diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContent.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContent.java
index 944d3581669..91a5ec4e202 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContent.java
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ public class JsonXContent implements XContent {
 
     @Override
     public XContentParser createParser(Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        return new JsonXContentParser(jsonFactory.createJsonParser(reader));
+        return new JsonXContentParser(jsonFactory.createParser(reader));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContent.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContent.java
index 96dd326c424..a96a7351a0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/smile/SmileXContent.java
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ public class SmileXContent implements XContent {
 
     @Override
     public XContentParser createParser(Reader reader) throws IOException {
-        return new JsonXContentParser(smileFactory.createJsonParser(reader));
+        return new JsonXContentParser(smileFactory.createParser(reader));
     }
 }