diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
index ff7b2582af76aa97bae20e3158c1ee612fb1de80..4dfd6c6e0ab37a9929698879ff6a50877d21b0db 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuratio
   public function import(Row $row, array $old_destination_id_values = array()) {
     $this->rollbackAction = MigrateIdMapInterface::ROLLBACK_DELETE;
     $entity = $this->getEntity($row, $old_destination_id_values);
-    if (!$entity) {
-      throw new MigrateException('Unable to get entity');
-    }
     return $this->save($entity, $old_destination_id_values);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e5e57f2c1974bf1c10bfca2745d29b0d1aacd452..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\Tests\migrate\Unit\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBaseTest
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate\Unit\Plugin\migrate\destination;
-
-use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\Entity\MigrationInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase;
-use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateIdMapInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\Row;
-use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
-
-/**
- * Tests base entity migration destination functionality.
- *
- * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\migrate\destination\EntityContentBase
- * @group migrate
- */
-class EntityContentBaseTest extends UnitTestCase {
-
-  /**
-   * @var \Drupal\migrate\Entity\MigrationInterface
-   */
-  protected $migration;
-
-  /**
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface
-   */
-  protected $storage;
-
-  /**
-   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
-   */
-  protected $entityManager;
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    $this->migration = $this->prophesize(MigrationInterface::class);
-    $this->storage = $this->prophesize(EntityStorageInterface::class);
-    $this->entityManager = $this->prophesize(EntityManagerInterface::class);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Test basic entity save.
-   *
-   * @covers ::import
-   */
-  public function testImport() {
-    $bundles = [];
-    $destination = new EntityTestDestination([], '', [],
-      $this->migration->reveal(),
-      $this->storage->reveal(),
-      $bundles,
-      $this->entityManager->reveal());
-    $entity = $this->prophesize(ContentEntityInterface::class);
-    // Assert that save is called.
-    $entity->save()
-      ->shouldBeCalledTimes(1);
-    // Set an id for the entity
-    $entity->id()
-      ->willReturn(5);
-    $destination->setEntity($entity->reveal());
-    // Ensure the id is saved entity id is returned from import.
-    $this->assertEquals([5], $destination->import(new Row([], [])));
-    // Assert that import set the rollback action.
-    $this->assertEquals(MigrateIdMapInterface::ROLLBACK_DELETE, $destination->rollbackAction());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Test row skipping when we can't get an entity to save.
-   *
-   * @covers ::import
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateException
-   * @expectedExceptionMessage Unable to get entity
-   */
-  public function testImportEntityLoadFailure() {
-    $bundles = [];
-    $destination = new EntityTestDestination([], '', [],
-      $this->migration->reveal(),
-      $this->storage->reveal(),
-      $bundles,
-      $this->entityManager->reveal());
-    $destination->setEntity(FALSE);
-    $destination->import(new Row([], []));
-  }
-
-}
-
-/**
- * Stub class for testing EntityContentBase methods.
- *
- * We want to test things without testing the base class implementations.
- */
-class EntityTestDestination extends EntityContentBase {
-
-  private $entity = NULL;
-
-  public function setEntity($entity) {
-    $this->entity = $entity;
-  }
-
-  protected function getEntity(Row $row, array $old_destination_id_values) {
-    return $this->entity;
-  }
-}