diff --git a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
index e6412099fee..065c249a25e 100644
--- a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
+++ b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/NoopBulkAction.java
@@ -18,20 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.plugin.noop.action.bulk;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkResponse;
 
-public class NoopBulkAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<BulkResponse> {
+public class NoopBulkAction extends ActionType<BulkResponse> {
     public static final String NAME = "mock:data/write/bulk";
 
     public static final NoopBulkAction INSTANCE = new NoopBulkAction();
 
     private NoopBulkAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public BulkResponse newResponse() {
-        return new BulkResponse(null, 0);
+        super(NAME, BulkResponse::new);
     }
 }
diff --git a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/TransportNoopBulkAction.java b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/TransportNoopBulkAction.java
index 47302c41cd6..6580d213548 100644
--- a/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/TransportNoopBulkAction.java
+++ b/client/client-benchmark-noop-api-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/noop/action/bulk/TransportNoopBulkAction.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class TransportNoopBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest,
 
     @Inject
     public TransportNoopBulkAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters) {
-        super(NoopBulkAction.NAME, transportService, BulkRequest::new, actionFilters);
+        super(NoopBulkAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, BulkRequest::new);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT.java
index dc49e6f88a6..4c8e05aa28e 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTest
 
     public void testGlobalRouting() throws IOException {
         createIndexWithMultipleShards("index");
-        BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest(null);
+        BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest((String) null);
         request.add(new IndexRequest("index").id("1")
             .source(XContentType.JSON, "field", "bulk1"));
         request.add(new IndexRequest("index").id("2")
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class BulkRequestWithGlobalParametersIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTest
     }
 
     public void testMixLocalAndGlobalRouting() throws IOException {
-        BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest(null);
+        BulkRequest request = new BulkRequest((String) null);
         request.routing("globalRouting");
         request.add(new IndexRequest("index").id("1")
             .source(XContentType.JSON, "field", "bulk1"));
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
index bd4ac7ddf47..009fb0b6fbe 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkAction.java
@@ -19,22 +19,17 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.action.bulk;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequestOptions;
 
-public class BulkAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<BulkResponse> {
+public class BulkAction extends ActionType<BulkResponse> {
 
     public static final BulkAction INSTANCE = new BulkAction();
     public static final String NAME = "indices:data/write/bulk";
 
     private BulkAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public BulkResponse newResponse() {
-        return new BulkResponse();
+        super(NAME, BulkResponse::new);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkRequest.java
index 2b935f0f0fc..078cee647ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkRequest.java
@@ -78,7 +78,17 @@ public class BulkRequest extends ActionRequest implements CompositeIndicesReques
 
     private long sizeInBytes = 0;
 
-    public BulkRequest() {
+    public BulkRequest() {}
+
+    public BulkRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        waitForActiveShards = ActiveShardCount.readFrom(in);
+        int size = in.readVInt();
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            requests.add(DocWriteRequest.readDocumentRequest(in));
+        }
+        refreshPolicy = RefreshPolicy.readFrom(in);
+        timeout = in.readTimeValue();
     }
 
     public BulkRequest(@Nullable String globalIndex) {
@@ -391,14 +401,7 @@ public class BulkRequest extends ActionRequest implements CompositeIndicesReques
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        waitForActiveShards = ActiveShardCount.readFrom(in);
-        int size = in.readVInt();
-        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-            requests.add(DocWriteRequest.readDocumentRequest(in));
-        }
-        refreshPolicy = RefreshPolicy.readFrom(in);
-        timeout = in.readTimeValue();
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
index 6713db98692..74ec15df6aa 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
@@ -56,7 +56,16 @@ public class BulkResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<BulkItemRes
     private long tookInMillis;
     private long ingestTookInMillis;
 
-    BulkResponse() {
+    BulkResponse() {}
+
+    public BulkResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        responses = new BulkItemResponse[in.readVInt()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < responses.length; i++) {
+            responses[i] = BulkItemResponse.readBulkItem(in);
+        }
+        tookInMillis = in.readVLong();
+        ingestTookInMillis = in.readZLong();
     }
 
