diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py b/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
index 31f2deee1c9454ee7aa3a2fc8e7028d1c4282680..24ce02ca81efb4476a19e073a39d7a7959de219c 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from meshmode.dof_array import DOFArray as _DOFArray
 __doc__ = """
 .. autoclass:: ElementGroupBase
 .. autoclass:: InterpolatoryElementGroupBase
-.. autoclass:: ElementGroupFactory
 .. autoclass:: Discretization
 """
 
@@ -158,29 +157,6 @@ class InterpolatoryElementGroupBase(ElementGroupBase):
 # }}}
 
 
-# {{{ group factories
-
-class ElementGroupFactory(object):
-    """
-    .. function:: __call__(mesh_ele_group, node_nr_base)
-    """
-
-
-class OrderBasedGroupFactory(ElementGroupFactory):
-    def __init__(self, order):
-        self.order = order
-
-    def __call__(self, mesh_el_group, node_nr_base):
-        if not isinstance(mesh_el_group, self.mesh_group_class):
-            raise TypeError("only mesh element groups of type '%s' "
-                    "are supported" % self.mesh_group_class.__name__)
-
-        return self.group_class(mesh_el_group, self.order, node_nr_base)
-
-
-# }}}
-
-
 class Discretization(object):
     """An unstructured composite discretization.
 
diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/connection/refinement.py b/meshmode/discretization/connection/refinement.py
index 55026e59a453c5a6fd1738c381ac313863242d15..7b1effaa7daec4a0ea13518f07b6a487d5b18e7c 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/connection/refinement.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/connection/refinement.py
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ def make_refinement_connection(actx, refiner, coarse_discr, group_factory):
         with the mesh given to the refiner
 
     :arg group_factory: An instance of
-        :class:`meshmode.mesh.discretization.ElementGroupFactory`. Used for
-        discretizing the fine mesh.
+        :class:`meshmode.mesh.discretization.poly_element.ElementGroupFactory`. Used
+        for discretizing the fine mesh.
     """
     from meshmode.discretization.connection import (
         DiscretizationConnectionElementGroup,
diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/poly_element.py b/meshmode/discretization/poly_element.py
index d4d07ac4903308ed9ea371fc19e1b4ccdfa5073b..f94e2970b34c2247dc5cb45e211c8cf09f4defe7 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/poly_element.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/poly_element.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Group types
 Group factories
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+.. autoclass:: ElementGroupFactory
 .. autoclass:: InterpolatoryQuadratureSimplexGroupFactory
 .. autoclass:: QuadratureSimplexGroupFactory
 .. autoclass:: PolynomialWarpAndBlendGroupFactory
@@ -365,6 +366,9 @@ class EquidistantTensorProductElementGroup(
 # {{{ group factories
 
 class ElementGroupFactory(object):
+    """
+    .. function:: __call__(mesh_ele_group, node_nr_base)
+    """
     pass