diff --git a/h2o-bindings/bin/custom/R/gen_pipeline.py b/h2o-bindings/bin/custom/R/gen_pipeline.py
index e9c92adf87ce..a887be01831d 100644
--- a/h2o-bindings/bin/custom/R/gen_pipeline.py
+++ b/h2o-bindings/bin/custom/R/gen_pipeline.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     validate_required_params="",
     set_required_params="",
     module="""
-.h2o.fill_pipeline<- function(model, parameters, allparams) {
+.h2o.fill_pipeline <- function(model, parameters, allparams) {
   if (!is.null(model$estimator)) {
     model$estimator_model <- h2o.getModel(model$estimator$name)
   } else {
diff --git a/h2o-core/src/main/java/hex/pipeline/PipelineRegistration.java b/h2o-core/src/main/java/hex/pipeline/PipelineRegistration.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cc0453fff620..000000000000
--- a/h2o-core/src/main/java/hex/pipeline/PipelineRegistration.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package hex.pipeline;
-
-import hex.pipeline.PipelineModel.PipelineParameters;
-import water.AbstractH2OExtension;
-
-public class PipelineRegistration extends AbstractH2OExtension {
-  @Override
-  public String getExtensionName() {
-    return PipelineParameters.ALGO;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void init() {
-    //enough to register the Pipeline as an algo as we don't need to expose it to REST API for now.
-    new Pipeline(true);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/h2o-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/water.AbstractH2OExtension b/h2o-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/water.AbstractH2OExtension
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f8d25d6edc2..000000000000
--- a/h2o-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/water.AbstractH2OExtension
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#hex.pipeline.PipelineRegistration
diff --git a/h2o-r/h2o-package/R/pipeline.R b/h2o-r/h2o-package/R/pipeline.R
index f2e06263b5ea..a9cbf6d0de2c 100644
--- a/h2o-r/h2o-package/R/pipeline.R
+++ b/h2o-r/h2o-package/R/pipeline.R
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ h2o.pipeline <- function(model_id = NULL)
 }
 
 
-.h2o.fill_pipeline<- function(model, parameters, allparams) {
+.h2o.fill_pipeline <- function(model, parameters, allparams) {
   if (!is.null(model$estimator)) {
     model$estimator_model <- h2o.getModel(model$estimator$name)
   } else {