diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreRequest.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreRequest.java
index c1a682757d1..6c3bc0e6b81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreRequest.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreRequest.java
@@ -121,6 +121,31 @@ public class GraphExploreRequest extends ActionRequest implements IndicesRequest
         return this;
     }
 
+    public GraphExploreRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+
+        indices = in.readStringArray();
+        indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
+        types = in.readStringArray();
+        routing = in.readOptionalString();
+        timeout = in.readOptionalTimeValue();
+        sampleSize = in.readInt();
+        sampleDiversityField = in.readOptionalString();
+        maxDocsPerDiversityValue = in.readInt();
+
+        useSignificance = in.readBoolean();
+        returnDetailedInfo = in.readBoolean();
+
+        int numHops = in.readInt();
+        Hop parentHop = null;
+        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
+            Hop hop = new Hop(parentHop);
+            hop.readFrom(in);
+            hops.add(hop);
+            parentHop = hop;
+        }
+    }
+
     public String routing() {
         return this.routing;
     }
@@ -164,29 +189,7 @@ public class GraphExploreRequest extends ActionRequest implements IndicesRequest
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-
-        indices = in.readStringArray();
-        indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
-        types = in.readStringArray();
-        routing = in.readOptionalString();
-        timeout = in.readOptionalTimeValue();
-        sampleSize = in.readInt();
-        sampleDiversityField = in.readOptionalString();
-        maxDocsPerDiversityValue = in.readInt();
-
-        useSignificance = in.readBoolean();
-        returnDetailedInfo = in.readBoolean();
-
-        int numHops = in.readInt();
-        Hop parentHop = null;
-        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
-            Hop hop = new Hop(parentHop);
-            hop.readFrom(in);
-            hops.add(hop);
-            parentHop = hop;
-        }
-
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchRequest.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchRequest.java
index 4a458b69a75..d29e1013c97 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchRequest.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchRequest.java
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ public class DeleteWatchRequest extends ActionRequest {
     private String id;
     private long version = Versions.MATCH_ANY;
 
-    public DeleteWatchRequest() {
-        this(null);
-    }
+    public DeleteWatchRequest() {}
 
     public DeleteWatchRequest(String id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
 
+    public DeleteWatchRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        id = in.readString();
+        version = in.readLong();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return The name of the watch to be deleted
      */
@@ -57,9 +61,7 @@ public class DeleteWatchRequest extends ActionRequest {
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        id = in.readString();
-        version = in.readLong();
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchResponse.java
index 740b318dc48..527a1be5de7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/DeleteWatchResponse.java
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public class DeleteWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObj
 
     public DeleteWatchResponse() {}
 
+    public DeleteWatchResponse(String id, long version, boolean found) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.version = version;
+        this.found = found;
+    }
+
     public DeleteWatchResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
         id = in.readString();
@@ -40,12 +46,6 @@ public class DeleteWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObj
         found = in.readBoolean();
     }
 
-    public DeleteWatchResponse(String id, long version, boolean found) {
-        this.id = id;
-        this.version = version;
-        this.found = found;
-    }
-
     public String getId() {
         return id;
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
index 461ee39d8ed..58814604243 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/graph/action/GraphExploreAction.java
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ public class GraphExploreAction extends ActionType<GraphExploreResponse> {
     private GraphExploreAction() {
         super(NAME, GraphExploreResponse::new);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDoc.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDoc.java
index 9ddc2c6d9ec..cf7dd817ec4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDoc.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDoc.java
@@ -49,34 +49,31 @@ public class MonitoringBulkDoc implements Writeable {
         this.xContentType = Objects.requireNonNull(xContentType);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Read from a stream.
-     */
-    public static MonitoringBulkDoc readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        final MonitoredSystem system = MonitoredSystem.fromSystem(in.readOptionalString());
+    public MonitoringBulkDoc (StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        this.system = MonitoredSystem.fromSystem(in.readOptionalString());
 
         if (in.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_0_0_rc1)) {
             in.readOptionalString(); // Monitoring version, removed in 6.0 rc1
             in.readOptionalString(); // Cluster UUID, removed in 6.0 rc1
         }
 
-        final long timestamp = in.readVLong();
+        this.timestamp = in.readVLong();
 
         if (in.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_0_0_rc1)) {
             in.readOptionalWriteable(MonitoringDoc.Node::new);// Source node, removed in 6.0 rc1
             MonitoringIndex.readFrom(in);// Monitoring index, removed in 6.0 rc1
         }
 