     public BulkResponse(BulkItemResponse[] responses, long tookInMillis) {
@@ -131,13 +140,7 @@ public class BulkResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<BulkItemRes
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        responses = new BulkItemResponse[in.readVInt()];
-        for (int i = 0; i < responses.length; i++) {
-            responses[i] = BulkItemResponse.readBulkItem(in);
-        }
-        tookInMillis = in.readVLong();
-        ingestTookInMillis = in.readZLong();
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
index b9e5f81f425..a156a5c3a1e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportBulkAction.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class TransportBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<BulkRequest, Bul
                                TransportShardBulkAction shardBulkAction, NodeClient client,
                                ActionFilters actionFilters, IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver,
                                AutoCreateIndex autoCreateIndex, LongSupplier relativeTimeProvider) {
-        super(BulkAction.NAME, transportService, BulkRequest::new, actionFilters, ThreadPool.Names.WRITE);
+        super(BulkAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, BulkRequest::new, ThreadPool.Names.WRITE);
         Objects.requireNonNull(relativeTimeProvider);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
index a4ea02f5667..bf1bbe98366 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/HandledTransportAction.java
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ public abstract class HandledTransportAction<Request extends ActionRequest, Resp
             new TransportHandler());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@link #HandledTransportAction(String, boolean, TransportService, ActionFilters, Writeable.Reader, String)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, TransportService transportService, Supplier<Request> request,
-                                     ActionFilters actionFilters, String executor) {
-        super(actionName, actionFilters, transportService.getTaskManager());
-        transportService.registerRequestHandler(actionName, request, executor, false, true,
-            new TransportHandler());
-    }
-
     protected HandledTransportAction(String actionName, boolean canTripCircuitBreaker,
                                      TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters,
                                      Writeable.Reader<Request> requestReader) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByScrollRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByScrollRequest.java
index 21dc2fbf4d9..3413f32177c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByScrollRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkByScrollRequest.java
@@ -115,10 +115,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractBulkByScrollRequest<Self extends AbstractBulkByScr
      */
     private int slices = DEFAULT_SLICES;
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor for deserialization.
-     */
-    public AbstractBulkByScrollRequest() {
+    public AbstractBulkByScrollRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        searchRequest = new SearchRequest(in);
+        abortOnVersionConflict = in.readBoolean();
+        maxDocs = in.readVInt();
+        refresh = in.readBoolean();
+        timeout = in.readTimeValue();
+        activeShardCount = ActiveShardCount.readFrom(in);
+        retryBackoffInitialTime = in.readTimeValue();
+        maxRetries = in.readVInt();
+        requestsPerSecond = in.readFloat();
+        slices = in.readVInt();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -449,17 +457,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBulkByScrollRequest<Self extends AbstractBulkByScr
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        searchRequest = new SearchRequest(in);
-        abortOnVersionConflict = in.readBoolean();
-        maxDocs = in.readVInt();
-        refresh = in.readBoolean();
-        timeout = in.readTimeValue();
-        activeShardCount = ActiveShardCount.readFrom(in);
-        retryBackoffInitialTime = in.readTimeValue();
-        maxRetries = in.readVInt();
-        requestsPerSecond = in.readFloat();
-        slices = in.readVInt();
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest.java
index 65cdcf52b6f..91782a5718f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest.java
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest<Self extends AbstractBulk
      */
     private Script script;
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor for deserialization.
-     */
-    public AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest() {
+    public AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        if (in.readBoolean()) {
+            script = new Script(in);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,10 +75,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest<Self extends AbstractBulk
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        if (in.readBoolean()) {
-            script = new Script(in);
-        }
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryRequest.java
index 227ddd48977..b2c8c66a742 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/DeleteByQueryRequest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class DeleteByQueryRequest extends AbstractBulkByScrollRequest<DeleteByQu
     }
 
     public DeleteByQueryRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
+        super(in);
     }
 
     private DeleteByQueryRequest(SearchRequest search, boolean setDefaults) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexRequest.java
index 7f6cc392988..1671c8d97c5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/ReindexRequest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ReindexRequest extends AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest<ReindexRequ
     }
 
     public ReindexRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
+        super(in);
         destination = new IndexRequest(in);
         remoteInfo = in.readOptionalWriteable(RemoteInfo::new);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryRequest.java
index 03922ccc79b..34dcfb87d00 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/UpdateByQueryRequest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class UpdateByQueryRequest extends AbstractBulkIndexByScrollRequest<Updat
     }
 
     public UpdateByQueryRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
+        super(in);
         pipeline = in.readOptionalString();
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
index f2e44893a01..c588a02d85f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.seqno;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.SingleShardRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.single.shard.TransportSingleShardAction;
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
 
