diff --git a/admin/registration/index.php b/admin/registration/index.php
index b9aeb18f8d7..61ffa0383ee 100644
--- a/admin/registration/index.php
+++ b/admin/registration/index.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot . "/webservice/xmlrpc/lib.php");
 
 admin_externalpage_setup('registrationhubs');
 
-$renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'register');
+$renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'admin');
 
 $unregistration = optional_param('unregistration', 0, PARAM_INT);
 $cleanregdata = optional_param('cleanregdata', 0, PARAM_BOOL);
diff --git a/admin/registration/register.php b/admin/registration/register.php
index 15c30cd87fa..c5ae2f9da98 100644
--- a/admin/registration/register.php
+++ b/admin/registration/register.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ if ($huburl == HUB_MOODLEORGHUBURL) {
     echo $OUTPUT->notification($registrationmessage, $notificationtype);
 
     echo $OUTPUT->heading(get_string('registerwithmoodleorg', 'admin'));
-    $renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'register');
+    $renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core', 'admin');
     echo $renderer->moodleorg_registration_message();
 }
 
diff --git a/admin/registration/renderer.php b/admin/registration/renderer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 09d2735866a..00000000000
--- a/admin/registration/renderer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//                                                                       //
-// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/                      //
-// Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment         //
-//                                                                       //
-// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        //
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  //
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or     //
-// (at your option) any later version.                                   //
-//                                                                       //
-// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             //
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        //
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         //
-// GNU General Public License for more details.                          //
-//                                                                       //
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     //
-// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       //
-//                                                                       //
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-/**
- * Registration renderer.
- * @package   moodle
- * @subpackage registration
- * @copyright 2010 Moodle Pty Ltd (http://moodle.com)
- * @author    Jerome Mouneyrac
- * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
-class core_register_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
-
-    /**
-     * Display message about the benefits of registering on Moodle.org
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function moodleorg_registration_message() {
-        $moodleorgstatslink = html_writer::link('http://moodle.net/stats',
-                                               get_string('statsmoodleorg', 'admin'),
-                                               array('target' => '_blank'));
-
-        $moodleorgregmsg = get_string('registermoodleorg', 'admin');
-        $items = array(get_string('registermoodleorgli1', 'admin'),
-                       get_string('registermoodleorgli2', 'admin', $moodleorgstatslink));
-        $moodleorgregmsg .= html_writer::alist($items);
-        return $moodleorgregmsg;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Display a box message confirming a site registration (add or update)
-     * @param string $confirmationmessage
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function registration_confirmation($confirmationmessage) {
-        $linktositelist = html_writer::tag('a', get_string('sitelist', 'hub'),
-                        array('href' => new moodle_url('/local/hub/index.php')));
-        $message = $confirmationmessage . html_writer::empty_tag('br') . $linktositelist;
-        return $this->output->box($message);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Display the listing of registered on hub
-     */
-    public function registeredonhublisting($hubs) {
-        global $CFG;
-        $table = new html_table();
-        $table->head = array(get_string('hub', 'hub'), get_string('operation', 'hub'));
-        $table->size = array('80%', '20%');
-
-        foreach ($hubs as $hub) {
-            if ($hub->huburl == HUB_MOODLEORGHUBURL) {
-                $hub->hubname = get_string('registeredmoodleorg', 'hub', $hub->hubname);
-            }
-            $hublink = html_writer::tag('a', $hub->hubname, array('href' => $hub->huburl));
-            $hublinkcell = html_writer::tag('div', $hublink, array('class' => 'registeredhubrow'));
-
-            $unregisterhuburl = new moodle_url("/" . $CFG->admin . "/registration/index.php",
-                            array('sesskey' => sesskey(), 'huburl' => $hub->huburl,
-                                'unregistration' => 1));
-            $unregisterbutton = new single_button($unregisterhuburl,
-                            get_string('unregister', 'hub'));
-            $unregisterbutton->class = 'centeredbutton';
-            $unregisterbuttonhtml = $this->output->render($unregisterbutton);
-
-            //add button cells
-            $cells = array($hublinkcell, $unregisterbuttonhtml);
-            $row = new html_table_row($cells);
-            $table->data[] = $row;
-        }
-
-        return html_writer::table($table);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/admin/renderer.php b/admin/renderer.php
index 22be7a7519f..4ee8e3df0e2 100644
--- a/admin/renderer.php
+++ b/admin/renderer.php
@@ -2033,4 +2033,69 @@ class core_admin_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
             return $this->warning(get_string('legacylogginginuse'));
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Display message about the benefits of registering on Moodle.org
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function moodleorg_registration_message() {
+        $moodleorgstatslink = html_writer::link('http://moodle.net/stats',
+            get_string('statsmoodleorg', 'admin'),
+            array('target' => '_blank'));
+
+        $moodleorgregmsg = get_string('registermoodleorg', 'admin');
+        $items = array(get_string('registermoodleorgli1', 'admin'),
+            get_string('registermoodleorgli2', 'admin', $moodleorgstatslink));
+        $moodleorgregmsg .= html_writer::alist($items);
+        return $moodleorgregmsg;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Display a box message confirming a site registration (add or update)
+     * @param string $confirmationmessage
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function registration_confirmation($confirmationmessage) {
+        $linktositelist = html_writer::tag('a', get_string('sitelist', 'hub'),
+            array('href' => new moodle_url('/local/hub/index.php')));
+        $message = $confirmationmessage . html_writer::empty_tag('br') . $linktositelist;
+        return $this->output->box($message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Display the listing of registered on hub
+     *
+     * @param stdClass[] $hubs
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function registeredonhublisting($hubs) {
+        global $CFG;
+        $table = new html_table();
+        $table->head = array(get_string('hub', 'hub'), get_string('operation', 'hub'));
+        $table->size = array('80%', '20%');
+
+        foreach ($hubs as $hub) {
+            if ($hub->huburl == HUB_MOODLEORGHUBURL) {
+                $hub->hubname = get_string('registeredmoodleorg', 'hub', $hub->hubname);
+            }
+            $hublink = html_writer::tag('a', $hub->hubname, array('href' => $hub->huburl));
+            $hublinkcell = html_writer::tag('div', $hublink, array('class' => 'registeredhubrow'));
+
+            $unregisterhuburl = new moodle_url("/" . $CFG->admin . "/registration/index.php",
+                array('sesskey' => sesskey(), 'huburl' => $hub->huburl,
+                    'unregistration' => 1));
+            $unregisterbutton = new single_button($unregisterhuburl,
+                get_string('unregister', 'hub'));
+            $unregisterbutton->class = 'centeredbutton';
+            $unregisterbuttonhtml = $this->output->render($unregisterbutton);
+
+            // Add button cells.
+            $cells = array($hublinkcell, $unregisterbuttonhtml);
+            $row = new html_table_row($cells);
+            $table->data[] = $row;
+        }
+
+        return html_writer::table($table);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/upgrade.txt b/lib/upgrade.txt
index c5932a19f23..6f6405b6a98 100644
--- a/lib/upgrade.txt
+++ b/lib/upgrade.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 This files describes API changes in core libraries and APIs,
 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 
+=== 3.3.6 ===
+* The following have been removed from the list of core subsystems:
+   - core_register
+   - core_publish
+  Following this change, \core_register_renderer has been removed and it's methods have been moved to \core_admin_renderer:
+   - moodleorg_registration_message()
+   - registration_confirmation()
+   - registeredonhublisting()
+
 === 3.3.5 ===
 
 * Plugins can define class 'PLUGINNAME\privacy\local\sitepolicy\handler' if they implement an alternative mechanisms for