diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrateExecutable.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrateExecutable.php
index cbe5f2f45627371b6e6f002ff199c3e804f8691c..94075b730e2bbe0b20a1c9487bded0fc2b085280 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrateExecutable.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/MigrateExecutable.php
@@ -386,14 +386,9 @@ public function processRow(Row $row, array $process = NULL, $value = NULL) {
           $multiple = $plugin->multiple();
         }
       }
-      // Ensure all values, including nulls, are migrated.
-      if ($plugins) {
-        if (isset($value)) {
-          $row->setDestinationProperty($destination, $value);
-        }
-        else {
-          $row->setEmptyDestinationProperty($destination);
-        }
+      // No plugins or no value means do not set.
+      if ($plugins && !is_null($value)) {
+        $row->setDestinationProperty($destination, $value);
       }
       // Reset the value.
       $value = NULL;
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
index cf3ae1dedb79e8cf6c83384b4f707e58888fb497..d4f9bd72ecc5dff1d86ccefeb1160f8a7481241e 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ public function getIds() {
    *   An updated entity, or NULL if it's the same as the one passed in.
    */
   protected function updateEntity(EntityInterface $entity, Row $row) {
-    $empty_destinations = $row->getEmptyDestinationProperties();
     // By default, an update will be preserved.
     $rollback_action = MigrateIdMapInterface::ROLLBACK_PRESERVE;
 
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ protected function updateEntity(EntityInterface $entity, Row $row) {
     // clone the row with an empty set of destination values, and re-add only
     // the specified properties.
     if (isset($this->configuration['overwrite_properties'])) {
-      $empty_destinations = array_intersect($empty_destinations, $this->configuration['overwrite_properties']);
       $clone = $row->cloneWithoutDestination();
       foreach ($this->configuration['overwrite_properties'] as $property) {
         $clone->setDestinationProperty($property, $row->getDestinationProperty($property));
@@ -186,9 +184,6 @@ protected function updateEntity(EntityInterface $entity, Row $row) {
         $field->setValue($values);
       }
     }
-    foreach ($empty_destinations as $field_name) {
-      $entity->$field_name = NULL;
-    }
 
     $this->setRollbackAction($row->getIdMap(), $rollback_action);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Row.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Row.php
index 83e97b130d8e062e31d17c442e4d44e29b598960..95e7f28a0f6eda22adcea02666fb43fbeb12a5cb 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Row.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Row.php
@@ -77,13 +77,6 @@ class Row {
    */
   protected $isStub = FALSE;
 
-  /**
-   * The empty destination properties.
-   *
-   * @var array
-   */
-  protected $emptyDestinationProperties = [];
-
   /**
    * Constructs a \Drupal\Migrate\Row object.
    *
@@ -236,26 +229,6 @@ public function removeDestinationProperty($property) {
     NestedArray::unsetValue($this->destination, explode(static::PROPERTY_SEPARATOR, $property));
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sets a destination to be empty.
-   *
-   * @param string $property
-   *   The destination property.
-   */
-  public function setEmptyDestinationProperty($property) {
-    $this->emptyDestinationProperties[] = $property;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Gets the empty destination properties.
-   *
-   * @return array
-   *   An array of destination properties.
-   */
-  public function getEmptyDestinationProperties() {
-    return $this->emptyDestinationProperties;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns the whole destination array.
    *
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateEntityContentBaseTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateEntityContentBaseTest.php
index e2f02ae9d788e9857da3538d8081351fcc044c35..54c60ba928ef1da5fb6402f17cf14ecc0b9a490a 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateEntityContentBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/MigrateEntityContentBaseTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateIdMapInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrationInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\Row;
-use Drupal\migrate_entity_test\Entity\StringIdEntityTest;
 
 /**
  * Tests the EntityContentBase destination.
@@ -204,65 +203,4 @@ public function testEntityWithStringId() {
     $this->assertEquals(123456789012, $map_row['destid1']);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Tests empty destinations.
-   */
-  public function testEmptyDestinations() {
-    $this->enableModules(['migrate_entity_test']);
-    $this->installEntitySchema('migrate_string_id_entity_test');
-
-    $definition = [
-      'source' => [
-        'plugin' => 'embedded_data',
-        'data_rows' => [
-          ['id' => 123, 'version' => 'foo'],
-          // This integer needs an 'int' schema with 'big' size. If 'destid1'
-          // is not correctly taking the definition from the destination entity
-          // type, the import will fail with an SQL exception.
-          ['id' => 123456789012, 'version' => 'bar'],
-        ],
-        'ids' => [
-          'id' => ['type' => 'integer', 'size' => 'big'],
-          'version' => ['type' => 'string'],
-        ],
-        'constants' => ['null' => NULL],
-      ],
-      'process' => [
-        'id' => 'id',
-        'version' => 'version',
-      ],
-      'destination' => [
-        'plugin' => 'entity:migrate_string_id_entity_test',
-      ],
-    ];
-
-    $migration = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migration')
-      ->createStubMigration($definition);
-    $executable = new MigrateExecutable($migration);
-    $executable->import();
-
-    /** @var \Drupal\migrate_entity_test\Entity\StringIdEntityTest $entity */
-    $entity = StringIdEntityTest::load('123');
-    $this->assertSame('foo', $entity->version->value);
-    $entity = StringIdEntityTest::load('123456789012');
-    $this->assertSame('bar', $entity->version->value);
-
-    // Rerun the migration forcing the version to NULL.
-    $definition['process'] = [
-      'id' => 'id',
-      'version' => 'constants/null',
-    ];
-
-    $migration = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migration')
-      ->createStubMigration($definition);
-    $executable = new MigrateExecutable($migration);
-    $executable->import();
-
-    /** @var \Drupal\migrate_entity_test\Entity\StringIdEntityTest $entity */
-    $entity = StringIdEntityTest::load('123');
-    $this->assertNull($entity->version->value);
-    $entity = StringIdEntityTest::load('123456789012');
-    $this->assertNull($entity->version->value);
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/MigrateExecutableTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/MigrateExecutableTest.php
index f199562b6b3d8721adf7a9d60132691360e79885..5e7cbaca4ca0056e8065c544afd48614acd519f9 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/MigrateExecutableTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/MigrateExecutableTest.php
@@ -439,33 +439,6 @@ public function testProcessRowPipelineException() {
     $this->executable->processRow($row);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Tests the processRow method.
-   */
-  public function testProcessRowEmptyDestination() {
-    $expected = [
-      'test' => 'test destination',
-      'test1' => 'test1 destination',
-      'test2' => NULL,
-    ];
-    $row = new Row();
-    $plugins = [];
-    foreach ($expected as $key => $value) {
-      $plugin = $this->prophesize(MigrateProcessInterface::class);
-      $plugin->getPluginDefinition()->willReturn([]);
-      $plugin->transform(NULL, $this->executable, $row, $key)->willReturn($value);
-      $plugin->multiple()->willReturn(TRUE);
-      $plugins[$key][0] = $plugin->reveal();
-    }
-    $this->migration->method('getProcessPlugins')->willReturn($plugins);
-    $this->executable->processRow($row);
-    foreach ($expected as $key => $value) {
-      $this->assertSame($value, $row->getDestinationProperty($key));
-    }
-    $this->assertCount(2, $row->getDestination());
-    $this->assertSame(['test2'], $row->getEmptyDestinationProperties());
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns a mock migration source instance.
    *