diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_base_table.yml b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_base_table.yml
index d87062da1c85a5e836e910339ecbf1a348fd03fb..16ba5ba97ac10f9a1330b8792835d641ce10d180 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_base_table.yml
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_base_table.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ display:
           order: ASC
           expose:
             label: 'Moderation state'
+            field_identifier: moderation_state
           exposed: true
       arguments: {  }
       filters: {  }
diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_revision_table.yml b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_revision_table.yml
index 0e481bc59596df7604475a2075b6b49fb5d9276f..1e7e3b48ceaf948693f63d8841b71b8b844dcca6 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_revision_table.yml
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/modules/content_moderation_test_views/config/install/views.view.test_content_moderation_state_sort_revision_table.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ display:
           order: ASC
           expose:
             label: 'Moderation state'
+            field_identifier: moderation_state
           exposed: true
       arguments: {  }
       filters: {  }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/ViewsConfigUpdater.php b/core/modules/views/src/ViewsConfigUpdater.php
index d79eb3753da40ace724e535645259b8f16e65d91..df6bc7ea99670a405f4dfe9b17623a2ccd5395a7 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/ViewsConfigUpdater.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/ViewsConfigUpdater.php
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ public function setDeprecationsEnabled($enabled) {
   public function updateAll(ViewEntityInterface $view) {
     return $this->processDisplayHandlers($view, FALSE, function (&$handler, $handler_type, $key, $display_id) use ($view) {
       $changed = FALSE;
-      if ($this->processSortFieldIdentifierUpdateHandler($handler, $handler_type)) {
-        $changed = TRUE;
-      }
       if ($this->processImageLazyLoadFieldHandler($handler, $handler_type, $view)) {
         $changed = TRUE;
       }
@@ -173,21 +170,6 @@ protected function processDisplayHandlers(ViewEntityInterface $view, $return_on_
     return $changed;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Updates the sort handlers by adding default sort field identifiers.
-   *
-   * @param \Drupal\views\ViewEntityInterface $view
-   *   The View to update.
-   *
-   * @return bool
-   *   Whether the view was updated.
-   */
-  public function needsSortFieldIdentifierUpdate(ViewEntityInterface $view): bool {
-    return $this->processDisplayHandlers($view, TRUE, function (array &$handler, string $handler_type): bool {
-      return $this->processSortFieldIdentifierUpdateHandler($handler, $handler_type);
-    });
-  }
-
   /**
    * Add lazy load options to all image type field configurations.
    *
@@ -232,23 +214,4 @@ protected function processImageLazyLoadFieldHandler(array &$handler, string $han
     return $changed;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Processes sort handlers by adding the sort identifier.
-   *
-   * @param array $handler
-   *   A display handler.
-   * @param string $handler_type
-   *   The handler type.
-   *
-   * @return bool
-   *   Whether the handler was updated.
-   */
-  protected function processSortFieldIdentifierUpdateHandler(array &$handler, string $handler_type): bool {
-    if ($handler_type === 'sort' && !isset($handler['expose']['field_identifier'])) {
-      $handler['expose']['field_identifier'] = $handler['id'];
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_exposed_form_sort_items_per_page.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_exposed_form_sort_items_per_page.yml
index af946f8c1f7736cb404503ac3e8e67411c270887..ad9a6412519c81c866a51e373f99d0aa70d1a0d2 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_exposed_form_sort_items_per_page.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_exposed_form_sort_items_per_page.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ display:
           order: asc
           expose:
             label: 'id'
+            field_identifier: id
           exposed: true
           plugin_id: standard
     display_plugin: default