diff --git a/mercurial/debugcommands.py b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py
@@ -2626,6 +2626,8 @@
         ('', 'localssh', False, _('start an SSH server for this repo')),
         ('', 'peer', '', _('construct a specific version of the peer')),
         ('', 'noreadstderr', False, _('do not read from stderr of the remote')),
+        ('', 'nologhandshake', False,
+         _('do not log I/O related to the peer handshake')),
     ] + cmdutil.remoteopts,
     _('[PATH]'),
     optionalrepo=True)
@@ -2921,8 +2923,14 @@
             # the peer instance to be useful.
             with ui.configoverride({
                 ('experimental', 'httppeer.advertise-v2'): True}):
+                if opts['nologhandshake']:
+                    ui.pushbuffer()
+
                 peer = httppeer.makepeer(ui, path, opener=opener)
 
+                if opts['nologhandshake']:
+                    ui.popbuffer()
+
             if not isinstance(peer, httppeer.httpv2peer):
                 raise error.Abort(_('could not instantiate HTTP peer for '
                                     'wire protocol version 2'),
diff --git a/tests/test-completion.t b/tests/test-completion.t
--- a/tests/test-completion.t
+++ b/tests/test-completion.t
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
   debugwalk: include, exclude
   debugwhyunstable: 
   debugwireargs: three, four, five, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
-  debugwireproto: localssh, peer, noreadstderr, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
+  debugwireproto: localssh, peer, noreadstderr, nologhandshake, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
   files: rev, print0, include, exclude, template, subrepos
   graft: rev, continue, edit, log, force, currentdate, currentuser, date, user, tool, dry-run
   grep: print0, all, text, follow, ignore-case, files-with-matches, line-number, rev, user, date, template, include, exclude
diff --git a/tests/test-http-api-httpv2.t b/tests/test-http-api-httpv2.t
--- a/tests/test-http-api-httpv2.t
+++ b/tests/test-http-api-httpv2.t
@@ -184,23 +184,6 @@
   > command customreadonly
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa9Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullNcustomreadonly\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullOcustomreadwrite\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpushKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending customreadonly command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/customreadonly HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
@@ -42,23 +42,6 @@
   > command branchmap
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending branchmap command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/branchmap HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-capabilities.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-capabilities.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-capabilities.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-capabilities.t
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@
 
 capabilities command returns expected info
 
-  $ sendhttpv2peer << EOF
+  $ sendhttpv2peerhandshake << EOF
   > command capabilities
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     *\r\n (glob)
+  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
   s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
   s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@
   > command heads
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa3Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibQframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xa9batch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending heads command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/heads HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -84,23 +67,6 @@
   >     publiconly 1
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa3Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibQframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xa9batch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending heads command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/heads HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
@@ -26,23 +26,6 @@
   > command known
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending known command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/known HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -76,23 +59,6 @@
   >     nodes eval:[b'\x42\x6b\xad\xa5\xc6\x75\x98\xca\x65\x03\x6d\x57\xd9\xe4\xb6\x4b\x0c\x1c\xe7\xa0']
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending known command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/known HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -126,23 +92,6 @@
   >     nodes eval:[b'\x42\x6b\xad\xa5\xc6\x75\x98\xca\x65\x03\x6d\x57\xd9\xe4\xb6\x4b\x0c\x1c\xe7\xa0', b'00000000000000000000', b'\x11\x24\x78\x96\x29\x61\x14\x71\x24\xed\xd4\x35\x49\xae\xdd\x1a\x33\x5e\x44\xbf']
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending known command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/known HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
@@ -30,23 +30,6 @@
   >     namespace namespaces
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending listkeys command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/listkeys HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -80,23 +63,6 @@
   >     namespace phases
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending listkeys command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/listkeys HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -130,23 +96,6 @@
   >     namespace bookmarks
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending listkeys command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/listkeys HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
@@ -26,23 +26,6 @@
   >     key 426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending lookup command
   s>     *\r\n (glob)
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
@@ -29,23 +29,6 @@
   >     new 426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending pushkey command
   s>     *\r\n (glob)
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
@@ -77,23 +60,6 @@
   >     namespace bookmarks
   > EOF
   creating http peer for wire protocol version 2
-  s>     GET /?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1\r\n
-  s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
-  s>     vary: X-HgProto-1,X-HgUpgrade-1\r\n
-  s>     x-hgproto-1: cbor\r\n
-  s>     x-hgupgrade-1: exp-http-v2-0001\r\n
-  s>     accept: application/mercurial-0.1\r\n
-  s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
-  s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
-  s>     \r\n
-  s> makefile('rb', None)
-  s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
-  s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
-  s>     Date: $HTTP_DATE$\r\n
-  s>     Content-Type: application/mercurial-cbor\r\n
-  s>     Content-Length: *\r\n (glob)
-  s>     \r\n
-  s>     \xa3Dapis\xa1Pexp-http-v2-0001\xa4Hcommands\xa7Eheads\xa2Dargs\xa1Jpubliconly\xf4Kpermissions\x81DpullEknown\xa2Dargs\xa1Enodes\x81HdeadbeefKpermissions\x81DpullFlookup\xa2Dargs\xa1CkeyCfooKpermissions\x81DpullGpushkey\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyCkeyCnewCnewColdColdInamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpushHlistkeys\xa2Dargs\xa1InamespaceBnsKpermissions\x81DpullIbranchmap\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullLcapabilities\xa2Dargs\xa0Kpermissions\x81DpullKcompression\x82\xa1DnameDzstd\xa1DnameDzlibNrawrepoformats\x82LgeneraldeltaHrevlogv1Qframingmediatypes\x81X&application/mercurial-exp-framing-0003GapibaseDapi/Nv1capabilitiesY\x01\xcabatch branchmap $USUAL_BUNDLE2_CAPS_SERVER$ changegroupsubset compression=$BUNDLE2_COMPRESSIONS$ getbundle httpheader=1024 httpmediatype=0.1rx,0.1tx,0.2tx known lookup pushkey streamreqs=generaldelta,revlogv1 unbundle=HG10GZ,HG10BZ,HG10UN unbundlehash
   sending listkeys command
   s>     POST /api/exp-http-v2-0001/ro/listkeys HTTP/1.1\r\n
   s>     Accept-Encoding: identity\r\n
diff --git a/tests/wireprotohelpers.sh b/tests/wireprotohelpers.sh
--- a/tests/wireprotohelpers.sh
+++ b/tests/wireprotohelpers.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 }
 
 sendhttpv2peer() {
+  hg --verbose debugwireproto --nologhandshake --peer http2 http://$LOCALIP:$HGPORT/
+}
+
+sendhttpv2peerhandshake() {
   hg --verbose debugwireproto --peer http2 http://$LOCALIP:$HGPORT/
 }