diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/tasks/TaskSubmissionResponse.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/tasks/TaskSubmissionResponse.java
index 011be514d13..f2d7a812429 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/tasks/TaskSubmissionResponse.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/tasks/TaskSubmissionResponse.java
@@ -73,5 +73,4 @@ public class TaskSubmissionResponse {
     public static TaskSubmissionResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         return PARSER.parse(parser, null);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
index f6eadab8014..b086deb96fe 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/GrokProcessorGetAction.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class GrokProcessorGetAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<GrokPro
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeMap(grokPatterns, StreamOutput::writeString, StreamOutput::writeString);
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateResponse.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateResponse.java
index 68adcffc4c4..a6a894f5980 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateResponse.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/MultiSearchTemplateResponse.java
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ public class MultiSearchTemplateResponse extends ActionResponse implements Itera
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(items.length);
         for (Item item : items) {
             item.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateResponse.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateResponse.java
index 52a3a8b2882..20d16894dc9 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateResponse.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/script/mustache/SearchTemplateResponse.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public class SearchTemplateResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXC
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalBytesReference(source);
         out.writeOptionalStreamable(response);
     }
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
index 5e941a2d0e2..a50ba2c0f8f 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessContextAction.java
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ public class PainlessContextAction extends ActionType<PainlessContextAction.Resp
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeStringCollection(scriptContextNames);
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(painlessContextInfo);
         }
diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
index 93e24816ed7..52113f20438 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/painless/action/PainlessExecuteAction.java
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ public class PainlessExecuteAction extends ActionType<PainlessExecuteAction.Resp
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeGenericValue(result);
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalResponse.java b/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalResponse.java
index 991d97b6196..60c2f474d7d 100644
--- a/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalResponse.java
+++ b/modules/rank-eval/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/rankeval/RankEvalResponse.java
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public class RankEvalResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeDouble(metricScore);
         out.writeVInt(details.size());
         for (String queryId : details.keySet()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionResponse.java
index dd019ba3f55..b2729a5372f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ActionResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -41,9 +40,4 @@ public abstract class ActionResponse extends TransportResponse {
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super.readFrom(in);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainResponse.java
index 83a847ba01e..344c448a2c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/allocation/ClusterAllocationExplainResponse.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public class ClusterAllocationExplainResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         cae.writeTo(out);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
index a2cf80e764a..a3f23871b65 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ public class AddVotingConfigExclusionsResponse extends ActionResponse implements
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
-    }
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
 
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(final XContentBuilder builder, final Params params) throws IOException {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
index 8db4b8cc8a4..d44c00c7ee1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/configuration/ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse.java
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ public class ClearVotingConfigExclusionsResponse extends ActionResponse implemen
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
-    }
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
 
