diff --git a/src/TwigExtension.php b/src/TwigExtension.php
index e2da2b5..cd382ab 100644
--- a/src/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/src/TwigExtension.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension {
     return [
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_view', 'views_embed_view'),
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_block', [$this, 'drupalBlock']),
-      new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_plugin_block', [$this, 'drupalPluginBlock']),
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_region', [$this, 'drupalRegion']),
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_entity', [$this, 'drupalEntity']),
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('drupal_field', [$this, 'drupalField']),
@@ -68,47 +67,23 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Builds the render array for the provided block.
+   * Builds the render array for the provided block plugin.
    *
    * @param mixed $id
-   *   The ID of the block to render.
-   * @param bool $check_access
-   *   (Optional) Indicates that access check is required.
-   *
-   * @return null|array
-   *   A render array for the block or NULL if the block does not exist.
-   */
-  public function drupalBlock($id, $check_access = TRUE) {
-    $entity_type_manager = \Drupal::entityTypeManager();
-    $block = $entity_type_manager->getStorage('block')->load($id);
-    if ($block && (!$check_access || $this->entityAccess($block))) {
-      return $entity_type_manager->getViewBuilder('block')->view($block);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Builds the render array for the provided plugin block.
-   *
-   * @param mixed $id
-   *   The ID of the block to render.
-   * @param bool $check_access
-   *   (Optional) Indicates that access check is required.
-   * @param array $config
+   *   The ID of block plugin to render.
+   * @param array $configuration
    *   (Optional) Pass on any configuration to the plugin block.
    *
    * @return null|array
    *   A render array for the block or NULL if the block does not exist.
    */
-  public function drupalPluginBlock($id, $check_access = TRUE, $config = []) {
-    $block_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.block');
-    $plugin_block = $block_manager->createInstance($id, $config);
-    $access_result = $plugin_block->access(\Drupal::currentUser());
-
-    if ($plugin_block && (!$check_access || (is_object($access_result) && $access_result->isForbidden() || is_bool($access_result) && !$access_result))) {
-      return [];
+  public function drupalBlock($id, array $configuration = []) {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockPluginInterface $block_plugin */
+    $block_plugin = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.block')
+      ->createInstance($id, $configuration);
+    if ($block_plugin->access(\Drupal::currentUser())) {
+      return $block_plugin->build();
     }
-
-    return $plugin_block->build();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -512,7 +487,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends \Twig_Extension {
    * @return bool
    *   The access check result.
    *
-   * @TODO Remove "check_access" option in 9.x.
+   * @todo Remove "check_access" option in 9.x.
    */
   protected function entityAccess(EntityInterface $entity) {
     // Prior version 8.x-1.7 entity access was not checked. The "check_access"
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/TwigTweakTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/TwigTweakTest.php
index 3108f5c..affcbf9 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/TwigTweakTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/TwigTweakTest.php
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ class TwigTweakTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $xpath .= '/div[@class = "view-content"]//ul[count(./li) = 1]/li';
     $this->assertByXpath($xpath . '//a[contains(@href, "/node/1") and text() = "Alpha"]');
 
-    // Test block.
+    // Test block plugin.
     $xpath = '//div[@class = "tt-block"]';
-    $xpath .= '/div[@id="block-classy-powered-by-drupal"]/span[contains(., "Powered by Drupal")]';
+    $xpath .= '/img[contains(@src, "/core/themes/classy/logo.svg") and @alt="Home"]';
     $this->assertByXpath($xpath);
 
     // Test region.
diff --git a/tests/twig_tweak_test/templates/twig-tweak-test.html.twig b/tests/twig_tweak_test/templates/twig-tweak-test.html.twig
index bf08269..07253b6 100644
--- a/tests/twig_tweak_test/templates/twig-tweak-test.html.twig
+++ b/tests/twig_tweak_test/templates/twig-tweak-test.html.twig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <div class="tt-view-default">{{ drupal_view('twig_tweak_test') }}</div>
   <div class="tt-view-page_1">{{ drupal_view('twig_tweak_test', 'page_1') }}</div>
   <div class="tt-view-page_1-with-argument">{{ drupal_view('twig_tweak_test', 'page_1', 1) }}</div>
-  <div class="tt-block">{{ drupal_block('classy_powered_by_drupal') }}</div>
+  <div class="tt-block">{{ drupal_block('system_branding_block', {use_site_name: false}) }}</div>
   <div class="tt-region">{{ drupal_region('sidebar_first') }}</div>
   <div class="tt-entity-default">{{ drupal_entity('node', 1) }}</div>
   <div class="tt-entity-teaser">{{ drupal_entity('node', 1, 'teaser') }}</div>