diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
index 1fabe313536..60f565bdf16 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequest.java
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ public class SearchRequest extends ActionRequest<SearchRequest> implements Indic
             scroll = readScroll(in);
         }
         if (in.readBoolean()) {
-            source = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+            source = SearchSourceBuilder.readSearchSourceFrom(in);
         }
 
         types = in.readStringArray();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestBuilder.java
index bcb86256a4d..2e3084c0ee7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchRequestBuilder.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class SearchRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<SearchRequest, SearchResponse, SearchRequestBuilder> {
 
-    private SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder;
-
     public SearchRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, SearchAction action) {
         super(client, action, new SearchRequest());
     }
@@ -475,54 +473,18 @@ public class SearchRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<SearchRequest, Se
         return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the source builder to be used with this request. Note, any operations done
-     * on this require builder before are discarded as this internal builder replaces
-     * what has been built up until this point.
-     */
-    public SearchRequestBuilder internalBuilder(SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder) {
-        this.sourceBuilder = sourceBuilder;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the internal search source builder used to construct the request.
-     */
-    public SearchSourceBuilder internalBuilder() {
-        return sourceBuilder();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        if (sourceBuilder != null) {
-            return sourceBuilder.toString();
-        }
         if (request.source() != null) {
             return request.source().toString();
         }
         return new SearchSourceBuilder().toString();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public SearchRequest request() {
-        if (sourceBuilder != null) {
-            request.source(sourceBuilder());
-        }
-        return request;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected SearchRequest beforeExecute(SearchRequest request) {
-        if (sourceBuilder != null) {
-            request.source(sourceBuilder());
-        }
-        return request;
-    }
-
     private SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder() {
-        if (sourceBuilder == null) {
-            sourceBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+        if (request.source() == null) {
+            request.source(new SearchSourceBuilder());
         }
-        return sourceBuilder;
+        return request.source();
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/request/IndicesRequestCache.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/request/IndicesRequestCache.java
index 5048c7dc1fc..ddaf3c8dc76 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/request/IndicesRequestCache.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cache/request/IndicesRequestCache.java
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.common.Strings.hasLength;
-
 /**
  * The indices request cache allows to cache a shard level request stage responses, helping with improving
  * similar requests that are potentially expensive (because of aggs for example). The cache is fully coherent
@@ -207,6 +205,10 @@ public class IndicesRequestCache extends AbstractComponent implements RemovalLis
      * Can the shard request be cached at all?
      */
     public boolean canCache(ShardSearchRequest request, SearchContext context) {
+        if (request.template() != null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // for now, only enable it for requests with no hits
         if (context.size() != 0) {
             return false;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestCountAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestCountAction.java
index 021490a4ae3..bbf01dd258c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestCountAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestCountAction.java
@@ -72,13 +72,15 @@ public class RestCountAction extends AbstractCatAction {
         CountRequest countRequest = new CountRequest(indices);
         String source = request.param("source");
         if (source != null) {
+            QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(indicesQueriesRegistry);
             try (XContentParser requestParser = XContentFactory.xContent(source).createParser(source)) {
-                QueryParseContext context = new QueryParseContext(indicesQueriesRegistry);
                 context.reset(requestParser);
                 final QueryBuilder<?> builder = context.parseInnerQueryBuilder();
                 countRequest.query(builder);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new ElasticsearchException("failed to parse source", e);
+            } finally {
+                context.reset(null);
             }
         } else {
             QueryBuilder<?> queryBuilder = RestActions.urlParamsToQueryBuilder(request);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
index 31bf0ab3022..2921e914f2b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/search/RestMultiSearchAction.java
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.TemplateQueryParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.query.IndicesQueriesRegistry;
-import org.elasticsearch.rest.*;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestChannel;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.support.RestActions;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.support.RestToXContentListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.script.Template;
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ public class RestMultiSearchAction extends BaseRestHandler {
             } else {
                 try (XContentParser requestParser = XContentFactory.xContent(slice).createParser(slice)) {
                     queryParseContext.reset(requestParser);
-                    searchRequest.source(SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(requestParser, queryParseContext));
+                    searchRequest.source(SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(requestParser, queryParseContext));
                 }
             }
             // move pointers
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/support/RestActions.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/support/RestActions.java
index 4dcccb01717..62467d5d880 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/support/RestActions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/support/RestActions.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class RestActions {
         XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(sourceBytes).createParser(sourceBytes);
         QueryParseContext queryParseContext = new QueryParseContext(queryRegistry);
         queryParseContext.reset(parser);
-        SearchSourceBuilder source = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, queryParseContext);
+        SearchSourceBuilder source = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, queryParseContext);
         return source;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
index b1bb5e432b3..d00e8ddce94 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<SearchService> {
                 try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(run).createParser(run)) {
                     QueryParseContext queryParseContext = new QueryParseContext(indexService.queryParserService().indicesQueriesRegistry());
                     queryParseContext.reset(parser);
-                    parseSource(context, SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, queryParseContext));
+                    parseSource(context, SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, queryParseContext));
                 }
             }
             parseSource(context, request.source());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
index 400ce985997..47d8a7f4f49 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
@@ -60,12 +60,9 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 /**
  * A search source builder allowing to easily build search source. Simple
  * construction using
- * {@link org.elasticsearch.search.builder.NewSearchSourceBuilder#searchSource()}.
- *
- * @see org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest#source(NewSearchSourceBuilder)
- */
-/**
+ * {@link org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder#searchSource()}.
  *
+ * @see org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequest#source(SearchSourceBuilder)
  */
 public final class SearchSourceBuilder extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writeable<SearchSourceBuilder> {
 