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(final XContentBuilder builder, final Params params) throws IOException {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
index dec0bc7ef85..54bd5f1b1c3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/health/ClusterHealthResponse.java
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ public class ClusterHealthResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXCo
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(clusterName);
         out.writeByte(clusterHealthStatus.value());
         clusterStateHealth.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/liveness/LivenessResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/liveness/LivenessResponse.java
index a9ba36ffeff..7cb8664af98 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/liveness/LivenessResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/liveness/LivenessResponse.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public final class LivenessResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         clusterName.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(node);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskResponse.java
index 72f26d2d576..b1369c33f71 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/GetTaskResponse.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class GetTaskResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(task);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoResponse.java
index b8c2c29a0c8..e561e1701ec 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/remote/RemoteInfoResponse.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public final class RemoteInfoResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConte
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeList(infos);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
index d7213685263..3853b6d2cd8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/verify/VerifyRepositoryResponse.java
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ public class VerifyRepositoryResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConte
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeList(nodes);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterGetSettingsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterGetSettingsResponse.java
index 173a44b67cd..f4780d96528 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterGetSettingsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/settings/ClusterGetSettingsResponse.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
@@ -161,4 +162,7 @@ public class ClusterGetSettingsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCon
     public String toString() {
         return Strings.toString(this);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
index bb8d01d14a0..ce997906478 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/ClusterSearchShardsResponse.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public class ClusterSearchShardsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCo
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(groups.length);
         for (ClusterSearchShardsGroup response : groups) {
             response.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotResponse.java
index d0a82e36a97..97dfe91b03a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/create/CreateSnapshotResponse.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public class CreateSnapshotResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContent
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(snapshotInfo);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
index 62ddc5b7d9d..a9bffcf72e1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/get/GetSnapshotsResponse.java
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public class GetSnapshotsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(snapshots.size());
         for (SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo : snapshots) {
             snapshotInfo.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotResponse.java
index 171509c0182..46a96bc1370 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotResponse.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class RestoreSnapshotResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConten
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalStreamable(restoreInfo);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusResponse.java
index ef1435e4108..20a37823f2b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusResponse.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public class SnapshotsStatusResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConten
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(snapshots.size());
         for (SnapshotStatus snapshotInfo : snapshots) {
             snapshotInfo.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
index c63f12cfbcb..dadcc1e91a6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/state/ClusterStateResponse.java
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public class ClusterStateResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         clusterName.writeTo(out);
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_6_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(clusterState);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptResponse.java
index 742fb1a74ea..6819e552f1a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/storedscripts/GetStoredScriptResponse.java
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ public class GetStoredScriptResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToX
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
-
         if (source == null) {
             out.writeBoolean(false);
         } else {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
index ec42e34ec96..417dbca60ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/tasks/PendingClusterTasksResponse.java
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ public class PendingClusterTasksResponse extends ActionResponse implements Itera
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(pendingTasks.size());
         for (PendingClusterTask task : pendingTasks) {
             task.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
index 2d430bf9820..ccf74a5a4da 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/exists/AliasesExistResponse.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class AliasesExistResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(exists);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
index d0ad58b6e35..c84eb7f0b99 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/get/GetAliasesResponse.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class GetAliasesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(aliases.size());
         for (ObjectObjectCursor<String, List<AliasMetaData>> entry : aliases) {
             out.writeString(entry.key);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
index 59d882fe8e1..366a5dafa2a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/analyze/AnalyzeAction.java
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ public class AnalyzeAction extends ActionType<AnalyzeAction.Response> {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (tokens != null) {
                 out.writeVInt(tokens.size());
                 for (AnalyzeToken token : tokens) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsResponse.java
index fb2d5c0fa9b..5c84ccefa31 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/indices/IndicesExistsResponse.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class IndicesExistsResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(exists);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsResponse.java
index c492c392933..d7d4180b3a3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/exists/types/TypesExistsResponse.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public class TypesExistsResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(exists);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushResponse.java
index 890e968fe60..ed05ec096df 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/flush/SyncedFlushResponse.java
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ public class SyncedFlushResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentFra
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         shardCounts.writeTo(out);
         out.writeInt(shardsResultPerIndex.size());
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ShardsSyncedFlushResult>> entry : shardsResultPerIndex.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexResponse.java
index 235df6d4c33..413c3716adc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/get/GetIndexResponse.java
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ public class GetIndexResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeStringArray(indices);
         out.writeVInt(mappings.size());
         for (ObjectObjectCursor<String, ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetaData>> indexEntry : mappings) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsResponse.java
index e3be9e68342..e984e214e6f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetFieldMappingsResponse.java
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ public class GetFieldMappingsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConte
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(mappings.size());
         for (Map.Entry<String, Map<String, Map<String, FieldMappingMetaData>>> indexEntry : mappings.entrySet()) {
             out.writeString(indexEntry.getKey());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
index 7abbea9c1d9..73a04e46630 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/get/GetMappingsResponse.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public class GetMappingsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentFra
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(mappings.size());
         for (ObjectObjectCursor<String, ImmutableOpenMap<String, MappingMetaData>> indexEntry : mappings) {
             out.writeString(indexEntry.key);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
index c5d931a69d2..214883faf7e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/get/GetSettingsResponse.java
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public class GetSettingsResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObj
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(indexToSettings.size());
         for (ObjectObjectCursor<String, Settings> cursor : indexToSettings) {
             out.writeString(cursor.key);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresResponse.java
index 3f4510c8f24..f33cefdf9a2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/shards/IndicesShardStoresResponse.java
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ public class IndicesShardStoresResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCon
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(storeStatuses.size());
         for (ObjectObjectCursor<String, ImmutableOpenIntMap<List<StoreStatus>>> indexShards : storeStatuses) {
             out.writeString(indexShards.key);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesResponse.java
index e5cd947f0f0..fd776cafcff 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/get/GetIndexTemplatesResponse.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public class GetIndexTemplatesResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(indexTemplates.size());
         for (IndexTemplateMetaData indexTemplate : indexTemplates) {
             indexTemplate.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
index d474dcee363..6713db98692 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/BulkResponse.java
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ public class BulkResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<BulkItemRes
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(responses.length);
         for (BulkItemResponse response : responses) {
             response.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainResponse.java
index 8ea7d0f12e3..8ca34a0a1ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/explain/ExplainResponse.java
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public class ExplainResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContentO
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(index);
         out.writeString(type);
         out.writeString(id);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse.java
index 8295e1aad25..6bbb822ed56 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class FieldCapabilitiesIndexResponse extends ActionResponse implements Wr
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(indexName);
         out.writeMap(responseMap,
             StreamOutput::writeString, (valueOut, fc) -> fc.writeTo(valueOut));
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesResponse.java
index e480d5dc69a..1d04d07da29 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/fieldcaps/FieldCapabilitiesResponse.java
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ public class FieldCapabilitiesResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_2_0)) {
             out.writeStringArray(indices);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
index 3d340d455ce..b7f16eeba4f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/GetResponse.java
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ public class GetResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<DocumentFiel
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         getResult.writeTo(out);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetResponse.java
index 996309aff57..ca0f7aac32c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetResponse.java
