diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/uisetup.py
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@
 
     # can't do this in reposetup because it needs to have happened before
     # wirerepo.__init__ is called
-    proto.ssholdcallstream = sshpeer.sshpeer._callstream
+    proto.ssholdcallstream = sshpeer.sshv1peer._callstream
     proto.httpoldcallstream = httppeer.httppeer._callstream
-    sshpeer.sshpeer._callstream = proto.sshrepocallstream
+    sshpeer.sshv1peer._callstream = proto.sshrepocallstream
     httppeer.httppeer._callstream = proto.httprepocallstream
 
     # override some extensions' stuff as well
diff --git a/mercurial/sshpeer.py b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 
     return caps
 
-class sshpeer(wireproto.wirepeer):
+class sshv1peer(wireproto.wirepeer):
     def __init__(self, ui, url, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps):
         """Create a peer from an existing SSH connection.
 
@@ -537,4 +537,4 @@
         _cleanuppipes(ui, stdout, stdin, stderr)
         raise
 
-    return sshpeer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps)
+    return sshv1peer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps)
diff --git a/tests/test-check-interfaces.py b/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
--- a/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
+++ b/tests/test-check-interfaces.py
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
     checkobject(badpeer())
     checkobject(httppeer.httppeer(ui, 'http://localhost'))
     checkobject(localrepo.localpeer(dummyrepo()))
-    checkobject(sshpeer.sshpeer(ui, 'ssh://localhost/foo', None, None, None,
-                               None, None))
+    checkobject(sshpeer.sshv1peer(ui, 'ssh://localhost/foo', None, None, None,
+                                  None, None))
     checkobject(bundlerepo.bundlepeer(dummyrepo()))
     checkobject(statichttprepo.statichttppeer(dummyrepo()))
     checkobject(unionrepo.unionpeer(dummyrepo()))