diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
index f4d960aab0f..1ea2180f5e0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/FieldSortBuilderTests.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class FieldSortBuilderTests extends AbstractSortTestCase<FieldSortBuilder
         context.reset(parser);
 
         try {
-          FieldSortBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(context, "");
+          FieldSortBuilder.fromXContent(context, "");
           fail("adding reverse sorting option should fail with an exception");
         } catch (ParsingException e) {
             // all good
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilderTests.java
index 995623ed0a8..15842ddef10 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/GeoDistanceSortBuilderTests.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class GeoDistanceSortBuilderTests extends AbstractSortTestCase<GeoDistanc
         context.reset(itemParser);
 
         try {
-          GeoDistanceSortBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(context, "");
+          GeoDistanceSortBuilder.fromXContent(context, "");
           fail("adding reverse sorting option should fail with an exception");
         } catch (ParsingException e) {
             assertEquals("Sort option [reverse] no longer supported.", e.getMessage());
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilderTests.java
index 372d9845395..2a99c8318db 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/sort/ScoreSortBuilderTests.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ScoreSortBuilderTests extends AbstractSortTestCase<ScoreSortBuilder
         context.reset(parser);
 
         try {
-          ScoreSortBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(context, "_score");
+          ScoreSortBuilder.fromXContent(context, "_score");
           fail("adding reverse sorting option should fail with an exception");
         } catch (ParsingException e) {
             // all good