diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/GeoValidationMethod.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/GeoValidationMethod.java
index aa7bd083ee5..38dfd830cb1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/GeoValidationMethod.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/GeoValidationMethod.java
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@ public enum GeoValidationMethod implements Writeable<GeoValidationMethod>{
 
     public static final GeoValidationMethod DEFAULT = STRICT;
     public static final boolean DEFAULT_LENIENT_PARSING = (DEFAULT != STRICT);
-    private static final GeoValidationMethod PROTOTYPE = DEFAULT;
-
-    @Override
-    public GeoValidationMethod readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        return GeoValidationMethod.values()[in.readVInt()];
-    }
 
     public static GeoValidationMethod readGeoValidationMethodFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        return PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+        return GeoValidationMethod.values()[in.readVInt()];
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/Operator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/Operator.java
index 78f7fc8976d..5b485c56733 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/Operator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/Operator.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 public enum Operator implements Writeable<Operator> {
     OR, AND;
 
-    private static final Operator PROTOTYPE = OR;
-
     public BooleanClause.Occur toBooleanClauseOccur() {
         switch (this) {
             case OR:
@@ -55,8 +53,7 @@ public enum Operator implements Writeable<Operator> {
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Operator readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+    public static Operator readOperatorFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         int ordinal = in.readVInt();
         if (ordinal < 0 || ordinal >= values().length) {
             throw new IOException("Unknown Operator ordinal [" + ordinal + "]");
@@ -64,10 +61,6 @@ public enum Operator implements Writeable<Operator> {
         return values()[ordinal];
     }
 
-    public static Operator readOperatorFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        return PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         out.writeVInt(this.ordinal());