diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionCodec.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionCodec.java
index 57f95bd..913fc8b 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionCodec.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionCodec.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.codec.impl;
 
-import org.onlab.packet.Ethernet;
 import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
 import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instruction;
@@ -100,11 +99,7 @@
                 final L2ModificationInstruction.PushHeaderInstructions pushHeaderInstructions =
                         (L2ModificationInstruction.PushHeaderInstructions) instruction;
 
-                final JsonCodec<Ethernet> ethernetCodec =
-                        context.codec(Ethernet.class);
-                result.set("ethernetType",
-                        ethernetCodec.encode(pushHeaderInstructions.ethernetType(),
-                                context));
+                result.put("ethernetType", pushHeaderInstructions.ethernetType());
                 break;
 
             default:
diff --git a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionJsonMatcher.java b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionJsonMatcher.java
index 001a865..0086255 100644
--- a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionJsonMatcher.java
+++ b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/InstructionJsonMatcher.java
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 package org.onosproject.codec.impl;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
-import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instruction;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
-import static org.onosproject.codec.impl.EthernetJsonMatcher.matchesEthernet;
 import static org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instructions.*;
 import static org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.L0ModificationInstruction.*;
 import static org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.L2ModificationInstruction.*;
@@ -67,13 +65,11 @@
             return false;
         }
 
-        final Matcher ethernetMatcher =
-                matchesEthernet(instructionToMatch.ethernetType());
-        final boolean ethernetMatches = ethernetMatcher.matches(ethJson);
-        if (!ethernetMatches) {
-            ethernetMatcher.describeMismatch(ethernetMatcher, description);
+        if (instructionToMatch.ethernetType() != ethJson.asInt()) {
+            description.appendText("ethernetType was " + ethJson);
             return false;
         }
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowsResourceTest.java b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowsResourceTest.java
index fc28624..a02690f 100644
--- a/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowsResourceTest.java
+++ b/web/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/rest/FlowsResourceTest.java
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.criteria.Criterion;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instruction;
-import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.L0ModificationInstruction;
-
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instructions;
 import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonArray;
 import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@
             return false;
         }
 
+        @Override
         public Type type() {
             return Type.DEFAULT;
         }
@@ -197,10 +197,8 @@
      */
     private void setupMockFlows() {
         flow2.treatment = DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder()
-                .add(new L0ModificationInstruction.ModLambdaInstruction(
-                        L0ModificationInstruction.L0SubType.LAMBDA, (short) 4))
-                .add(new L0ModificationInstruction.ModLambdaInstruction(
-                        L0ModificationInstruction.L0SubType.LAMBDA, (short) 5))
+                .add(Instructions.modL0Lambda((short) 4))
+                .add(Instructions.modL0Lambda((short) 5))
                 .setEthDst(MacAddress.BROADCAST)
                 .build();
         flow2.selector = DefaultTrafficSelector.builder()
@@ -208,8 +206,7 @@
                 .matchIPProtocol((byte) 9)
                 .build();
         flow4.treatment = DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder()
-                .add(new L0ModificationInstruction.ModLambdaInstruction(
-                L0ModificationInstruction.L0SubType.LAMBDA, (short) 6))
+                .add(Instructions.modL0Lambda((short) 6))
                 .build();
         final Set<FlowEntry> flows1 = new HashSet<>();
         flows1.add(flow1);