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ public class MultiGetResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<MultiGe
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(responses.length);
         for (MultiGetItemResponse response : responses) {
             response.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetShardResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetShardResponse.java
index 477471e2aab..1864e0f51ef 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetShardResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/get/MultiGetShardResponse.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class MultiGetShardResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(locations.size());
         for (int i = 0; i < locations.size(); i++) {
             out.writeVInt(locations.get(i));
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineResponse.java
index fdbd2414313..23641162fe3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/GetPipelineResponse.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public class GetPipelineResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(pipelines.size());
         for (PipelineConfiguration pipeline : pipelines) {
             pipeline.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponse.java
index 7a3eaea88c0..c1efaf6c54b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/SimulatePipelineResponse.java
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ public class SimulatePipelineResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConte
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalString(pipelineId);
         out.writeBoolean(verbose);
         out.writeVInt(results.size());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainResponse.java
index 8b0e5c744e5..0e8cc43ffac 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/main/MainResponse.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public class MainResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(nodeName);
         Version.writeVersion(version, out);
         clusterName.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
index d5e2c754a20..cf2cc9a0a9f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/ClearScrollResponse.java
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ public class ClearScrollResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(succeeded);
         out.writeVInt(numFreed);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
index ad5154a312a..6e1d8aca622 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/MultiSearchResponse.java
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ public class MultiSearchResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable<Mult
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(items.length);
         for (Item item : items) {
             item.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
index 73c670f0c03..f679c9af612 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchResponse.java
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ public class SearchResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         internalResponse.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(totalShards);
         out.writeVInt(successfulShards);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
index 7d2dd9a22b2..04e198915b3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchTransportService.java
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ public class SearchTransportService {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(freed);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastResponse.java
index 47bc50be330..1cf1488f822 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastResponse.java
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ public class BroadcastResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObjec
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(totalShards);
         out.writeVInt(successfulShards);
         out.writeVInt(failedShards);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
index 51e59a8c189..53966727a53 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/BroadcastShardResponse.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public abstract class BroadcastShardResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         shardId.writeTo(out);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
index 733b05d51e0..f3916873a24 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/broadcast/node/TransportBroadcastByNodeAction.java
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ public abstract class TransportBroadcastByNodeAction<Request extends BroadcastRe
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(nodeId);
             out.writeVInt(totalShards);
             out.writeVInt(results.size());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/AcknowledgedResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/AcknowledgedResponse.java
index ef2e91de019..1c332e60c55 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/AcknowledgedResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/AcknowledgedResponse.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public class AcknowledgedResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(acknowledged);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeResponse.java
index 9e537adc632..be66f158315 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodeResponse.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public abstract class BaseNodeResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         node.writeTo(out);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
index 7d97a7b5a92..e65070cc7a1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/nodes/BaseNodesResponse.java
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ public abstract class BaseNodesResponse<TNodeResponse extends BaseNodeResponse>
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         clusterName.writeTo(out);
         writeNodesTo(out, nodes);
         out.writeList(failures);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationResponse.java
index 83e4085d7ec..008b0095fb8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ReplicationResponse.java
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ public class ReplicationResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         shardInfo.writeTo(out);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
index 2aff3c66bba..1b918975760 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/TransportReplicationAction.java
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ public abstract class TransportReplicationAction<
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeZLong(localCheckpoint);
             out.writeZLong(globalCheckpoint);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/BaseTasksResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/BaseTasksResponse.java
index d859959f2e6..bf3822267c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/BaseTasksResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/BaseTasksResponse.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class BaseTasksResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(taskFailures.size());
         for (TaskOperationFailure exp : taskFailures) {
             exp.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/TransportTasksAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/TransportTasksAction.java
index 8d80a15beb1..707cbbeb1e3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/TransportTasksAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/tasks/TransportTasksAction.java
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ public abstract class TransportTasksAction<
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(nodeId);
             out.writeVInt(results.size());
             for (TaskResponse result : results) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
index 97a2007410e..8aac77d4f3d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ public class MultiTermVectorsResponse extends ActionResponse implements Iterable
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(responses.length);
         for (MultiTermVectorsItemResponse response : responses) {
             response.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsShardResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsShardResponse.java
index 2290ee9f52e..d319e23cf51 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsShardResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsShardResponse.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class MultiTermVectorsShardResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(locations.size());
         for (int i = 0; i < locations.size(); i++) {
             out.writeVInt(locations.get(i));
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PeersResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PeersResponse.java
index 6e2e36697c6..74b24e913ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PeersResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PeersResponse.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public class PeersResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(masterNode.orElse(null));
         out.writeList(knownPeers);
         out.writeLong(term);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PreVoteResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PreVoteResponse.java
index 379c1cfcb83..4804191025f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PreVoteResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PreVoteResponse.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public class PreVoteResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeLong(currentTerm);
         out.writeLong(lastAcceptedTerm);
         out.writeLong(lastAcceptedVersion);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PublishWithJoinResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PublishWithJoinResponse.java
index 8628177895a..577ddbd65ed 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PublishWithJoinResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/coordination/PublishWithJoinResponse.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class PublishWithJoinResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         publishResponse.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(optionalJoin.orElse(null));
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/MasterFaultDetection.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/MasterFaultDetection.java
index 4c1fbcd702a..fcdd7d483e5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/MasterFaultDetection.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/MasterFaultDetection.java
@@ -440,5 +440,8 @@ public class MasterFaultDetection extends FaultDetection {
         public MasterPingResponseResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             super(in);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/NodesFaultDetection.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/NodesFaultDetection.java
index 4b89c9f19dc..a84d8c8e665 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/NodesFaultDetection.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/NodesFaultDetection.java
@@ -366,5 +366,8 @@ public class NodesFaultDetection extends FaultDetection {
         public PingResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             super(in);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPing.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPing.java
index 836abcec84b..040ebe19fc9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPing.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/zen/UnicastZenPing.java
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ public class UnicastZenPing implements ZenPing {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeInt(id);
             out.writeVInt(pingResponses.length);
             for (PingResponse pingResponse : pingResponses) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
index b51d16dbc51..2ab36e4d294 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/LocalAllocateDangledIndices.java
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ public class LocalAllocateDangledIndices {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(ack);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/BulkByScrollResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/BulkByScrollResponse.java
index 7fe60db2ddd..a1f6eeb0f75 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/BulkByScrollResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/reindex/BulkByScrollResponse.java
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ public class BulkByScrollResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentFr
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeTimeValue(took);
         status.writeTo(out);
         out.writeList(bulkFailures);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
index bcb1eeeed1e..f2e44893a01 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseActions.java
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ public class RetentionLeaseActions {
             super(in);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushService.java
index 921a8f9cc7c..77aba4bf01c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/flush/SyncedFlushService.java
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ public class SyncedFlushService implements IndexEventListener {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             commitId.writeTo(out);
             if (includeNumDocs(out.getVersion())) {
                 out.writeInt(numDocs);
@@ -707,7 +706,6 @@ public class SyncedFlushService implements IndexEventListener {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeOptionalString(failureReason);
         }
 
