diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 03af0c0a866525a6bc1a89db204a0645cefc14f4..ca90549d4058971c0d220c5f55b6b71405107a64 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
  */
 define('DRUPAL_ROOT', dirname(__DIR__, 2));
 
+/**
+ * Keep backward compatibility for sites with references to TranslationWrapper.
+ */
+class_alias(TranslatableMarkup::class, '\Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationWrapper', TRUE);
+
 /**
  * Translates a string to the current language or to a given language.
  *
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapper.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapper.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 72360cedd7f53837a1785267b2f3f82bba469ea6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapper.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\Core\StringTranslation;
-
-/**
- * Provides translatable string class.
- *
- * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0.
- *   Use the \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup class instead.
- *
- * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2571255
- */
-class TranslationWrapper extends TranslatableMarkup {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function __construct($string, array $arguments = [], array $options = [], TranslationInterface $string_translation = NULL) {
-    @trigger_error(__CLASS__ . ' is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Use the \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup class instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2571255', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-    parent::__construct($string, $arguments, $options, $string_translation);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapperTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapperTest.php
index 432778a3b5664545f4a1c76138b8c4f8bdc7da60..544d7afbc9158d1f1cde958cb5bfef2f5ce3ecf7 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapperTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/StringTranslation/TranslationWrapperTest.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
 
 /**
- * Tests the TranslationWrapper class.
+ * Tests the TranslationWrapper backward compatibility layer.
  *
  * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationWrapper
  * @group StringTranslation
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ class TranslationWrapperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 
   /**
    * @covers ::__construct
-   * @group legacy
    */
   public function testTranslationWrapper() {
-    $this->expectDeprecation('Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationWrapper is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:10.0.0. Use the \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup class instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2571255');
-    $object = new TranslationWrapper('Deprecated');
+    $object = new TranslationWrapper('Backward compatibility');
     $this->assertInstanceOf(TranslatableMarkup::class, $object);
   }