diff --git a/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py b/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
index fdbea51a513e..26a1f13f9aaa 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/intent_service.py
@@ -144,6 +144,16 @@ def get_skill_name(self, skill_id):
         """
         return skill_id
 
+    @deprecated("use 'skillmanager.list' -> 'mycroft.skills.list' instead "
+                "this handler is not connected to bus events, subclassing it has no effect", "0.0.8")
+    def handle_get_skills(self, message):
+        """Send registered skills to caller.
+
+        Argument:
+            message: query message to reply to.
+        """
+        self.bus.emit(message.reply("intent.service.skills.reply", {"skills": []}))
+
     @deprecated("handle_register_intent moved to AdaptService, overriding this method has no effect, "
                 "it has been disconnected from the bus event", "0.0.8")
     def handle_register_vocab(self, message):
diff --git a/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py b/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
index 96ec124a13da..57a711cdd8f1 100644
--- a/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
+++ b/ovos_core/intent_services/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ def __init__(self, bus):
 
         # Intents API
         self.bus.on('intent.service.intent.get', self.handle_get_intent)
-        self.bus.on('intent.service.skills.get', self.handle_get_skills)
 
         # Pipeline API
         self.bus.on('recognizer_loop:utterance', self.handle_utterance)
@@ -115,18 +114,6 @@ def pipeline_matchers(self):
         return matchers
 
     # service implementation
-    @deprecated("skill manifest moved to SkillManager, "
-                "this handler is not connected to bus events, subclassing it has no effect")
-    def handle_get_skills(self, message):
-        """Send registered skills to caller.
-
-        Argument:
-            message: query message to reply to.
-        """
-        # TODO - move this to SkillManager
-        self.bus.emit(message.reply("intent.service.skills.reply",
-                                    {"skills": []}))
-
     def _handle_transformers(self, message):
         """
         Pipe utterance through transformer plugins to get more metadata.