diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
index b43aaef974d..dcfd8fd60cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchModule.java
@@ -544,10 +544,10 @@ public class SearchModule extends AbstractModule {
                 GeoDistanceAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalGeoDistance::new));
         registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(GeoGridAggregationBuilder::new, new GeoHashGridParser(),
                 GeoGridAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalGeoHashGrid::new));
-        registerAggregation(NestedAggregationBuilder::new, NestedAggregationBuilder::parse,
-                NestedAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_FIELD_NAME);
-        registerAggregation(ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder::new, ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder::parse,
-                ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD);
+        registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(NestedAggregationBuilder::new, NestedAggregationBuilder::parse,
+                NestedAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_FIELD_NAME).addResultReader(InternalNested::new));
+        registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder::new, ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder::parse,
+                ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalReverseNested::new));
         registerAggregation(TopHitsAggregationBuilder::new, TopHitsAggregationBuilder::parse,
                 TopHitsAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD);
         registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(GeoBoundsAggregationBuilder::new, new GeoBoundsParser(),
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ public class SearchModule extends AbstractModule {
                 GeoCentroidAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalGeoCentroid::new));
         registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(ScriptedMetricAggregationBuilder::new, ScriptedMetricAggregationBuilder::parse,
                 ScriptedMetricAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalScriptedMetric::new));
-        registerAggregation(ChildrenAggregationBuilder::new, ChildrenAggregationBuilder::parse,
-                ChildrenAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD);
+        registerAggregation(new AggregationSpec(ChildrenAggregationBuilder::new, ChildrenAggregationBuilder::parse,
+                ChildrenAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD).addResultReader(InternalChildren::new));
 
         registerPipelineAggregation(DerivativePipelineAggregationBuilder::new, DerivativePipelineAggregationBuilder::parse,
                 DerivativePipelineAggregationBuilder.AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD);
@@ -824,10 +824,7 @@ public class SearchModule extends AbstractModule {
         // buckets
         InternalBinaryRange.registerStream();
         InternalHistogram.registerStream();
-        InternalNested.registerStream();
-        InternalReverseNested.registerStream();
         InternalTopHits.registerStreams();
-        InternalChildren.registerStream();
 
         // Pipeline Aggregations
         DerivativePipelineAggregator.registerStreams();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/ChildrenAggregationBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/ChildrenAggregationBuilder.java
index 3749d2b2edd..3bd26ea70fc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/ChildrenAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/ChildrenAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.internal.ParentFieldMapper;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories.Builder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregation.Type;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.AggregationContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.FieldContext;
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class ChildrenAggregationBuilder extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<ParentChild, ChildrenAggregationBuilder> {
-    public static final String NAME = InternalChildren.TYPE.name();
+    public static final String NAME = "children";
+    private static final Type TYPE = new Type(NAME);
     public static final ParseField AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD = new ParseField(NAME);
 
