diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/Pipeline.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/Pipeline.java
index 9006035279f3..d3b58dd26bd2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/Pipeline.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/Pipeline.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public PipelineResult run(PipelineOptions options) {
   /** Returns the {@link CoderRegistry} that this {@link Pipeline} uses. */
   public CoderRegistry getCoderRegistry() {
     if (coderRegistry == null) {
-      coderRegistry = CoderRegistry.createDefault(getSchemaRegistry());
+      coderRegistry = CoderRegistry.createDefault();
     }
     return coderRegistry;
   }
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/coders/CoderRegistry.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/coders/CoderRegistry.java
index e404665e4f66..df64789ac3d2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/coders/CoderRegistry.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/coders/CoderRegistry.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.fs.MetadataCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.fs.ResourceId;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.fs.ResourceIdCoder;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.NoSuchSchemaException;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.SchemaRegistry;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SerializableFunction;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.windowing.IntervalWindow;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.CoderUtils;
@@ -197,17 +195,11 @@ public <T> Coder<T> coderFor(
    *       the lexicographically smallest {@link Class#getName() class name} being used.
    * </ul>
    */
-  public static CoderRegistry createDefault(@Nullable SchemaRegistry schemaRegistry) {
-    return new CoderRegistry(schemaRegistry);
-  }
-
-  /** Backwards compatible version of createDefault. */
   public static CoderRegistry createDefault() {
-    return new CoderRegistry(null);
+    return new CoderRegistry();
   }
 
-  private CoderRegistry(@Nullable SchemaRegistry schemaRegistry) {
-    this.schemaRegistry = schemaRegistry;
+  private CoderRegistry() {
     coderProviders = new ArrayDeque<>(REGISTERED_CODER_FACTORIES);
   }
 
@@ -598,8 +590,6 @@ private static boolean isNullOrEmpty(Collection<?> c) {
   /** The list of {@link CoderProvider coder providers} to use to provide Coders. */
   private ArrayDeque<CoderProvider> coderProviders;
 
-  private final @Nullable SchemaRegistry schemaRegistry;
-
   /**
    * Returns a {@link Coder} to use for values of the given type, in a context where the given types
    * use the given coders.
@@ -660,28 +650,16 @@ private Coder<?> getCoderFromParameterizedType(
 
     List<Coder<?>> typeArgumentCoders = new ArrayList<>();
     for (Type typeArgument : type.getActualTypeArguments()) {
-      Coder<?> typeArgumentCoder = null;
-      if (schemaRegistry != null) {
-        TypeDescriptor<?> typeDescriptor = TypeDescriptor.of(typeArgument);
-        try {
-          typeArgumentCoder = schemaRegistry.getSchemaCoder(typeDescriptor);
-        } catch (NoSuchSchemaException e) {
-          // No schema.
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (typeArgumentCoder == null) {
-        try {
-          typeArgumentCoder =
-              getCoderFromTypeDescriptor(TypeDescriptor.of(typeArgument), typeCoderBindings);
-        } catch (CannotProvideCoderException exc) {
-          throw new CannotProvideCoderException(
-              String.format(
-                  "Cannot provide coder for parameterized type %s: %s", type, exc.getMessage()),
-              exc);
-        }
+      try {
+        Coder<?> typeArgumentCoder =
+            getCoderFromTypeDescriptor(TypeDescriptor.of(typeArgument), typeCoderBindings);
+        typeArgumentCoders.add(typeArgumentCoder);
+      } catch (CannotProvideCoderException exc) {
+        throw new CannotProvideCoderException(
+            String.format(
+                "Cannot provide coder for parameterized type %s: %s", type, exc.getMessage()),
+            exc);
       }
-      typeArgumentCoders.add(typeArgumentCoder);
     }
     return getCoderFromFactories(TypeDescriptor.of(type), typeArgumentCoders);
   }
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaRegistryTest.java b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaRegistryTest.java
index 54c80747b13b..55a16e9faf39 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaRegistryTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaRegistryTest.java
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import java.util.List;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.CannotProvideCoderException;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.Coder;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.CoderRegistry;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.IterableCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.annotations.DefaultSchema;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.utils.TestJavaBeans.SimpleBean;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.utils.TestPOJOs.SimplePOJO;
@@ -227,22 +223,6 @@ public void testRegisterPojo() throws NoSuchSchemaException {
     assertTrue(SIMPLE_POJO_SCHEMA.equivalent(schema));
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testSchemaTypeParameterInsideCoder() throws CannotProvideCoderException {
-    SchemaRegistry schemaRegistry = SchemaRegistry.createDefault();
-    schemaRegistry.registerPOJO(SimplePOJO.class);
-
-    CoderRegistry coderRegistry = CoderRegistry.createDefault(schemaRegistry);
-    Coder<Iterable<SimplePOJO>> coder =
-        coderRegistry.getCoder(TypeDescriptors.iterables(TypeDescriptor.of(SimplePOJO.class)));
-    assertTrue(coder instanceof IterableCoder);
-    assertEquals(1, coder.getCoderArguments().size());
-    assertTrue(coder.getCoderArguments().get(0) instanceof SchemaCoder);
-    assertTrue(
-        SIMPLE_POJO_SCHEMA.equivalent(
-            ((SchemaCoder<SimplePOJO>) coder.getCoderArguments().get(0)).getSchema()));
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testRegisterJavaBean() throws NoSuchSchemaException {
     SchemaRegistry registry = SchemaRegistry.createDefault();