Drupal 8 Crash on Admin Config page

In Drupal 8

On going to the /admin/config page, the following error is encountered.

Please note that it is not encountered on any of the subpages, i.e. /admin/config/development

(Please note that the CiviCRM on Drupal 8 instructions specifically instruct to remove the libraries module)

( ! ) Fatal error: Call to undefined function libraries_get_path() in /var/www/html/drupal8/modules/civicrm/civicrm.install on line 133
Call Stack

1. Time Memory Function Location
   1 0.0000 234432 {main}

   ( ) ../index.php:0
   2 0.0011 573160 Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel->handle( ) ../index.php:25
   3 0.0068 1551376 Stack\StackedHttpKernel->handle( ) ../DrupalKernel.php:637
   4 0.0068 1551488 Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware->handle( ) ../StackedHttpKernel.php:23
   5 0.0068 1551960 Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\ReverseProxyMiddleware->handle( ) ../NegotiationMiddleware.php:55
   6 0.0069 1552392 Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->handle( ) ../ReverseProxyMiddleware.php:51
   7 0.0071 1559040 Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->pass( ) ../PageCache.php:82
   8 0.0071 1559120 Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\KernelPreHandle->handle( ) ../PageCache.php:103
   9 0.0112 2014040 Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\Session->handle( ) ../KernelPreHandle.php:53
   10 0.0128 2168936 Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handle( ) ../Session.php:62
   11 0.0129 2169792 Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handleRaw( ) ../HttpKernel.php:62
   12 0.0393 4965392 call_user_func_array:

   {/var/www/html/drupal8/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php:139}

   ( ) ../HttpKernel.php:139
   13 0.0393 4965592 Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber{closure}( ) ../HttpKernel.php:139
   14 0.0393 4965840 Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->wrapControllerExecutionInRenderContext( ) ../EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php:102
   15 0.0393 4977800 Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->executeInRenderContext( ) ../EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php:129
   16 0.0394 4978248 Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber{closure}( ) ../Renderer.php:577
   17 0.0394 4978296 call_user_func_array:

   {/var/www/html/drupal8/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php:128}

   ( ) ../EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php:128
   18 0.0394 4979064 Drupal\system\Controller\SystemController->overview( ) ../EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php:128
   19 0.0394 4979128 Drupal\system\SystemManager->checkRequirements( ) ../SystemController.php:119
   20 0.0394 4979200 Drupal\system\SystemManager->listRequirements( ) ../SystemManager.php:100
   21 0.0411 5036400 Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler->invokeAll( ) ../SystemManager.php:116
   22 0.0421 5143456 call_user_func_array:

   {/var/www/html/drupal8/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php:393}

   ( ) ../ModuleHandler.php:393
   23 0.0421 5143976 civicrm_requirements( ) ../ModuleHandler.php:393
   24 0.0421 5144192 _civicrm_find_civicrm( ) ../civicrm.install:65