diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryResponse.java
index 1f1fe524c64a9..f67d74cd118ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/delete/DeleteRepositoryResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.repositories.delete;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -28,13 +27,6 @@
  */
 public class DeleteRepositoryResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DeleteRepositoryResponse, Void> PARSER =
-        new ConstructingObjectParser<>("delete_repository", true, args -> new DeleteRepositoryResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     DeleteRepositoryResponse() {
     }
 
@@ -43,6 +35,6 @@ public class DeleteRepositoryResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static DeleteRepositoryResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new DeleteRepositoryResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryResponse.java
index 52a1a736ec7c1..23aae119e0da5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/put/PutRepositoryResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.repositories.put;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -28,13 +27,6 @@
  */
 public class PutRepositoryResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PutRepositoryResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>("put_repository",
-        true, args -> new PutRepositoryResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     PutRepositoryResponse() {
     }
 
@@ -43,6 +35,6 @@ public class PutRepositoryResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static PutRepositoryResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new PutRepositoryResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesResponse.java
index ebfc82fec74ca..31ebcbf0f0a07 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/alias/IndicesAliasesResponse.java
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public class IndicesAliasesResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static IndicesAliasesResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new IndicesAliasesResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexResponse.java
index bfebaee5e59da..96a3e150af16d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/close/CloseIndexResponse.java
@@ -20,20 +20,12 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.close;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
  * A response for a close index action.
  */
 public class CloseIndexResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<CloseIndexResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>("close_index", true,
-            args -> new CloseIndexResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     CloseIndexResponse() {
     }
 
@@ -42,6 +34,6 @@ public class CloseIndexResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static CloseIndexResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new CloseIndexResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexResponse.java
index 3a04dc5b70be3..b86549f536d21 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/delete/DeleteIndexResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -28,13 +27,6 @@
  */
 public class DeleteIndexResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<DeleteIndexResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>("delete_index",
-        true, args -> new DeleteIndexResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     DeleteIndexResponse() {
     }
 
@@ -43,6 +35,6 @@ public class DeleteIndexResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static DeleteIndexResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new DeleteIndexResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingResponse.java
index 1e022474955a8..4b2eac95c3ac6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/mapping/put/PutMappingResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.mapping.put;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -28,15 +27,7 @@
  */
 public class PutMappingResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PutMappingResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>("put_mapping",
-        true, args -> new PutMappingResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     protected PutMappingResponse() {
-
     }
 
     protected PutMappingResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
@@ -44,6 +35,6 @@ protected PutMappingResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
     }
 
     public static PutMappingResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new PutMappingResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsResponse.java
index 022f575f1d0e5..6792d1859260d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/settings/put/UpdateSettingsResponse.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.settings.put;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -28,13 +27,6 @@
  */
 public class UpdateSettingsResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<UpdateSettingsResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
-            "update_index_settings", true, args -> new UpdateSettingsResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     UpdateSettingsResponse() {
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +35,6 @@ public class UpdateSettingsResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
     }
 
     public static UpdateSettingsResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new UpdateSettingsResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateResponse.java
index 59b00bd719b33..b2dab55a3d9d3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/template/put/PutIndexTemplateResponse.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.template.put;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 /**
@@ -34,13 +33,7 @@ protected PutIndexTemplateResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
         super(acknowledged);
     }
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<PutIndexTemplateResponse, Void> PARSER;
-    static {
-        PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>("put_index_template", true, args -> new PutIndexTemplateResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     public static PutIndexTemplateResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new PutIndexTemplateResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/WritePipelineResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/WritePipelineResponse.java
index b3bda3f152196..293a62b66f26e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/WritePipelineResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/ingest/WritePipelineResponse.java
@@ -20,21 +20,12 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.action.ingest;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 public class WritePipelineResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse implements ToXContentObject {
 
-    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<WritePipelineResponse, Void> PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
-        "write_pipeline_response", true, args -> new WritePipelineResponse((boolean) args[0]));
-
-    static {
-        declareAcknowledgedField(PARSER);
-    }
-
     WritePipelineResponse() {
-
     }
 
     public WritePipelineResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
@@ -42,6 +33,6 @@ public WritePipelineResponse(boolean acknowledged) {
     }
 
     public static WritePipelineResponse fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        return new WritePipelineResponse(parseAcknowledged(parser));
     }
 }
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 41c806bc20586..594dcda8c662f 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
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -88,6 +89,21 @@ protected void addCustomFields(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IO
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A generic parser that simply parses the acknowledged flag
+     */
+    private static final ConstructingObjectParser<Boolean, Void> ACKNOWLEDGED_FLAG_PARSER = new ConstructingObjectParser<>(
+            "acknowledged_flag", true, args -> (Boolean) args[0]);
+
+    static {
+        ACKNOWLEDGED_FLAG_PARSER.declareField(constructorArg(), (parser, context) -> parser.booleanValue(), ACKNOWLEDGED,
+                ObjectParser.ValueType.BOOLEAN);
+    }
+
+    protected static boolean parseAcknowledged(XContentParser parser) {
+        return ACKNOWLEDGED_FLAG_PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (this == o) {