diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/field/StatisticsLastCommentName.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/field/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
index 1c8c41ab28e5f3394f46814b6794dddf7a44243e..7264ccc5997dd8017ae550087e0eab833da4436a 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/field/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/field/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\comment\Plugin\views\field;
 
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\field\FieldPluginBase;
 use Drupal\views\ResultRow;
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
    */
   public function render(ResultRow $values) {
     if (!empty($this->options['link_to_user'])) {
-      $account = entity_create('user');
+      $account = User::create();
       $account->name = $this->getValue($values);
       $account->uid = $values->{$this->uid};
       $username = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileManagedUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileManagedUnitTestBase.php
index c9f0c6ba1f8f6832e90cad1da7b20739db5c2d42..61e5b25f019cc77dc3f44c6fd79f19a52fa875d9 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileManagedUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileManagedUnitTestBase.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
 use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Base class for file unit tests that use the file_test module to test uploads and
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
 
     // Make sure that a user with uid 1 exists, self::createFile() relies on
     // it.
-    $user = entity_create('user', array('uid' => 1, 'name' => $this->randomMachineName()));
+    $user = User::create(['uid' => 1, 'name' => $this->randomMachineName()]);
     $user->enforceIsNew();
     $user->save();
     \Drupal::currentUser()->setAccount($user);
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
index ef0698b16ac45376b458b3482eefc363c72cf8c8..c1572dcd90a8bada9242321470528184dc5c04fa 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Tests/EntityTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\comment\Tests\CommentTestTrait;
 use Drupal\comment\Entity\Comment;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests that nodes and terms are correctly normalized and denormalized.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public function testNode() {
     $node_type = entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'example_type'));
     $node_type->save();
 
-    $user = entity_create('user', array('name' => $this->randomMachineName()));
+    $user = User::create(['name' => $this->randomMachineName()]);
     $user->save();
 
     // Add comment type.
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public function testTerm() {
     $vocabulary = entity_create('taxonomy_vocabulary', array('vid' => 'example_vocabulary'));
     $vocabulary->save();
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', array('name' => $this->randomMachineName()));
+    $account = User::create(['name' => $this->randomMachineName()]);
     $account->save();
 
     // @todo Until https://www.drupal.org/node/2327935 is fixed, if no parent is
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public function testComment() {
     $node_type = entity_create('node_type', array('type' => 'example_type'));
     $node_type->save();
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', array('name' => $this->randomMachineName()));
+    $account = User::create(['name' => $this->randomMachineName()]);
     $account->save();
 
     // Add comment type.
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/src/BrowserTestBase.php b/core/modules/simpletest/src/BrowserTestBase.php
index 4f8c3fae726058e9ae63b068a7c2159cd2ec674f..b5da13c38e5948f9a344881fe73cce37dba8af6c 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/src/BrowserTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/src/BrowserTestBase.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Test\TestRunnerKernel;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ protected function drupalCreateUser(array $permissions = array(), $name = NULL)
       $edit['roles'] = array($rid);
     }
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', $edit);
+    $account = User::create($edit);
     $account->save();
 