@@ -793,7 +791,6 @@ public class SyncedFlushService implements IndexEventListener {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeVInt(opCount);
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
index acac7e732b3..512ba2ace60 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryResponse.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public final class RecoveryResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeStringCollection(phase1FileNames);
         out.writeCollection(phase1FileSizes, StreamOutput::writeVLong);
         out.writeStringCollection(phase1ExistingFileNames);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsResponse.java
index 9f86feb5734..bfa1fb7d35f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTranslogOperationsResponse.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ final class RecoveryTranslogOperationsResponse extends TransportResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         // before 6.0.0 we responded with an empty response so we have to maintain that
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_0_0_alpha1)) {
             out.writeZLong(localCheckpoint);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
index bfb271c7b08..d56f9818183 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/IndicesStore.java
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ public class IndicesStore implements ClusterStateListener, Closeable {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(shardActive);
             node.writeTo(out);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
index 4387ea4230f..ed8550f4a3e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/persistent/PersistentTaskResponse.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class PersistentTaskResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(task);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
index 39e6adede88..2a81aac5117 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchPhaseResult.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.search;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchSearchResult;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.query.QuerySearchResult;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportResponse;
@@ -93,4 +94,9 @@ public abstract class SearchPhaseResult extends TransportResponse {
     public final void readFrom(StreamInput in) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("usage of Streamable is to be replaced by Writeable");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        // TODO: this seems wrong, SearchPhaseResult should have a writeTo?
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
index a79855b2333..017f69cdb2e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/SearchService.java
@@ -1089,7 +1089,6 @@ public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements IndexEv
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(canMatch);
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
index a25918988af..d78658001c5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/dfs/DfsSearchResult.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public class DfsSearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
   @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeLong(requestId);
         out.writeVInt(terms.length);
         for (Term term : terms) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
index 6e183f11483..b213d2bc19d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/FetchSearchResult.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ public final class FetchSearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeLong(requestId);
         hits.writeTo(out);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
index e87bd6d5e9d..754735c0cd2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/QueryFetchSearchResult.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public final class QueryFetchSearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         queryResult.writeTo(out);
         fetchResult.writeTo(out);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
index 0785fafdc21..6ef0cbadd95 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public final class ScrollQueryFetchSearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         getSearchShardTarget().writeTo(out);
         result.writeTo(out);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResult.java
index 7639ffc4706..6ab8b2a0716 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QuerySearchResult.java
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ public final class QuerySearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeLong(requestId);
         writeToNoId(out);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
index fe8bad3d098..30902b6e473 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/ScrollQuerySearchResult.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public final class ScrollQuerySearchResult extends SearchPhaseResult {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         getSearchShardTarget().writeTo(out);
         result.writeTo(out);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
index 347bd714af7..4cbc87ebd9c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardsService.java
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ public class SnapshotShardsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements
     }
 