     private String parentType;
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class ChildrenAggregationBuilder extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<P
      *            the type of children documents
      */
     public ChildrenAggregationBuilder(String name, String childType) {
-        super(name, InternalChildren.TYPE, ValuesSourceType.BYTES, ValueType.STRING);
+        super(name, TYPE, ValuesSourceType.BYTES, ValueType.STRING);
         if (childType == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("[childType] must not be null: [" + name + "]");
         }
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ public class ChildrenAggregationBuilder extends ValuesSourceAggregationBuilder<P
      * Read from a stream.
      */
     public ChildrenAggregationBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super(in, InternalChildren.TYPE, ValuesSourceType.BYTES, ValueType.STRING);
+        super(in, TYPE, ValuesSourceType.BYTES, ValueType.STRING);
         childType = in.readString();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/InternalChildren.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/InternalChildren.java
index a1febde4380..05a38c8cd59 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/InternalChildren.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/children/InternalChildren.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.children;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationStreams;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregations;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.InternalSingleBucketAggregation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
@@ -30,35 +29,24 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
+ * Results of the {@link ParentToChildrenAggregator}.
  */
 public class InternalChildren extends InternalSingleBucketAggregation implements Children {
-
-    public static final Type TYPE = new Type("children");
-
-    public static final AggregationStreams.Stream STREAM = new AggregationStreams.Stream() {
-        @Override
-        public InternalChildren readResult(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            InternalChildren result = new InternalChildren();
-            result.readFrom(in);
-            return result;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static void registerStream() {
-        AggregationStreams.registerStream(STREAM, TYPE.stream());
-    }
-
-    public InternalChildren() {
-    }
-
     public InternalChildren(String name, long docCount, InternalAggregations aggregations, List<PipelineAggregator> pipelineAggregators,
             Map<String, Object> metaData) {
         super(name, docCount, aggregations, pipelineAggregators, metaData);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read from a stream.
+     */
+    public InternalChildren(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
     @Override
-    public Type type() {
-        return TYPE;
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return ChildrenAggregationBuilder.NAME;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalNested.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalNested.java
index cdceade65ad..7f10a1a8929 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalNested.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalNested.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.nested;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationStreams;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregations;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.InternalSingleBucketAggregation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
@@ -29,36 +28,24 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- *
+ * Result of the {@link NestedAggregator}.
  */
 public class InternalNested extends InternalSingleBucketAggregation implements Nested {
-
-    public static final Type TYPE = new Type("nested");
-
-    public static final AggregationStreams.Stream STREAM = new AggregationStreams.Stream() {
-        @Override
-        public InternalNested readResult(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            InternalNested result = new InternalNested();
-            result.readFrom(in);
-            return result;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static void registerStream() {
-        AggregationStreams.registerStream(STREAM, TYPE.stream());
-    }
-
-    public InternalNested() {
-    }
-
     public InternalNested(String name, long docCount, InternalAggregations aggregations, List<PipelineAggregator> pipelineAggregators,
             Map<String, Object> metaData) {
         super(name, docCount, aggregations, pipelineAggregators, metaData);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read from a stream.
+     */
+    public InternalNested(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
     @Override
-    public Type type() {
-        return TYPE;
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return NestedAggregationBuilder.NAME;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalReverseNested.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalReverseNested.java
index 60d4920e177..4eedc6a3530 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalReverseNested.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/InternalReverseNested.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.nested;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregationStreams;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregations;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.InternalSingleBucketAggregation;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.pipeline.PipelineAggregator;
@@ -29,36 +28,24 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- *
+ * Result of the {@link ReverseNestedAggregator}.
  */
 public class InternalReverseNested extends InternalSingleBucketAggregation implements ReverseNested {
-
-    public static final Type TYPE = new Type("reverse_nested");
-
-    public static final AggregationStreams.Stream STREAM = new AggregationStreams.Stream() {
-        @Override
-        public InternalReverseNested readResult(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-            InternalReverseNested result = new InternalReverseNested();
-            result.readFrom(in);
-            return result;
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static void registerStream() {
-        AggregationStreams.registerStream(STREAM, TYPE.stream());
-    }
-
-    public InternalReverseNested() {
-    }
-
     public InternalReverseNested(String name, long docCount, InternalAggregations aggregations, List<PipelineAggregator> pipelineAggregators,
             Map<String, Object> metaData) {
         super(name, docCount, aggregations, pipelineAggregators, metaData);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read from a stream.
+     */
+    public InternalReverseNested(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+    }
+
     @Override
-    public Type type() {
-        return TYPE;
+    public String getWriteableName() {
+        return ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.NAME;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregationBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregationBuilder.java
index 9cde938fb4f..dc47cc09578 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/NestedAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AbstractAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories.Builder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregation.Type;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.AggregationContext;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class NestedAggregationBuilder extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<NestedAggregationBuilder> {
-    public static final String NAME = InternalNested.TYPE.name();
+    public static final String NAME = "nested";
+    private static final Type TYPE = new Type(NAME);
     public static final ParseField AGGREGATION_FIELD_NAME = new ParseField(NAME);
 
     private final String path;
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ public class NestedAggregationBuilder extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<NestedA
      *            match the path to a nested object in the mappings.
      */
     public NestedAggregationBuilder(String name, String path) {
-        super(name, InternalNested.TYPE);
+        super(name, TYPE);
         if (path == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("[path] must not be null: [" + name + "]");
         }
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ public class NestedAggregationBuilder extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<NestedA
      * Read from a stream.
      */
     public NestedAggregationBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super(in, InternalNested.TYPE);
+        super(in, TYPE);
         path = in.readString();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.java
index 01daa27f3d6..f8938f856ba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/nested/ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AbstractAggregationBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactories.Builder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregation.Type;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.AggregatorFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.AggregationContext;
 
@@ -35,20 +36,21 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder extends AbstractAggregationBuilder<ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder> {
-    public static final String NAME = InternalReverseNested.TYPE.name();
+    public static final String NAME = "reverse_nested";
+    private static final Type TYPE = new Type(NAME);
     public static final ParseField AGGREGATION_NAME_FIELD = new ParseField(NAME);
 
     private String path;
 
     public ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder(String name) {
-        super(name, InternalReverseNested.TYPE);
+        super(name, TYPE);
     }
 
     /**
      * Read from a stream.
      */
     public ReverseNestedAggregationBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super(in, InternalReverseNested.TYPE);
+        super(in, TYPE);
         path = in.readOptionalString();
     }