     $this->assertNotNull($account->id(), SafeMarkup::format('User created with name %name and pass %pass', array('%name' => $edit['name'], '%pass' => $edit['pass'])));
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Database/SelectComplexTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Database/SelectComplexTest.php
index 880c6ebcb537715e5cae0ae3ac8da2a869ea7cc8..dce52b11766637e8436b7356c84c1a32b24bb61a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Database/SelectComplexTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Database/SelectComplexTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\RowCountException;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests the Select query builder with more complex queries.
@@ -328,10 +329,10 @@ function testJoinTwice() {
   function testJoinSubquery() {
     $this->installSchema('system', 'sequences');
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', array(
+    $account = User::create([
       'name' => $this->randomMachineName(),
       'mail' => $this->randomMachineName() . '@example.com',
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     $query = db_select('test_task', 'tt', array('target' => 'replica'));
     $query->addExpression('tt.pid + 1', 'abc');
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
index 4b04e6b831b6c41f4a8210376e7fdb00cc9d07ab..8c4ec9183b55f979fc0368fef7085a32d8cab73c 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityCrudHookTest.php
@@ -482,13 +482,13 @@ public function testTaxonomyVocabularyHooks() {
    * Tests hook invocations for CRUD operations on users.
    */
   public function testUserHooks() {
-    $account = entity_create('user', array(
+    $account = User::create([
       'name' => 'Test user',
       'mail' => 'test@example.com',
       'created' => REQUEST_TIME,
       'status' => 1,
       'language' => 'en',
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     $this->assertHookMessageOrder(array(
       'entity_crud_hook_test_user_create called',
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityReferenceSelection/EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityReferenceSelection/EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest.php
index 0cb2fc0a397b9d0b97f2124b1b95cadc9295c6fa..92efca69d6c910a9368a3df5fc970edbf52f7c9d 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityReferenceSelection/EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityReferenceSelection/EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest.php
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public function testUserHandler() {
     $user_labels = array();
     foreach ($user_values as $key => $values) {
       if (is_array($values)) {
-        $account = entity_create('user', $values);
+        $account = User::create($values);
         $account->save();
       }
       else {
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
index 255765cb23714c0696d9d890625d25b88de7345f..ff9941b05ea4ae9e91d39a5a7e5d556af00f1bdc 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityUnitTestBase.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Defines an abstract test base for entity unit tests.
@@ -109,10 +110,10 @@ protected function createUser($values = array(), $permissions = array()) {
       $values['roles'][] = $role->id();
     }
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', $values + array(
+    $account = User::create($values + [
       'name' => $this->randomMachineName(),
       'status' => 1,
-    ));
+    ]);
     $account->enforceIsNew();
     $account->save();
     return $account;
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
index 70fc629fb0cff627ec9810b1177b3297724ea849..0e4fe592636e7ec5b1bf10f9d399a348541c9f15 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult;
 use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests Field level access hooks.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ function testFieldAccess() {
 
     // Create a dummy user account for testing access with.
     $values = array('name' => 'test');
-    $account = entity_create('user', $values);
+    $account = User::create($values);
 
     $this->assertFalse($entity->field_test_text->access('view', $account), 'Access to the field was denied.');
     $expected = AccessResult::forbidden()->cacheUntilEntityChanges($entity);
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextPluginTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextPluginTest.php
index 05c4c7e0a136448ab181ed1c1c95255fecf1d3be..92be3e5361517eaac02e6f89c695c28ac225201d 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextPluginTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Plugin/ContextPluginTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
 use Drupal\plugin_test\Plugin\MockBlockManager;
 use Drupal\simpletest\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests that contexts are properly set and working within plugins.
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ function testContext() {
 
     // Set an appropriate context value and check to make sure its methods work
     // as expected.
-    $user = entity_create('user', array('name' => $name));
+    $user = User::create(['name' => $name]);
     $plugin->setContextValue('user', $user);
 
     $this->assertEqual($plugin->getContextValue('user')->getUsername(), $user->getUsername());
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserCacheTagsTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserCacheTagsTest.php
index 8bb2a6a14ff3e6c2970211fd02f2ccfd97b770f5..450f7bc2a7de874a36157697240317cf1042968c 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserCacheTagsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserCacheTagsTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\system\Tests\Entity\EntityWithUriCacheTagsTestBase;
 use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Drupal\user\RoleInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -41,10 +42,10 @@ protected function setUp() {
    */
   protected function createEntity() {
     // Create a "Llama" user.
-    $user = entity_create('user', array(
+    $user = User::create([
       'name' => 'Llama',
       'status' => TRUE,
-    ));
+    ]);
     $user->save();
 
     return $user;
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserEntityCallbacksTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserEntityCallbacksTest.php
index ce7726a20fc0dc438d797e48ff2944b97ef2a347..2a2caafa89bfe0fa7293ad3d5472f2c2c606fb08 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserEntityCallbacksTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserEntityCallbacksTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\user\Tests;
 
 use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 
 /**
  * Tests specific parts of the user entity like the URI callback and the label
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
 