     static class UpdateIndexShardSnapshotStatusResponse extends ActionResponse {
-
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
     private class UpdateSnapshotStatusAction
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportHandshaker.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportHandshaker.java
index 8db953e4e95..b77ae83f67c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportHandshaker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportHandshaker.java
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ final class TransportHandshaker {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             assert responseVersion != null;
             Version.writeVersion(responseVersion, out);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportMessage.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportMessage.java
index 05deab8eafb..67b54ca58b7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportMessage.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportMessage.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
@@ -56,9 +55,4 @@ public abstract class TransportMessage implements Streamable, Writeable {
     public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
 
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-
-    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
index d6072fc9d0a..866a34302c5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportRequest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public abstract class TransportRequest extends TransportMessage implements TaskA
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         parentTaskId.writeTo(out);
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
index d06d4967011..bab538f1370 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportResponse.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -47,5 +48,8 @@ public abstract class TransportResponse extends TransportMessage {
         public String toString() {
             return "Empty{}";
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
index 429d0a81659..860bfc33b35 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ public class TransportService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Tran
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeOptionalWriteable(discoveryNode);
             clusterName.writeTo(out);
             Version.writeVersion(version, out);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportActionFilterChainTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportActionFilterChainTests.java
index 96d057f50c4..0655ca4853c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportActionFilterChainTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/TransportActionFilterChainTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.LatchedActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.node.Node;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ public class TransportActionFilterChainTests extends ESTestCase {
     }
 
     private static class TestResponse extends ActionResponse {
-
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/TransportMasterNodeActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/TransportMasterNodeActionTests.java
index a42791e69f6..56ad1035128 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/TransportMasterNodeActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/master/TransportMasterNodeActionTests.java
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ public class TransportMasterNodeActionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeLong(identity);
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationActionTests.java
index e3a54340e28..affa827812b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationActionTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ public class TransportInstanceSingleOperationActionTests extends ESTestCase {
     public static class Response extends ActionResponse {
         public Response() {
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
     class TestTransportInstanceSingleOperationAction extends TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction<Request, Response> {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesServiceTests.java
index 9e13dbaa89b..ef49f98d01c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClientNodesServiceTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
@@ -437,5 +438,8 @@ public class TransportClientNodesServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         private TestResponse() {}
         private TestResponse(StreamInput in) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
index d9ad4f2af4c..4f57989fcbf 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/settings/InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public class InternalOrPrivateSettingsPlugin extends Plugin implements ActionPlu
         }
 
         static class Response extends ActionResponse {
-
+            @Override
+            public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/InboundHandlerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/InboundHandlerTests.java
index 9c5d56315f6..01b09669fae 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/InboundHandlerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/InboundHandlerTests.java
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ public class InboundHandlerTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(value);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportActionProxyTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportActionProxyTests.java
index 7d52c12e473..96e1da6e831 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportActionProxyTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportActionProxyTests.java
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ public class TransportActionProxyTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(targetNode);
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
index 0483192a37a..af2052a1f96 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase.java
@@ -1172,7 +1172,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(message);
         }
     }
@@ -1236,7 +1235,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeInt(value1);
         }
     }
@@ -1690,7 +1688,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTransportTestCase extends ESTestCase {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeOptionalString(info);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
index 16c22b7ab20..e10ccb0f143 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/ShardChangesAction.java
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ public class ShardChangesAction extends ActionType<ShardChangesAction.Response>
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(final StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeVLong(mappingVersion);
             out.writeVLong(settingsVersion);
             if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_7_3_0)) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
index df46535549b..c5c2237edfc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.action.repositories;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportActionProxy;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.repository.CcrRestoreSourceService;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 public class ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction extends ActionType<ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction.ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse> {
 
     public static final ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction INSTANCE = new ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction();
@@ -62,5 +65,8 @@ public class ClearCcrRestoreSessionAction extends ActionType<ClearCcrRestoreSess
 
         ClearCcrRestoreSessionResponse(StreamInput in) {
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
index 0d2a28e686a..ee26388d5dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.action.repositories;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
@@ -63,5 +64,8 @@ public class DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryAction extends ActionType<DeleteInternal
         DeleteInternalCcrRepositoryResponse(StreamInput streamInput) throws IOException {
             super(streamInput);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
index b22ca4dab78..5fb169dd333 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction.java
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ public class GetCcrRestoreFileChunkAction extends ActionType<GetCcrRestoreFileCh
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeVLong(offset);
             out.writeBytesReference(chunk);
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
index 231821dadfc..16dd856538c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutCcrRestoreSessionAction.java
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ public class PutCcrRestoreSessionAction extends ActionType<PutCcrRestoreSessionA
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             node.writeTo(out);
             storeFileMetaData.writeTo(out);
             out.writeVLong(mappingVersion);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
index 5f69097f6da..d5c32d8fcd4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/repositories/PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction.java
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.action.repositories;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
@@ -63,5 +64,8 @@ public class PutInternalCcrRepositoryAction extends ActionType<PutInternalCcrRep
         PutInternalCcrRepositoryResponse(StreamInput streamInput) throws IOException {
             super(streamInput);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
index 53339269560..abfc1e06daa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public class GetLicenseResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         if (license == null) {
             out.writeBoolean(false);
         } else {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/XPackInfoResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/XPackInfoResponse.java
index fccabf451ac..57edf3f5a39 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/XPackInfoResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/XPackInfoResponse.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public class XPackInfoResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObjec
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(buildInfo);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(licenseInfo);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(featureSetsInfo);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreResponse.java
index 5f6a4b35a9e..f93e344046a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/graph/GraphExploreResponse.java
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public class GraphExploreResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVLong(tookInMillis);
         out.writeBoolean(timedOut);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/license/GetLicenseResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
index 6d5e1b5653f..bb9635c8e9d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/license/GetLicenseResponse.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.protocol.xpack.license;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class GetLicenseResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
@@ -22,4 +25,7 @@ public class GetLicenseResponse extends ActionResponse {
         return license;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
+
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/migration/IndexUpgradeInfoResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/migration/IndexUpgradeInfoResponse.java
index d5769e419ce..656163f073e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/migration/IndexUpgradeInfoResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/migration/IndexUpgradeInfoResponse.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class IndexUpgradeInfoResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConte
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeMap(actions, StreamOutput::writeString, (out1, value) -> value.writeTo(out1));
     }
 