-        final String type = in.readOptionalString();
-        final String id = in.readOptionalString();
-        final BytesReference source = in.readBytesReference();
-        final XContentType xContentType = (source != BytesArray.EMPTY) ? in.readEnum(XContentType.class) : XContentType.JSON;
+        this.type = in.readOptionalString();
+        this.id = in.readOptionalString();
+        this.source = in.readBytesReference();
+        this.xContentType = (source != BytesArray.EMPTY) ? in.readEnum(XContentType.class) : XContentType.JSON;
 
         long interval = 0L;
         if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_0_0_rc1)) {
             interval = in.readVLong();
         }
-        return new MonitoringBulkDoc(system, type, id, timestamp, interval, source, xContentType);
+        this.intervalMillis = interval;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequest.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequest.java
index 12c4e0b7ee3..77f4ecfdbf2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequest.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ public class MonitoringBulkRequest extends ActionRequest {
 
     private final List<MonitoringBulkDoc> docs = new ArrayList<>();
 
+    public MonitoringBulkRequest() {}
+
+    public MonitoringBulkRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        docs.addAll(in.readList(MonitoringBulkDoc::new));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the list of {@link MonitoringBulkDoc} to be indexed
      */
@@ -97,8 +104,7 @@ public class MonitoringBulkRequest extends ActionRequest {
 
     @Override
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super.readFrom(in);
-        docs.addAll(in.readList(MonitoringBulkDoc::readFrom));
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
index 98044abadb2..10ce1138728 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsAction.java
@@ -51,14 +51,18 @@ public class GetRollupCapsAction extends ActionType<GetRollupCapsAction.Response
 
         public Request() {}
 
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            this.indexPattern = in.readString();
+        }
+
         public String getIndexPattern() {
             return indexPattern;
         }
 
         @Override
         public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            super.readFrom(in);
-            this.indexPattern = in.readString();
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
index 9be6024a8bb..e99802320e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.IndicesRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ public class GetRollupIndexCapsAction extends ActionType<GetRollupIndexCapsActio
 
         public Request() {}
 
+        public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+            super(in);
+            this.indices = in.readStringArray();
+            this.options = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
             return options;
@@ -79,9 +85,7 @@ public class GetRollupIndexCapsAction extends ActionType<GetRollupIndexCapsActio
 
         @Override
         public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            super.readFrom(in);
-            this.indices = in.readStringArray();
-            this.options = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
index c363dddd1b2..32cb2ec3f2c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class TransportGraphExploreAction extends HandledTransportAction<GraphExp
     @Inject
     public TransportGraphExploreAction(ThreadPool threadPool, NodeClient client, TransportService transportService,
                                        ActionFilters actionFilters, XPackLicenseState licenseState) {
-        super(GraphExploreAction.NAME, transportService, GraphExploreRequest::new, actionFilters);
+        super(GraphExploreAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, GraphExploreRequest::new);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.client = client;
         this.licenseState = licenseState;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkAction.java
index f1cdeaea3b1..06bdf6481e6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkAction.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class TransportMonitoringBulkAction extends HandledTransportAction<Monito
     public TransportMonitoringBulkAction(ThreadPool threadPool, ClusterService clusterService,
                                          TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters, Exporters exportService,
                                          MonitoringService monitoringService) {
-        super(MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, transportService, MonitoringBulkRequest::new, actionFilters);
+        super(MonitoringBulkAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MonitoringBulkRequest::new);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
         this.exportService = exportService;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDocTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDocTests.java
index dc294ef53de..3bcfc009f96 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDocTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkDocTests.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class MonitoringBulkDocTests extends ESTestCase {
         final int iterations = randomIntBetween(5, 50);
         for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
             final MonitoringBulkDoc original = randomMonitoringBulkDoc(random());
-            final MonitoringBulkDoc deserialized = copyWriteable(original, registry, MonitoringBulkDoc::readFrom);
+            final MonitoringBulkDoc deserialized = copyWriteable(original, registry, MonitoringBulkDoc::new);
 
             assertEquals(original, deserialized);
             assertEquals(original.hashCode(), deserialized.hashCode());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequestTests.java
index 5113371f2b3..f1d03bf5ff7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkRequestTests.java
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ public class MonitoringBulkRequestTests extends ESTestCase {
         final StreamInput in = out.bytes().streamInput();
         in.setVersion(out.getVersion());
 