     $this->account = $this->drupalCreateUser();
-    $this->anonymous = entity_create('user', array('uid' => 0));
+    $this->anonymous = User::create(['uid' => 0]);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveTest.php
index 2a4e7b1d312ed8114f88ec5133d9377167feb5d6..b174341ab2eeaef9ee4736d16f81b42207ee809b 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserSaveTest.php
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ function testUserImport() {
     $test_name = $this->randomMachineName();
 
     // Create the base user, based on drupalCreateUser().
-    $user = entity_create('user', array(
+    $user = User::create([
       'name' => $test_name,
       'uid' => $test_uid,
       'mail' => $test_name . '@example.com',
       'pass' => user_password(),
       'status' => 1,
-    ));
+    ]);
     $user->enforceIsNew();
     $user->save();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserValidationTest.php b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserValidationTest.php
index dfa8a2114568d57c0edd584f144e01f9a376af7a..54e0983cce1243cf1bb997bf3fa999fbeeb2a64e 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserValidationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/src/Tests/UserValidationTest.php
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ function testValidation() {
     $this->assertEqual($violations[0]->getMessage(), t('The username %name is too long: it must be %max characters or less.', array('%name' => $name, '%max' => 60)));
 
     // Create a second test user to provoke a name collision.
-    $user2 = entity_create('user', array(
+    $user2 = User::create([
       'name' => 'existing',
       'mail' => 'existing@example.com',
-    ));
+    ]);
     $user2->save();
     $user->set('name', 'existing');
     $violations = $user->validate();
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ function testValidation() {
     Role::create(array('id' => 'role2'))->save();
 
     // Test cardinality of user roles.
-    $user = entity_create('user', array(
+    $user = User::create([
       'name' => 'role_test',
       'mail' => 'test@example.com',
       'roles' => array('role1', 'role2'),
-    ));
+    ]);
     $violations = $user->validate();
     $this->assertEqual(count($violations), 0);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/FieldEntityTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/FieldEntityTest.php
index c121157f45431606e3f2ce3251fce7cee8147e5b..1044dfffc3cb84008ebdd9d20ef9fff515fdb4d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/FieldEntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Entity/FieldEntityTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Entity;
 
 use Drupal\comment\Tests\CommentTestTrait;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
 use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
 use Drupal\views\Views;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public function testGetEntity() {
     // The view is a view of comments, their nodes and their authors, so there
     // are three layers of entities.
 
-    $account = entity_create('user', array('name' => $this->randomMachineName(), 'bundle' => 'user'));
+    $account = User::create(['name' => $this->randomMachineName(), 'bundle' => 'user']);
     $account->save();
 
     $node = entity_create('node', array('uid' => $account->id(), 'type' => 'page', 'title' => $this->randomString()));
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/RelationshipJoinTestBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/RelationshipJoinTestBase.php
index d57fa27b0e4789aa6a9aa2a442caccea9ba329a0..9954c088e05cbf1fd9df62038c68342f6e595e63 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/RelationshipJoinTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Plugin/RelationshipJoinTestBase.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Plugin;
 
+use Drupal\user\Entity\User;
 use Drupal\views\Views;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ protected function setUpFixtures() {
     parent::setUpFixtures();
 
     // Create a record for uid 1.
-    $this->rootUser = entity_create('user', array('name' => $this->randomMachineName()));
+    $this->rootUser = User::create(['name' => $this->randomMachineName()]);
     $this->rootUser->save();
 
     Views::viewsData()->clear();