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 39cd5e966fa..93c20abb883 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
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ public class DeleteWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObj
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(id);
         out.writeVLong(version);
         out.writeBoolean(found);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchResponse.java
index a7e96f1c0a8..27f2086d061 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/protocol/xpack/watcher/PutWatchResponse.java
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ public class PutWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(id);
         out.writeVLong(version);
         out.writeZLong(seqNo);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/AbstractGetResourcesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/AbstractGetResourcesResponse.java
index 3ad388bf2e9..eb3cfa0b8f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/AbstractGetResourcesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/AbstractGetResourcesResponse.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractGetResourcesResponse<T extends ToXContent & Writea
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         resources.writeTo(out);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
index afca0e000fc..66d5d7b095b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/action/XPackUsageResponse.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public class XPackUsageResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(usages.size());
         for (XPackFeatureSet.Usage usage : usages) {
             out.writeNamedWriteable(usage);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
index aa2c315b397..c300806e908 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/CcrStatsAction.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ public class CcrStatsAction extends ActionType<CcrStatsAction.Response> {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             autoFollowStats.writeTo(out);
             followStats.writeTo(out);
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
index 90c0dc3ce65..92cf64a52a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/FollowInfoAction.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ public class FollowInfoAction extends ActionType<FollowInfoAction.Response> {
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeList(followInfos);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
index 36ce0e3e2fe..96ae218c96d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/GetAutoFollowPatternAction.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public class GetAutoFollowPatternAction extends ActionType<GetAutoFollowPatternA
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeMap(autoFollowPatterns, StreamOutput::writeString, (out1, value) -> value.writeTo(out1));
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
index c698d06cd52..6f9c031a60d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ccr/action/PutFollowAction.java
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ public final class PutFollowAction extends ActionType<PutFollowAction.Response>
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(followIndexCreated);
             out.writeBoolean(followIndexShardsAcked);
             out.writeBoolean(indexFollowingStarted);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
index 42e6cc9c94c..897690891b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/deprecation/DeprecationInfoAction.java
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ public class DeprecationInfoAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Deprecat
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeList(clusterSettingsIssues);
             out.writeList(nodeSettingsIssues);
             out.writeMapOfLists(indexSettingsIssues, StreamOutput::writeString, (o, v) -> v.writeTo(o));
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
index 53be7b7f79a..42b45762722 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/indexlifecycle/action/RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public class RemoveIndexLifecyclePolicyAction extends StreamableResponseActionTy
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeStringCollection(failedIndexes);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
index bde9494ff7d..20153f88b3a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/DeleteExpiredDataAction.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ public class DeleteExpiredDataAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Delete
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBoolean(deleted);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
index 3ce82cbfc86..9be2c08fce0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/EvaluateDataFrameAction.java
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ public class EvaluateDataFrameAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Evalua
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(evaluationName);
             out.writeList(metrics);
         }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
index ecfcaa4af05..7baa907f2e5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/FindFileStructureAction.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public class FindFileStructureAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<FindFi
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             fileStructure.writeTo(out);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
index aebecf81fd0..c02909aa761 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/MlInfoAction.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public class MlInfoAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<MlInfoAction.Resp
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeMap(info);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
index 743dcefbbea..5611cbab4e5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PostCalendarEventsAction.java
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ public class PostCalendarEventsAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PostC
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_3_0)) {
                 //the acknowledged flag is no longer supported
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
index 1585be4b472..9daa1797044 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PreviewDatafeedAction.java
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ public class PreviewDatafeedAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PreviewD
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeBytesReference(preview);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
index 3978e8443fc..5f171b1b46e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutCalendarAction.java
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public class PutCalendarAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PutCalendarA
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_3_0)) {
                 //the acknowledged flag is no longer supported
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
index aa291186899..2d7f1e60772 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction.java
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public class PutDataFrameAnalyticsAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Pu
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             config.writeTo(out);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
index ada7c42b2f7..c8c762689d8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutDatafeedAction.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ public class PutDatafeedAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PutDatafeedA
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_3_0)) {
                 //the acknowledged flag is no longer supported
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
index 0b83488ed64..4a12ceb9461 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutFilterAction.java
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ public class PutFilterAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PutFilterActio
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             filter.writeTo(out);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
index dab14053437..cfb4a558dfc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/PutJobAction.java
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public class PutJobAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<PutJobAction.Resp
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_3_0)) {
                 //the acknowledged flag is no longer supported
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
index bb3e1f7e12e..b0e6a3337e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/RevertModelSnapshotAction.java
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ public class RevertModelSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Reve
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_3_0)) {
                 //the acknowledged flag is no longer supported
                 out.writeBoolean(true);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
index 5592fc60223..e984d49fff6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ml/action/UpdateModelSnapshotAction.java
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ public class UpdateModelSnapshotAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<Upda
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             model.writeTo(out);
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
index 12192da0bb2..592ff9bc110 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ public class MonitoringBulkResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVLong(tookInMillis);
         out.writeOptionalWriteable(error);
 
