComparer;
 
 /**
  * Provides tests view data and the base test schema with sample data records.
@@ -21,17 +20,14 @@ use Drupal\Core\Config\StorageComparer;
 class ViewTestData {
 
   /**
-   * Imports test views from config.
+   * Create test views from config.
    *
    * @param string $class
    *   The name of the test class.
    * @param array $modules
-   *   (optional) The module directories to look in for test views.
-   *   Defaults to an empty array.
-   *
-   * @see config_install_default_config()
+   *   The module directories to look in for test views.
    */
-  public static function importTestViews($class, $modules = array()) {
+  public static function createTestViews($class, array $modules) {
     $views = array();
     while ($class) {
       if (property_exists($class, 'testViews')) {
@@ -40,6 +36,7 @@ class ViewTestData {
       $class = get_parent_class($class);
     }
     if (!empty($views)) {
+      $storage_controller = \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorageController('view');
       $module_handler = \Drupal::moduleHandler();
       foreach ($modules as $module) {
         $config_dir = drupal_get_path('module', $module) . '/test_views';
@@ -47,28 +44,15 @@ class ViewTestData {
           continue;
         }
 
-        $source_storage = new FileStorage($config_dir);
-        // Only import views used by test.
-        $views_to_import = array();
-        foreach ($source_storage->listAll('views.view.') as $config_name) {
+        $file_storage = new FileStorage($config_dir);
+        foreach ($file_storage->listAll('views.view.') as $config_name) {
           $id = str_replace('views.view.', '', $config_name);
           if (in_array($id, $views)) {
-            $views_to_import[] = $config_name;
+            $storage_controller
+              ->create($file_storage->read($config_name))
+              ->save();
           }
         }
-        $storage_comparer = new StorageComparer(
-          $source_storage,
-          \Drupal::service('config.storage')
-        );
-        $storage_comparer->addChangelist('create', $views_to_import);
-        $installer = new ViewTestConfigInstaller(
-          $storage_comparer,
-          \Drupal::service('event_dispatcher'),
-          \Drupal::service('config.factory'),
-          \Drupal::entityManager(),
-          \Drupal::lock()
-        );
-        $installer->import();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewUnitTestBase.php
index ab8173afb4d..e5ec825710b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewUnitTestBase.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ abstract class ViewUnitTestBase extends DrupalUnitTestBase {
     // Tests implementing ViewUnitTestBase depend on the theme system being
     // properly configured.
     $this->installConfig(array('system'));
-    ViewTestData::importTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_config'));
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('views_test_config'));
   }
 
   /**