diff --git a/readthedocs/v3/renderer.py b/readthedocs/v3/renderer.py
index 6f0b976ebfb..fad520f9c61 100644
--- a/readthedocs/v3/renderer.py
+++ b/readthedocs/v3/renderer.py
@@ -2,27 +2,7 @@
 from rest_framework.compat import (
     INDENT_SEPARATORS, LONG_SEPARATORS, SHORT_SEPARATORS,
 )
-from rest_framework.renderers import BrowsableAPIRenderer, JSONRenderer
-
-
-class BuildsBrowsableAPIRenderer(BrowsableAPIRenderer):
-    """
-    APIRenderer that does not render a raw/html form for POST.
-
-    Builds endpoint accept the creation of a new Build object, but does not
-    accept any data on body. So, we omit rendering the raw and html forms when
-    browsing it.
-    """
-
-    def get_raw_data_form(self, data, view, method, request):
-        if method == 'POST':
-            return None
-        return super().get_raw_data_form(data, view, method, request)
-
-    def get_rendered_html_form(self, data, view, method, request):
-        if method == 'POST':
-            return None
-        return super().get_rendered_html_form(data, view, method, request)
+from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
 
 
 class AlphaneticalSortedJSONRenderer(JSONRenderer):
diff --git a/readthedocs/v3/serializers.py b/readthedocs/v3/serializers.py
index 46a752baf59..2813153535a 100644
--- a/readthedocs/v3/serializers.py
+++ b/readthedocs/v3/serializers.py
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ def _absolute_url(self, path):
         return urllib.parse.urlunparse((scheme, domain, path, '', '', ''))
 
 
+class BuildTriggerSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Build
+        fields = []
+
+
 class BuildLinksSerializer(BaseLinksSerializer):
     _self = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     version = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
diff --git a/readthedocs/v3/views.py b/readthedocs/v3/views.py
index 2065a9fd176..fb78887cfa8 100644
--- a/readthedocs/v3/views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/v3/views.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 from rest_framework.metadata import SimpleMetadata
 from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import JWTAuthentication
 from .filters import ProjectFilter, VersionFilter, BuildFilter
-from .renderer import BuildsBrowsableAPIRenderer, AlphaneticalSortedJSONRenderer
-from .serializers import ProjectSerializer, VersionSerializer, VersionUpdateSerializer, BuildSerializer, UserSerializer
+from .renderer import AlphaneticalSortedJSONRenderer
+from .serializers import ProjectSerializer, VersionSerializer, VersionUpdateSerializer, BuildTriggerSerializer, BuildSerializer, UserSerializer
 
 
 class APIv3Settings:
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class VersionsViewSet(APIv3Settings, NestedViewSetMixin, FlexFieldsMixin, ListMo
     # Allow ``.`` (dots) on version slug
     lookup_value_regex = r'[^/]+'
 
-    serializer_class = VersionSerializer
     filterset_class = VersionFilter
     queryset = Version.objects.all()
     permit_list_expands = [
@@ -164,6 +163,14 @@ class VersionsViewSet(APIv3Settings, NestedViewSetMixin, FlexFieldsMixin, ListMo
     # does not exist it does not return 404, but 200 instead:
     # /api/v3/projects/nonexistent/versions/
 
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        """
+        Return correct serializer depending on the action (GET or PUT/PATCH/POST).
+        """
+        if self.action in ('list', 'retrieve'):
+            return VersionSerializer
+        return VersionUpdateSerializer
+
     def get_queryset(self):
         # ``super().get_queryset`` produces the filter by ``NestedViewSetMixin``
         queryset = super().get_queryset()
@@ -175,7 +182,8 @@ def get_queryset(self):
 
     def partial_update(self, request, pk=None, **kwargs):
         version = self.get_object()
-        serializer = VersionUpdateSerializer(
+        serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class()
+        serializer = serializer_class(
             version,
             data=request.data,
             partial=True,
@@ -191,13 +199,11 @@ class BuildsViewSet(APIv3Settings, NestedViewSetMixin, FlexFieldsMixin, ListMode
     model = Build
     lookup_field = 'pk'
     lookup_url_kwarg = 'build_pk'
-    serializer_class = BuildSerializer
     filterset_class = BuildFilter
     queryset = Build.objects.all()
     permit_list_expands = [
         'config',
     ]
-    renderer_classes = (AlphaneticalSortedJSONRenderer, BuildsBrowsableAPIRenderer)
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         # ``super().get_queryset`` produces the filter by ``NestedViewSetMixin``
@@ -208,6 +214,11 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         queryset = queryset.filter(project__users=user)
         return queryset
 
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        if self.action in ('list', 'retrieve'):
+            return BuildSerializer
+        return BuildTriggerSerializer
+
     def create(self, request, **kwargs):
         parent_lookup_project__slug = kwargs.get('parent_lookup_project__slug')
         parent_lookup_version__slug = kwargs.get('parent_lookup_version__slug')
@@ -226,6 +237,9 @@ def create(self, request, **kwargs):
             )
 
         _, build = trigger_build(project, version=version)
+
+        # TODO: refactor this to be a serializer
+        # BuildTriggeredSerializer(build, project, version).data
         data = {
             'build': BuildSerializer(build).data,
             'project': ProjectSerializer(project).data,