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 f0e6354e88f..81e97d4f280 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
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public class GetRollupCapsAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<GetRollupC
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeMap(jobs, StreamOutput::writeString, (out1, value) -> value.writeTo(out1));
         }
 
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 c0f45d4c6f3..512dd9616e6 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
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ public class GetRollupIndexCapsAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<GetRo
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeMap(jobs, StreamOutput::writeString, (out1, value) -> value.writeTo(out1));
         }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyResponse.java
index a774413c3c4..708afeb07e7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/CreateApiKeyResponse.java
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ public final class CreateApiKeyResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCon
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(name);
         out.writeString(id);
         byte[] bytes = null;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyResponse.java
index 97b8f380f69..d33e2c3e635 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/GetApiKeyResponse.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public final class GetApiKeyResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXConten
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeArray(foundApiKeysInfo);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyResponse.java
index e9580c93d90..eeb9860d476 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/InvalidateApiKeyResponse.java
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ public final class InvalidateApiKeyResponse extends ActionResponse implements To
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeStringCollection(invalidatedApiKeys);
         out.writeStringCollection(previouslyInvalidatedApiKeys);
         out.writeCollection(errors, StreamOutput::writeException);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse.java
index 93b7c6b292a..8ceafab05cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public class OpenIdConnectAuthenticateResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(principal);
         out.writeString(accessTokenString);
         out.writeString(refreshTokenString);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse.java
index e725701e01c..86958b9f269 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public final class OpenIdConnectLogoutResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(endSessionUrl);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
index c8a70e65b81..48978a50f1e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/oidc/OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public class OpenIdConnectPrepareAuthenticationResponse extends ActionResponse i
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(authenticationRequestUrl);
         out.writeString(state);
         out.writeString(nonce);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesResponse.java
index 18efb2ac5fa..f5afe1b6064 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/DeletePrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public final class DeletePrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse implements To
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeCollection(found, StreamOutput::writeString);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetBuiltinPrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetBuiltinPrivilegesResponse.java
index e09f2fc0b1a..5cc2536c839 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetBuiltinPrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetBuiltinPrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ public final class GetBuiltinPrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeStringArray(clusterPrivileges);
         out.writeStringArray(indexPrivileges);
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesResponse.java
index 07b1c5596de..5f9ae94ffd1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/GetPrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public final class GetPrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeArray(privileges);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesResponse.java
index 0e1652af95b..541fa3d943e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/privilege/PutPrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public final class PutPrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCo
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeMap(created, StreamOutput::writeString, StreamOutput::writeStringCollection);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleResponse.java
index 33314eb0869..54e5f1a111d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/DeleteRoleResponse.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public class DeleteRoleResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObje
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(found);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesResponse.java
index 27079eebcc3..5e2f89a88bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/GetRolesResponse.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class GetRolesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(roles.length);
         for (RoleDescriptor role : roles) {
             role.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleResponse.java
index 98115bfd366..76f83faf59d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/role/PutRoleResponse.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.role;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.Params;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ public class PutRoleResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(created);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingResponse.java
index af470c6c821..2870ae7c24c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/DeleteRoleMappingResponse.java
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Response for a role-mapping being deleted from the
  * org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.support.mapper.NativeRoleMappingStore
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class DeleteRoleMappingResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(found);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsResponse.java
index 738dfa65aaa..7d43ff4fbad 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/GetRoleMappingsResponse.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.support.mapper.ExpressionRoleMapping;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Response to {@link GetRoleMappingsAction get role-mappings API}.
  *
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public class GetRoleMappingsResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(mappings.length);
         for (ExpressionRoleMapping mapping : mappings) {
             mapping.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingResponse.java
index eec74c6d61c..c3afc0a0d53 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/rolemapping/PutRoleMappingResponse.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.rolemapping;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.Params;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ public class PutRoleMappingResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContent
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(created);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateResponse.java
index b6d7797f851..52619c7a794 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlAuthenticateResponse.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * The response from converting a SAML assertion into a security token.
  * Actually nothing SAML specific in this...
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public final class SamlAuthenticateResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(principal);
         out.writeString(tokenString);
         out.writeString(refreshToken);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionResponse.java
index 7b90071ec6c..f18631ad630 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlInvalidateSessionResponse.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Response to an IdP-initiated SAML {@code &lt;LogoutRequest&gt;}
  */
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public final class SamlInvalidateSessionResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(realmName);
         out.writeInt(count);
         out.writeString(redirectUrl);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutResponse.java
index 2770b7925bd..95b1227c7d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlLogoutResponse.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Response containing a SAML {@code &lt;LogoutRequest&gt;} for the current user
  */
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public final class SamlLogoutResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(redirectUrl);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
index d9ff6f68c6b..3d25f31210f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/saml/SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse.java
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.saml;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * Response containing a SAML {@code &lt;AuthnRequest&gt;} for a specific realm.
  */
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public final class SamlPrepareAuthenticationResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(redirectUrl);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenResponse.java
index d27da7a3b83..beae08040b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/CreateTokenResponse.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public final class CreateTokenResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXCont
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(tokenString);
         out.writeTimeValue(expiresIn);
         out.writeOptionalString(scope);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenResponse.java
index 7e25683a2a9..7326b61a4b2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/token/InvalidateTokenResponse.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public final class InvalidateTokenResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToX
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         result.writeTo(out);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateResponse.java
index 06a4df019c3..bdcc8e67686 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/AuthenticateResponse.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public class AuthenticateResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         if (out.getVersion().before(Version.V_6_6_0)) {
             User.writeTo(authentication.getUser(), out);
         } else {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordResponse.java
index 4a1c5c33a6d..20240d5be92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/ChangePasswordResponse.java
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class ChangePasswordResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     public ChangePasswordResponse() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserResponse.java
index 8b668a9b97b..2f2f3380023 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/DeleteUserResponse.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public class DeleteUserResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObje
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(found);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesResponse.java
index b6d84d766c3..86651e68a3e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUserPrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public final class GetUserPrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeCollection(cluster, StreamOutput::writeString);
         out.writeCollection(conditionalCluster, ConditionalClusterPrivileges.WRITER);
         out.writeCollection(index);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersResponse.java
index 666b79cfe5d..ac3d63a551f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/GetUsersResponse.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class GetUsersResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeVInt(users == null ? -1 : users.length);
         if (users != null) {
             for (User user : users) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesResponse.java
index 74984556dc1..cdb8bdbdd0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/HasPrivilegesResponse.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ public class HasPrivilegesResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentO
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(completeMatch);
         if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_6_6_0)) {
             out.writeMap(cluster, StreamOutput::writeString, StreamOutput::writeBoolean);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserResponse.java
index c8958251e16..f0cea14c90d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/PutUserResponse.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class PutUserResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(created);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledResponse.java
index 72d1d16b82e..056305955dc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/security/action/user/SetEnabledResponse.java
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.action.user;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * Empty response for a {@link SetEnabledRequest}
  */
 public class SetEnabledResponse extends ActionResponse {
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
index ed2f35bae84..88ad11340d1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/action/GetCertificateInfoAction.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class GetCertificateInfoAction extends StreamableResponseActionType<GetCe
 