@@ -95,7 +92,15 @@ public final class SearchSourceBuilder extends ToXContentToBytes implements Writ
     public static final ParseField STATS_FIELD = new ParseField("stats");
     public static final ParseField EXT_FIELD = new ParseField("ext");
 
-    public static final SearchSourceBuilder PROTOTYPE = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+    private static final SearchSourceBuilder PROTOTYPE = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+
+    public static SearchSourceBuilder readSearchSourceFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        return PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+    }
+
+    public static SearchSourceBuilder parseSearchSource(XContentParser parser, QueryParseContext context) throws IOException {
+        return PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, context);
+    }
 
     /**
      * A static factory method to construct a new search source.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/ShardSearchLocalRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/ShardSearchLocalRequest.java
index 677f392a6e0..8f0cd98c98a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/ShardSearchLocalRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/internal/ShardSearchLocalRequest.java
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class ShardSearchLocalRequest extends ContextAndHeaderHolder implements S
             scroll = readScroll(in);
         }
         if (in.readBoolean()) {
-            source = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+            source = SearchSourceBuilder.readSearchSourceFrom(in);
         }
         types = in.readStringArray();
         filteringAliases = in.readStringArray();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/warmer/IndexWarmersMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/warmer/IndexWarmersMetaData.java
index 76b2e822c1b..1ce27f97cff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/warmer/IndexWarmersMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/warmer/IndexWarmersMetaData.java
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.util.ByteArray;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.*;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentGenerator;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
 
@@ -279,6 +283,9 @@ public class IndexWarmersMetaData extends AbstractDiffable<IndexMetaData.Custom>
         private SearchSourceBuilder cached;
 
         public SearchSource(BytesReference bytesArray) {
+            if (bytesArray == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("bytesArray must not be null");
+            }
             this.binary = bytesArray;
         }
 
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ public class IndexWarmersMetaData extends AbstractDiffable<IndexMetaData.Custom>
             if (cached == null) {
                 try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(binary).createParser(binary)) {
                     ctx.reset(parser);
-                    cached = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, ctx);
+                    cached = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, ctx);
                 }
             }
             return cached;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryParserPlugin.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryParserPlugin.java
index 6038de42309..c72470c0cce 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryParserPlugin.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/plugin/DummyQueryParserPlugin.java
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ public class DummyQueryParserPlugin extends Plugin {
             return new DummyQuery(context.isFilter());
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public String getWriteableName() {
-            return NAME;
-        }
-
         @Override
         protected DummyQueryBuilder doReadFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             return new DummyQueryBuilder();
@@ -89,6 +84,11 @@ public class DummyQueryParserPlugin extends Plugin {
         protected boolean doEquals(DummyQueryBuilder other) {
             return true;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getWriteableName() {
+            return NAME;
+        }
     }
 
     public static class DummyQueryParser implements QueryParser<DummyQueryBuilder> {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT.java
index d7d3673c017..348d5bc4eb5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT.java
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ public class IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     @Test
     public void testDeleteWarmer() throws Exception {
         SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+        source.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
         IndexWarmersMetaData.Entry entry = new IndexWarmersMetaData.Entry("test1", new String[] { "typ1" }, false, new IndexWarmersMetaData.SearchSource(source));
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("foobar").addCustom(new IndexWarmersMetaData(entry)));
         ensureYellow();
@@ -692,6 +693,7 @@ public class IndicesOptionsIntegrationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         verify(client().admin().indices().prepareDeleteWarmer().setIndices("_all").setNames("test1"), true);
 
         SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+        source.query(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery());
         IndexWarmersMetaData.Entry entry = new IndexWarmersMetaData.Entry("test1", new String[] { "type1" }, false, new IndexWarmersMetaData.SearchSource(source));
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("foo").addCustom(new IndexWarmersMetaData(entry)));
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("foobar").addCustom(new IndexWarmersMetaData(entry)));
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
index a5e2c5272ac..89a9af44881 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     private void assertParseSearchSource(SearchSourceBuilder testBuilder, String builderAsString) throws IOException {
         XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(builderAsString).createParser(builderAsString);
-        SearchSourceBuilder newBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, createParseContext(parser));
+        SearchSourceBuilder newBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, createParseContext(parser));
         assertNotSame(testBuilder, newBuilder);
         assertEquals(testBuilder, newBuilder);
         assertEquals(testBuilder.hashCode(), newBuilder.hashCode());
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
         try (BytesStreamOutput output = new BytesStreamOutput()) {
             testBuilder.writeTo(output);
             try (StreamInput in = new NamedWriteableAwareStreamInput(StreamInput.wrap(output.bytes()), namedWriteableRegistry)) {
-                SearchSourceBuilder deserializedBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+                SearchSourceBuilder deserializedBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.readSearchSourceFrom(in);
                 assertEquals(deserializedBuilder, testBuilder);
                 assertEquals(deserializedBuilder.hashCode(), testBuilder.hashCode());
                 assertNotSame(deserializedBuilder, testBuilder);
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
         try (BytesStreamOutput output = new BytesStreamOutput()) {
             builder.writeTo(output);
             try (StreamInput in = new NamedWriteableAwareStreamInput(StreamInput.wrap(output.bytes()), namedWriteableRegistry)) {
-                return SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.readFrom(in);
+                return SearchSourceBuilder.readSearchSourceFrom(in);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
         {
             String restContent = " { \"_source\": { \"includes\": \"include\", \"excludes\": \"*.field2\"}}";
             try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(restContent).createParser(restContent)) {
-                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, createParseContext(parser));
+                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, createParseContext(parser));
                 assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"*.field2" }, searchSourceBuilder.fetchSource().excludes());
                 assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"include" }, searchSourceBuilder.fetchSource().includes());
             }
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
         {
             String restContent = " { \"_source\": false}";
             try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(restContent).createParser(restContent)) {
-                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, createParseContext(parser));
+                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, createParseContext(parser));
                 assertArrayEquals(new String[]{}, searchSourceBuilder.fetchSource().excludes());
                 assertArrayEquals(new String[]{}, searchSourceBuilder.fetchSource().includes());
                 assertFalse(searchSourceBuilder.fetchSource().fetchSource());
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
         {
             String restContent = " { \"sort\": \"foo\"}";
             try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(restContent).createParser(restContent)) {
-                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, createParseContext(parser));
+                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, createParseContext(parser));
                 assertEquals(1, searchSourceBuilder.sorts().size());
                 assertEquals("{\"foo\":{}}", searchSourceBuilder.sorts().get(0).toUtf8());
             }
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends ESTestCase {
                     "        \"_score\"\n" +
                     "    ]}";
             try (XContentParser parser = XContentFactory.xContent(restContent).createParser(restContent)) {
-                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.PROTOTYPE.fromXContent(parser, createParseContext(parser));
+                SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.parseSearchSource(parser, createParseContext(parser));
                 assertEquals(5, searchSourceBuilder.sorts().size());
                 assertEquals("{\"post_date\":{\"order\":\"asc\"}}", searchSourceBuilder.sorts().get(0).toUtf8());
                 assertEquals("\"user\"", searchSourceBuilder.sorts().get(1).toUtf8());