     }
 
-    public static class Add extends StreamableResponseActionType<Response> {
+    public static class Add extends ActionType<Response> {
 
         public static final Add INSTANCE = new Add();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/add_retention_lease";
 
         private Add() {
-            super(ACTION_NAME);
+            super(ACTION_NAME, Response::new);
         }
 
         public static class TransportAction extends TransportRetentionLeaseAction<AddRequest> {
@@ -168,21 +168,15 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
             }
 
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public Response newResponse() {
-            return new Response();
-        }
-
     }
 
-    public static class Renew extends StreamableResponseActionType<Response> {
+    public static class Renew extends ActionType<Response> {
 
         public static final Renew INSTANCE = new Renew();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/renew_retention_lease";
 
         private Renew() {
-            super(ACTION_NAME);
+            super(ACTION_NAME, Response::new);
         }
 
         public static class TransportAction extends TransportRetentionLeaseAction<RenewRequest> {
@@ -214,21 +208,15 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
             }
 
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public Response newResponse() {
-            return new Response();
-        }
-
     }
 
-    public static class Remove extends StreamableResponseActionType<Response> {
+    public static class Remove extends ActionType<Response> {
 
         public static final Remove INSTANCE = new Remove();
         public static final String ACTION_NAME = "indices:admin/seq_no/remove_retention_lease";
 
         private Remove() {
-            super(ACTION_NAME);
+            super(ACTION_NAME, Response::new);
         }
 
         public static class TransportAction extends TransportRetentionLeaseAction<RemoveRequest> {
@@ -261,12 +249,6 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
             }
 
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public Response newResponse() {
-            return new Response();
-        }
-
     }
 
     private abstract static class Request<T extends SingleShardRequest<T>> extends SingleShardRequest<T> {
@@ -385,8 +367,7 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
 
     public static class Response extends ActionResponse {
 
-        public Response() {
-        }
+        public Response() {}
 
         Response(final StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             super(in);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
index ec268fe77f8..5b0c79c34e3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/CompletionPersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
@@ -46,18 +46,13 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
  * ActionType that is used by executor node to indicate that the persistent action finished or failed on the node and needs to be
  * removed from the cluster state in case of successful completion or restarted on some other node in case of failure.
  */
-public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends ActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final CompletionPersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new CompletionPersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/completion";
 
     private CompletionPersistentTaskAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-        return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        super(NAME, PersistentTaskResponse::new);
     }
 
     public static class Request extends MasterNodeRequest<Request> {
@@ -127,7 +122,7 @@ public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType
         }
     }
 
-    public static class TransportAction extends StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
+    public static class TransportAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
         private final PersistentTasksClusterService persistentTasksClusterService;
 
@@ -147,8 +142,8 @@ public class CompletionPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-            return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        protected PersistentTaskResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            return new PersistentTaskResponse(in);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
index ed8550f4a3e..0cbe0275549 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 public class PersistentTaskResponse extends ActionResponse {
     private PersistentTask<?> task;
 
-    public PersistentTaskResponse() {
-        super();
+    public PersistentTaskResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        task = in.readOptionalWriteable(PersistentTask::new);
     }
 
     public PersistentTaskResponse(PersistentTask<?> task) {
@@ -42,8 +43,7 @@ public class PersistentTaskResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        task = in.readOptionalWriteable(PersistentTask::new);
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
index 9b87a9263dc..bc66e624315 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/RemovePersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
@@ -40,18 +40,13 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends ActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final RemovePersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new RemovePersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/remove";
 
     private RemovePersistentTaskAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-        return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        super(NAME, PersistentTaskResponse::new);
     }
 
     public static class Request extends MasterNodeRequest<Request> {
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Per
 
     }
 
-    public static class TransportAction extends StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
+    public static class TransportAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
         private final PersistentTasksClusterService persistentTasksClusterService;
 
@@ -132,8 +127,8 @@ public class RemovePersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Per
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-            return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        protected PersistentTaskResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            return new PersistentTaskResponse(in);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
index 5c291284afd..9b68aa25ee6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/StartPersistentTaskAction.java
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
@@ -47,18 +47,13 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 /**
  *  This action can be used to add the record for the persistent action to the cluster state.
  */
-public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends ActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final StartPersistentTaskAction INSTANCE = new StartPersistentTaskAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/start";
 
     private StartPersistentTaskAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-        return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        super(NAME, PersistentTaskResponse::new);
     }
 
     public static class Request extends MasterNodeRequest<Request> {
@@ -183,7 +178,7 @@ public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Pers
 
     }
 
-    public static class TransportAction extends StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
+    public static class TransportAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
         private final PersistentTasksClusterService persistentTasksClusterService;
 
