diff --git a/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/User/HandlerFieldUserNameTest.php b/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/User/HandlerFieldUserNameTest.php
index 6c7282cef847102a3296ce5ab2d649f6548b2a07..9fa3bc40707f815e37ba481cc90aa55c41d9e441 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/User/HandlerFieldUserNameTest.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/User/HandlerFieldUserNameTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function testUserName() {
     $this->assertIdentical($render, $username, 'If the user is not linked the username should be printed out for a normal user.');
 
     $view->result[0]->uid = 0;
-    $anon_name = variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous'));
+    $anon_name = config('user.settings')->get('anonymous');
     $view->result[0]->users_name = '';
     $render = $view->field['name']->advanced_render($view->result[0]);
     $this->assertIdentical($render, $anon_name , 'For user0 it should use the default anonymous name by default.');
diff --git a/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/argument/UserUid.php b/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/argument/UserUid.php
index bfd267311d8f5545739458fb32948324a4c2505b..abb44b596a1b4a7e9e8cae5f03d2e9823c954af9 100644
--- a/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/argument/UserUid.php
+++ b/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/argument/UserUid.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class UserUid extends ArgumentPluginBase {
 
   function title() {
     if (!$this->argument) {
-      $title = variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous'));
+      $title = config('user.settings')->get('anonymous');
     }
     else {
       $title = db_query('SELECT u.name FROM {users} u WHERE u.uid = :uid', array(':uid' => $this->argument))->fetchField();
diff --git a/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument/Uid.php b/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument/Uid.php
index e3e86dc25f53201b05cf3d472cf74da7fb65c7fd..655bc9363e1203c46ee12bbf5829e6cdd557506f 100644
--- a/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument/Uid.php
+++ b/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument/Uid.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Uid extends Numeric {
    */
   function title_query() {
     if (!$this->argument) {
-      return array(variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous')));
+      return array(config('user.settings')->get('anonymous'));
     }
 
     $titles = array();
diff --git a/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument_validator/User.php b/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument_validator/User.php
index 7704896cb41ef89fc390a84a94c832cb1466a678..5f0df2b94b395c1123c3c5353667103ca23f3316 100644
--- a/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument_validator/User.php
+++ b/lib/Views/user/Plugin/views/argument_validator/User.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function validate_argument($argument) {
     }
     else {
       if ($type == 'name' || $type == 'either') {
-        $name = !empty($GLOBALS['user']->name) ? $GLOBALS['user']->name : variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous'));
+        $name = !empty($GLOBALS['user']->name) ? $GLOBALS['user']->name : config('user.settings')->get('anonymous');
         if ($argument == $name) {
           $account = clone $GLOBALS['user'];
         }