-        final MonitoringBulkRequest deserializedRequest = new MonitoringBulkRequest();
-        deserializedRequest.readFrom(in);
+        final MonitoringBulkRequest deserializedRequest = new MonitoringBulkRequest(in);
 
         assertThat(in.available(), equalTo(0));
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupCapsAction.java
index 45000a56326..7457ea3095c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupCapsAction.java
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ public class TransportGetRollupCapsAction extends HandledTransportAction<GetRoll
 
     @Inject
     public TransportGetRollupCapsAction(TransportService transportService, ClusterService clusterService, ActionFilters actionFilters) {
-        super(GetRollupCapsAction.NAME, transportService, GetRollupCapsAction.Request::new, actionFilters
-        );
+        super(GetRollupCapsAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, GetRollupCapsAction.Request::new);
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
index 1fbd5c0ebe7..7c8df1fbb47 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction.java
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ public class TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction extends HandledTransportAction<Ge
     @Inject
     public TransportGetRollupIndexCapsAction(TransportService transportService, ClusterService clusterService,
                                              ActionFilters actionFilters) {
-        super(GetRollupIndexCapsAction.NAME, transportService, GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request::new, actionFilters
-        );
+        super(GetRollupIndexCapsAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request::new);
         this.clusterService = clusterService;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests.java
index 09fd0395335..3fc67d8ae9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests.java
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableOpenMap;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.ConfigTestHelpers;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.RollupField;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.action.GetRollupCapsAction;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
 
-public class GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<GetRollupCapsAction.Request> {
+public class GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<GetRollupCapsAction.Request> {
 
     @Override
     protected GetRollupCapsAction.Request createTestInstance() {
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ public class GetRollupCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected GetRollupCapsAction.Request createBlankInstance() {
-        return new GetRollupCapsAction.Request();
+    protected Writeable.Reader<GetRollupCapsAction.Request> instanceReader() {
+        return GetRollupCapsAction.Request::new;
     }
 
     public void testNoIndexMetaData() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests.java
index e9d5d6153b1..9878d460448 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rollup/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rollup/action/GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests.java
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.ImmutableOpenMap;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractStreamableTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.ConfigTestHelpers;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.RollupField;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.rollup.action.GetRollupIndexCapsAction;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.rollup.action.TransportGetRollupIndexCapsA
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
 
-public class GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTestCase<GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request> {
+public class GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request> {
 
     @Override
     protected GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request createTestInstance() {
@@ -38,11 +39,10 @@ public class GetRollupIndexCapsActionRequestTests extends AbstractStreamableTest
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request createBlankInstance() {
-        return new GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request();
+    protected Writeable.Reader<GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request> instanceReader() {
+        return GetRollupIndexCapsAction.Request::new;
     }
 
-
     public void testNoIndicesByRollup() {
         ImmutableOpenMap<String, IndexMetaData> indices = new ImmutableOpenMap.Builder<String, IndexMetaData>().build();
         Map<String, RollableIndexCaps> caps = getCapsByRollupIndex(Collections.singletonList("foo"), indices);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/TransportDeleteWatchAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/TransportDeleteWatchAction.java
index cee48d4c8e8..6b3b5703bdc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/TransportDeleteWatchAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/actions/delete/TransportDeleteWatchAction.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class TransportDeleteWatchAction extends HandledTransportAction<DeleteWat
 
     @Inject
     public TransportDeleteWatchAction(TransportService transportService, ActionFilters actionFilters, Client client) {
-        super(DeleteWatchAction.NAME, transportService, DeleteWatchRequest::new, actionFilters);
+        super(DeleteWatchAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, DeleteWatchRequest::new);
         this.client = client;
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/action/WatchRequestValidationTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/action/WatchRequestValidationTests.java
index 62985cad1f1..c29de953adb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/action/WatchRequestValidationTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/transport/action/WatchRequestValidationTests.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class WatchRequestValidationTests extends ESTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testDeleteWatchNullId() {
-        ActionRequestValidationException e = new DeleteWatchRequest(null).validate();
+        ActionRequestValidationException e = new DeleteWatchRequest().validate();
         assertThat(e, is(notNullValue()));
         assertThat(e.validationErrors(), hasItem("watch id is missing"));
     }