diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBCDecorator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBCDecorator.php
index a8eb5ad..06eae49 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBCDecorator.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityBCDecorator.php
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ public function &__get($name) {
    * Directly writes to the plain field values, as done by Drupal 7.
    */
   public function __set($name, $value) {
+
+    // The property revision was used to create a new revision - do so as well.
+    // @TODO Did this apply only to node or for other entity types too?
+    if ($name == 'revision') {
+      $this->setNewRevision($value);
+    }
+
     $defined = isset($this->definitions[$name]);
     // When updating values for entity properties that have been converted to
     // an entity field, directly write to the plain value. This makes it
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
index f1b4979..70ac362 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ class EntityNG extends Entity {
    */
   protected $values = array(
     'langcode' => array(LANGUAGE_DEFAULT => array(0 => array('value' => LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED))),
-    'newRevision' => array(LANGUAGE_DEFAULT => array(0 => array('value' => FALSE))),
-    'isDefaultRevision' => array(LANGUAGE_DEFAULT => array(0 => array('value' => TRUE))),
   );
 
   /**
@@ -83,6 +81,11 @@ public function __construct(array $values, $entity_type, $bundle = FALSE) {
     $this->entityType = $entity_type;
     $this->bundle = $bundle ? $bundle : $this->entityType;
     foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+      // If the key matches an existing property set the value to the property
+      // to ensure non converted properties have the correct value.
+      if (property_exists($this, $key) && isset($value[LANGUAGE_DEFAULT])) {
+        $this->$key = $value[LANGUAGE_DEFAULT];
+      }
       $this->values[$key] = $value;
     }
     $this->init();
@@ -103,9 +106,6 @@ public function getType() {
   protected function init() {
     // We unset all defined properties, so magic getters apply.
     unset($this->langcode);
-    unset($this->enforceIsNew);
-    unset($this->newRevision);
-    unset($this->isDefaultRevision);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -529,24 +529,4 @@ public function label($langcode = NULL) {
     }
     return $label;
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides Entity::isNewRevision().
-   */
-  public function isNewRevision() {
-    $info = $this->entityInfo();
-    return $this->newRevision->value || (!empty($info['entity_keys']['revision']) && !$this->getRevisionId());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Overrides Entity::isDefaultRevision().
-   */
-  public function isDefaultRevision($new_value = NULL) {
-    $return = $this->isDefaultRevision->value;
-    if (isset($new_value)) {
-      $this->isDefaultRevision = (bool) $new_value;
-    }
-    return $return;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
index 31f9f32..5a0a3ae 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeStorageController.php
@@ -237,18 +237,6 @@ public function baseFieldDefinitions() {
       'description' => t('The node language code.'),
       'type' => 'language_field',
     );
-    $properties['newRevision'] = array(
-      'label' => t('New revision'),
-      'description' => t('A boolean indicating whether this is a new revision.'),
-      'type' => 'boolean_field',
-      'queryable' => FALSE,
-    );
-    $properties['isDefaultRevision'] = array(
-      'label' => t('Default revision'),
-      'description' => t('A boolean indicating whether this version is the default revision.'),
-      'type' => 'boolean_field',
-      'queryable' => FALSE,
-    );
     $properties['title'] = array(
       'label' => t('Title'),
       'description' => t('The title of this node, always treated as non-markup plain text.'),
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/Node.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/Node.php
index 35beff1..9b8a991 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Plugin/Core/Entity/Node.php
@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ class Node extends EntityNG implements ContentEntityInterface {
   public $vid;
 
   /**
-   * Indicates whether this is the default node revision.
-   *
-   * The default revision of a node is the one loaded when no specific revision
-   * has been specified. Only default revisions are saved to the node table.
-   *
-   * @var boolean
-   */
-  public $isDefaultRevision;
-
-  /**
    * The node UUID.
    *
    * @var string
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsAllTestCase.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsAllTestCase.php
index 4703d11..90a7305 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsAllTestCase.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsAllTestCase.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function setUp() {
       $node->setNewRevision();
       $node->save();
 
-      $node = node_load($node->nid); // Make sure we get revision information.
+      $node = node_load($node->nid, TRUE); // Make sure we get revision information.
       $nodes[] = clone $node;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
index d5ea7b5..46244b8 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
@@ -48,20 +48,24 @@ function setUp() {
     $logs = array();
 
     // Get original node.
-    $nodes[] = $node;
+    $nodes[] = clone $node;
 
     // Create three revisions.
     $revision_count = 3;
     for ($i = 0; $i < $revision_count; $i++) {
-      $logs[] = $settings['log'] = $this->randomName(32);
+      $logs[] = $node->log = $this->randomName(32);
 
-      // Create revision with random title and body and update variables.
-      $this->drupalCreateNode($settings);
-      $node = node_load($node->nid); // Make sure we get revision information.
-      $settings = get_object_vars($node);
-      $settings['isDefaultRevision'] = TRUE;
+      // Create revision with a random title and body and update variables.
+      $node->title = $this->randomName();
+      $node->body[$node->language()->langcode][0] = array(
+        'value' => $this->randomName(32),
+        'format' => filter_default_format(),
+      );
+      $node->setNewRevision();
+      $node->save();
 
-      $nodes[] = $node;
+      $node = node_load($node->nid); // Make sure we get revision information.
+      $nodes[] = clone $node;
     }
 
     $this->nodes = $nodes;
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ function testRevisions() {
     $this->assertRaw(t('@type %title has been reverted back to the revision from %revision-date.',
                         array('@type' => 'Basic page', '%title' => $nodes[1]->label(),
                               '%revision-date' => format_date($nodes[1]->revision_timestamp))), 'Revision reverted.');
-    $reverted_node = node_load($node->nid);
+    $reverted_node = node_load($node->nid, TRUE);
     $this->assertTrue(($nodes[1]->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'] == $reverted_node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value']), 'Node reverted correctly.');
 
     // Confirm that this is not the default version.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
index f8fdc93..e2f5f29 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ function testImport() {
       'uid' => $this->web_user->uid,
       'type' => 'article',
       'nid' => $test_nid,
-      'enforceIsNew' => TRUE,
     );
     $node = node_submit(entity_create('node', $node));
+    $node->enforceIsNew();
 
     // Verify that node_submit did not overwrite the user ID.
     $this->assertEqual($node->uid, $this->web_user->uid, 'Function node_submit() preserves user ID');