diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpServerPipeliningTests.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpServerPipeliningTests.java
index 91a5465f6a764..1c7475379bb87 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpServerPipeliningTests.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpServerPipeliningTests.java
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockBigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockPageCacheRecycler;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpServerTransport;
+import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpTransportSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.NullDispatcher;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.pipelining.HttpPipelinedRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.breaker.NoneCircuitBreakerService;
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ public void testThatHttpPipeliningWorksWhenEnabled() throws Exception {
                 assertThat(responseBodies, contains(requests.toArray()));
             }
         }
+
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] {HttpTransportSettings.SETTING_PIPELINING});
     }
 
     public void testThatHttpPipeliningCanBeDisabled() throws Exception {
@@ -152,6 +157,8 @@ public void testThatHttpPipeliningCanBeDisabled() throws Exception {
                 assertThat(slowIds, equalTo(ids));
             }
         }
+
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] {HttpTransportSettings.SETTING_PIPELINING});
     }
 
     class CustomNettyHttpServerTransport extends Netty4HttpServerTransport {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpTransportSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpTransportSettings.java
index ce305872d222d..fbf596445982c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpTransportSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpTransportSettings.java
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ public final class HttpTransportSettings {
         new Setting<>("http.cors.allow-headers", "X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Content-Length", (value) -> value, Property.NodeScope);
     public static final Setting<Boolean> SETTING_CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS =
         Setting.boolSetting("http.cors.allow-credentials", false, Property.NodeScope);
+    // In 7.0 pipelining support will always be enabled and this setting will be removed.
     public static final Setting<Boolean> SETTING_PIPELINING =
-        Setting.boolSetting("http.pipelining", true, Property.NodeScope);
+        Setting.boolSetting("http.pipelining", true, Property.NodeScope, Property.Deprecated);
     public static final Setting<Integer> SETTING_PIPELINING_MAX_EVENTS =
         Setting.intSetting("http.pipelining.max_events", 10000, Property.NodeScope);
     public static final Setting<Boolean> SETTING_HTTP_COMPRESSION =
diff --git a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/node/MockNodeTests.java b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/node/MockNodeTests.java
index a0cdb8c3168f4..5eb437d14d608 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/node/MockNodeTests.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/node/MockNodeTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.BigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.MockBigArrays;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.Environment;
+import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpTransportSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.MockSearchService;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService;
@@ -69,6 +70,6 @@ public void testComponentsMockedByMarkerPlugins() throws IOException {
                 assertSame(searchService.getClass(), SearchService.class);
             }
         }
-        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] { NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED });
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] {NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED});
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/test/InternalTestClusterTests.java b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/test/InternalTestClusterTests.java
index e2c8a99cf8b79..cca7cf70df657 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/test/InternalTestClusterTests.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/test/InternalTestClusterTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.DiscoverySettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.discovery.zen.ZenDiscovery;
 import org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment;
+import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpTransportSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.InternalTestCluster;
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@
 @LuceneTestCase.SuppressFileSystems("ExtrasFS") // doesn't work with potential multi data path from test cluster yet
 public class InternalTestClusterTests extends ESTestCase {
 
+    private static final Setting<?>[] DEPRECATED_SETTINGS = {NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED, HttpTransportSettings.SETTING_PIPELINING};
+
     public void testInitializiationIsConsistent() {
         long clusterSeed = randomLong();
         boolean masterNodes = randomBoolean();
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ public Settings transportClientSettings() {
             assertArrayEquals(cluster0.getNodeNames(), cluster1.getNodeNames());
             if (cluster0.getNodeNames().length > 0) {
                 shouldAssertSettingsDeprecationsAndWarnings = true;
-                assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[]{NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED});
+                assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(DEPRECATED_SETTINGS);
             }
             Iterator<Client> iterator1 = cluster1.getClients().iterator();
             for (Client client : cluster0.getClients()) {
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ public Settings transportClientSettings() {
         } finally {
             IOUtils.close(cluster0, cluster1);
             if (shouldAssertSettingsDeprecationsAndWarnings) {
-                assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[]{NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED});
+                assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] {NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED});
             }
         }
     }
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ public Settings transportClientSettings() {
         } finally {
             cluster.close();
         }
-        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] { NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED });
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(DEPRECATED_SETTINGS);
     }
 
     private Path[] getNodePaths(InternalTestCluster cluster, String name) {
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ public Settings transportClientSettings() {
         } finally {
             cluster.close();
         }
-        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] { NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED });
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(DEPRECATED_SETTINGS);
     }
 
     public void testTwoNodeCluster() throws Exception {
@@ -518,7 +521,7 @@ public Settings onNodeStopped(String nodeName) throws Exception {
         } finally {
             cluster.close();
         }
-        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(new Setting<?>[] { NetworkModule.HTTP_ENABLED });
+        assertSettingDeprecationsAndWarnings(DEPRECATED_SETTINGS);
     }
 
     /**