diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MaintenanceModeSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MaintenanceModeSubscriber.php
index d4eabfb1c608201af6b7ac3c83a1758fa70b9f1a..885db53632adadb7f6c9945eddd53e6d4555547c 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MaintenanceModeSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MaintenanceModeSubscriber.php
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ public function onKernelRequestMaintenanceModeCheck(GetResponseEvent $event) {
     // Check if the site is offline.
     $status = _menu_site_is_offline() ? MENU_SITE_OFFLINE : MENU_SITE_ONLINE;
 
-    // Allow other modules to change the site status but not the path because
-    // that would not change the global variable. hook_url_inbound_alter() can
-    // be used to change the path. Code later will not use the $read_only_path
-    // variable.
-    $read_only_path = !empty($path) ? $path : $event->getRequest()->attributes->get('system_path');
+    // Allow other modules to change the site status but not the path. The path
+    // can be changed using a request listener.
+    $read_only_path = $event->getRequest()->attributes->get('system_path');
     drupal_alter('menu_site_status', $status, $read_only_path);
 
     // Only continue if the site is online.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Path/UrlAlterFunctionalTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Path/UrlAlterFunctionalTest.php
index 353ba1897adc32d917ae8e3259cf7cf8fac5b714..b9877398d1778f1807d81c6529d821d6fec13aa7 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Path/UrlAlterFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Path/UrlAlterFunctionalTest.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class UrlAlterFunctionalTest extends WebTestBase {
   public static function getInfo() {
     return array(
       'name' => t('URL altering'),
-      'description' => t('Tests hook_url_inbound_alter() and hook_url_outbound_alter().'),
+      'description' => t('Tests altering the inbound path and the outbound path.'),
       'group' => t('Path API'),
     );
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.api.php b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
index 926fd2cb383fc65272db9d0cd0c9930810cbe0b5..eb4de0d42d9861de7a550b741215268857ff8440 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -3328,38 +3328,13 @@ function hook_system_themes_page_alter(&$theme_groups) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Alters inbound URL requests.
- *
- * @param $path
- *   The path being constructed, which, if a path alias, has been resolved to a
- *   Drupal path by the database, and which also may have been altered by other
- *   modules before this one.
- * @param $original_path
- *   The original path, before being checked for path aliases or altered by any
- *   modules.
- * @param $path_language
- *   The language of the path.
- *
- * @see \Drupal\Core\Path\AliasManager::getSystemPath()
- */
-function hook_url_inbound_alter(&$path, $original_path, $path_language) {
-  // Create the path user/me/edit, which allows a user to edit their account.
-  if (preg_match('|^user/me/edit(/.*)?|', $path, $matches)) {
-    global $user;
-    $path = 'user/' . $user->uid . '/edit' . $matches[1];
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Alters outbound URLs.
  *
  * @param $path
  *   The outbound path to alter, not adjusted for path aliases yet. It won't be
- *   adjusted for path aliases until all modules are finished altering it, thus
- *   being consistent with hook_url_inbound_alter(), which adjusts for all path
- *   aliases before allowing modules to alter it. This may have been altered by
- *   other modules before this one.
+ *   adjusted for path aliases until all modules are finished altering it. This
+ *   may have been altered by other modules before this one.
  * @param $options
  *   A set of URL options for the URL so elements such as a fragment or a query
  *   string can be added to the URL.
@@ -3739,7 +3714,7 @@ function hook_countries_alter(&$countries) {
  *   for delivery directly.
  * @param $path
  *   Contains the system path that is going to be loaded. This is read only,
- *   use hook_url_inbound_alter() to change the path.
+ *   use a request listener to change the inbound path.
  */
 function hook_menu_site_status_alter(&$menu_site_status, $path) {
   // Allow access to my_module/authentication even if site is in offline mode.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.info b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.info
index 1947b2e7fb64025ceb560f088cfc1811b77ccc19..7c8b67ab65c0c0fb09068e941b8ed6d8e88206fd 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.info
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = Url_alter tests
-description = A support modules for url_alter hook testing.
+description = A support module to test altering the inbound and outbound path.
 core = 8.x
 package = Testing
 version = VERSION
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.module
index 61cc625a79070a852932757eb73fa3a12acfa159..8bacb9b1e71fc33b7a889edfd1d4f13bbcd6357c 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/url_alter_test/url_alter_test.module
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file
- * Module to help test hook_url_inbound_alter() and hook_url_outbound_alter().
+ * Module to help test altering the inbound and outbound path.
  */
 
 /**