         @Override
         public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeVInt(certificates.size());
             for (CertificateInfo cert : certificates) {
                 cert.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchResponse.java
index 6d12bb9d5f8..0ce1b78328b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/ack/AckWatchResponse.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class AckWatchResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(status != null);
         if (status != null) {
             status.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchResponse.java
index bf43bbbe3c5..9fa5d43acc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/activate/ActivateWatchResponse.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class ActivateWatchResponse extends ActionResponse {
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(status != null);
         if (status != null) {
             status.writeTo(out);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchResponse.java
index 251b994f76e..5b8f1a22273 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/execute/ExecuteWatchResponse.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ public class ExecuteWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentOb
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(recordId);
         XContentSource.writeTo(recordSource, out);
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchResponse.java
index fe79fdc33f9..769042a0df2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/watcher/transport/actions/get/GetWatchResponse.java
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public class GetWatchResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeString(id);
         out.writeBoolean(found);
         if (found) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/logfile/LoggingAuditTrailTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/logfile/LoggingAuditTrailTests.java
index c236c605b30..fa383ab03fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/logfile/LoggingAuditTrailTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/audit/logfile/LoggingAuditTrailTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.MapBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
@@ -1142,6 +1143,9 @@ public class LoggingAuditTrailTests extends ESTestCase {
                 RemoteHostHeader.putRestRemoteAddress(threadContext, new InetSocketAddress(forge("localhost", "127.0.0.1"), 1234));
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
     static class MockIndicesRequest extends org.elasticsearch.action.MockIndicesRequest {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationServiceTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationServiceTests.java
index cb130325089..e914e5a416c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationServiceTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/AuthenticationServiceTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SecureString;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
@@ -1310,6 +1311,8 @@ public class AuthenticationServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
     }
 
     private static class InternalMessage extends TransportMessage {
+        @Override
+        public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {}
     }
 
     void assertThreadContextContainsAuthentication(Authentication authentication) throws IOException {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorResponse.java
index ba9e4193d99..1a677a713c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlClearCursorResponse.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class SqlClearCursorResponse extends ActionResponse implements StatusToXC
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        super.writeTo(out);
         out.writeBoolean(succeeded);
     }