@@ -208,8 +203,8 @@ public class StartPersistentTaskAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Pers
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-            return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        protected PersistentTaskResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            return new PersistentTaskResponse(in);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
index 4906901c6e4..d90abbbe8f2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.StreamableResponseActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
@@ -42,18 +42,13 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;
 
-public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends ActionType<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     public static final UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction INSTANCE = new UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction();
     public static final String NAME = "cluster:admin/persistent/update_status";
 
     private UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction() {
-        super(NAME);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-        return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        super(NAME, PersistentTaskResponse::new);
     }
 
     public static class Request extends MasterNodeRequest<Request> {
@@ -143,7 +138,7 @@ public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends StreamableResponseActionTy
         }
     }
 
-    public static class TransportAction extends StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
+    public static class TransportAction extends TransportMasterNodeAction<Request, PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
         private final PersistentTasksClusterService persistentTasksClusterService;
 
@@ -163,8 +158,8 @@ public class UpdatePersistentTaskStatusAction extends StreamableResponseActionTy
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected PersistentTaskResponse newResponse() {
-            return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+        protected PersistentTaskResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            return new PersistentTaskResponse(in);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
index 2caeaff519d..851233019ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterChangedEvent;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateListener;
@@ -506,9 +506,7 @@ public class SnapshotShardsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements
                 new TransportResponseHandler<UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse>() {
                     @Override
                     public UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-                        final UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse response = new UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse();
-                        response.readFrom(in);
-                        return response;
+                        return new UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse(in);
                     }
 
                     @Override
@@ -606,12 +604,19 @@ public class SnapshotShardsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements
     }
 
     static class UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse extends ActionResponse {
+
+        UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse() {}
+
+        UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
     private class UpdateSnapshotStatusAction
-        extends StreamableTransportMasterNodeAction<UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusRequest, UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse> {
+        extends TransportMasterNodeAction<UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusRequest, UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse> {
             UpdateSnapshotStatusAction(TransportService transportService, ClusterService clusterService,
                 ThreadPool threadPool, ActionFilters actionFilters, IndexNameExpressionResolver indexNameExpressionResolver) {
                     super(
@@ -626,8 +631,8 @@ public class SnapshotShardsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements
         }
 
         @Override
-        protected UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse newResponse() {
-            return new UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse();
+        protected UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            return new UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse(in);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests.java
index 342098f6867..ea0d8b2e841 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests.java
@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ package org.elasticsearch.persistent;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.PersistentTask;
 import org.elasticsearch.persistent.TestPersistentTasksPlugin.TestPersistentTasksExecutor;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 
-public class PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<PersistentTaskResponse> {
+public class PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<PersistentTaskResponse> {
 
     @Override
     protected PersistentTaskResponse createTestInstance() {
@@ -37,13 +38,13 @@ public class PersistentTasksExecutorResponseTests extends AbstractStreamableTest
                             new TestPersistentTasksPlugin.TestParams("test"),
                             randomLong(), PersistentTasksCustomMetaData.INITIAL_ASSIGNMENT));
         } else {
-            return new PersistentTaskResponse(null);
+            return new PersistentTaskResponse((PersistentTask<?>) null);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected PersistentTaskResponse createBlankInstance() {
-        return new PersistentTaskResponse();
+    protected Writeable.Reader<PersistentTaskResponse> instanceReader() {
+        return PersistentTaskResponse::new;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchRequest.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchRequest.java
index 7ddafa8c707..1edbe62518c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchRequest.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchRequest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ public final class PutWatchRequest extends ActionRequest {
     public PutWatchRequest() {}
 
     public PutWatchRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        readFrom(in);
+        super(in);
+        id = in.readString();
+        source = in.readBytesReference();
+        active = in.readBoolean();
+        xContentType = in.readEnum(XContentType.class);
+        version = in.readZLong();
+        ifSeqNo = in.readZLong();
+        ifPrimaryTerm = in.readVLong();
     }
 
     public PutWatchRequest(String id, BytesReference source, XContentType xContentType) {
@@ -53,14 +60,7 @@ public final class PutWatchRequest extends ActionRequest {
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        id = in.readString();
-        source = in.readBytesReference();
-        active = in.readBoolean();
-        xContentType = in.readEnum(XContentType.class);
-        version = in.readZLong();
-        ifSeqNo = in.readZLong();
-        ifPrimaryTerm = in.readVLong();
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override