diff --git a/app/finders/pipelines_finder.rb b/app/finders/pipelines_finder.rb
index d56cf8fe790..22507472e15 100644
--- a/app/finders/pipelines_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/pipelines_finder.rb
@@ -108,20 +108,16 @@ class PipelinesFinder
   end
 
   def sort_items(items)
-    return items.order(id: :desc) unless params[:sort].present?
-    params[:sort].each do |s|
-      order_by = if %w[id status ref user_id].include?(s['order_by']) # Allow only indexed columns
-                   s['order_by']
-                 else
-                   :id
-                 end
-      sort = if s['asc_desc'] =~ /\A(ASC|DESC)\z/i
-               s['asc_desc']
-             else
-               :desc
-             end
-      items = items.order(order_by => sort)
-    end
-    items
+    order_by = if %w[id status ref user_id].include?(params[:order_by]) # Allow only indexed columns
+                 params[:order_by]
+               else
+                 :id
+               end
+    sort = if params[:sort] =~ /\A(ASC|DESC)\z/i
+             params[:sort]
+           else
+             :desc
+           end
+    items.order(order_by => sort)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/api/pipelines.rb b/lib/api/pipelines.rb
index 6bbb679cb5e..b0f586b08da 100644
--- a/lib/api/pipelines.rb
+++ b/lib/api/pipelines.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ module API
         optional :yaml_errors, type: Boolean, desc: 'If true, returns only yaml error pipelines'
         optional :name,     type: String, desc: 'The name of user who triggered pipelines'
         optional :username, type: String, desc: 'The username of user who triggered pipelines'
-        optional :sort,     type: JSON, desc: 'order_by and asc_desc' do
-          requires :order_by, type: String, values: %w[id status ref user_id]
-          requires :asc_desc, type: String, values: %w[asc desc]
-        end
+        optional :order_by, type: String, values: %w[id status ref user_id], default: 'id',
+                            desc: 'The order_by which is combined with a sort'
+        optional :sort,     type: String, values: %w[asc desc], default: 'desc',
+                            desc: 'The sort method which is combined with an order_by'
       end
       get ':id/pipelines' do
         authorize! :read_pipeline, user_project