diff --git a/mercurial/wireprotoframing.py b/mercurial/wireprotoframing.py
--- a/mercurial/wireprotoframing.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireprotoframing.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from .i18n import _
 from .thirdparty import (
     attr,
-    cbor,
 )
 from . import (
     encoding,
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
     util,
 )
 from .utils import (
+    cborutil,
     stringutil,
 )
 
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@
             finalflags |= int(flag)
 
     if payload.startswith(b'cbor:'):
-        payload = cbor.dumps(stringutil.evalpythonliteral(payload[5:]),
-                             canonical=True)
+        payload = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode(
+            stringutil.evalpythonliteral(payload[5:])))
 
     else:
         payload = stringutil.unescapestr(payload)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
     if args:
         data[b'args'] = args
 
-    data = cbor.dumps(data, canonical=True)
+    data = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode(data))
 
     offset = 0
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
     Returns a generator of bytearrays.
     """
     # Automatically send the overall CBOR response map.
-    overall = cbor.dumps({b'status': b'ok'}, canonical=True)
+    overall = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode({b'status': b'ok'}))
     if len(overall) > maxframesize:
         raise error.ProgrammingError('not yet implemented')
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 
 def createbytesresponseframesfromgen(stream, requestid, gen,
                                      maxframesize=DEFAULT_MAX_FRAME_SIZE):
-    overall = cbor.dumps({b'status': b'ok'}, canonical=True)
+    overall = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode({b'status': b'ok'}))
 
     yield stream.makeframe(requestid=requestid,
                            typeid=FRAME_TYPE_COMMAND_RESPONSE,
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
     if args:
         m[b'error'][b'args'] = args
 
-    overall = cbor.dumps(m, canonical=True)
+    overall = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode(m))
 
     yield stream.makeframe(requestid=requestid,
                            typeid=FRAME_TYPE_COMMAND_RESPONSE,
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@
     # TODO properly handle frame size limits.
     assert len(msg) <= DEFAULT_MAX_FRAME_SIZE
 
-    payload = cbor.dumps({
+    payload = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode({
         b'type': errtype,
         b'message': [{b'msg': msg}],
-    }, canonical=True)
+    }))
 
     yield stream.makeframe(requestid=requestid,
                            typeid=FRAME_TYPE_ERROR_RESPONSE,
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 
         atomdicts.append(atom)
 
-    payload = cbor.dumps(atomdicts, canonical=True)
+    payload = b''.join(cborutil.streamencode(atomdicts))
 
     if len(payload) > maxframesize:
         raise ValueError('cannot encode data in a single frame')
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@
 
         # Decode the payloads as CBOR.
         entry['payload'].seek(0)
-        request = cbor.load(entry['payload'])
+        request = cborutil.decodeall(entry['payload'].getvalue())[0]
 
         if b'name' not in request:
             self._state = 'errored'
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
         del self._activerequests[request.requestid]
 
         # The payload should be a CBOR map.
-        m = cbor.loads(frame.payload)
+        m = cborutil.decodeall(frame.payload)[0]
 
         return 'error', {
             'request': request,
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
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
   s>     content-length: 47\r\n
   s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
   s>     \r\n
-  s>     \'\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x01\x11\xa2Dargs\xa2CfooDval1Dbar1CvalDnameHcommand1
+  s>     \'\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x01\x11\xa2Dargs\xa2Dbar1CvalCfooDval1DnameHcommand1
   s> makefile('rb', None)
   s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
   s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
   s>     Content-Type: text/plain\r\n
   s>     Content-Length: 205\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  s>     received: 1 1 1 \xa2Dargs\xa2CfooDval1Dbar1CvalDnameHcommand1\n
+  s>     received: 1 1 1 \xa2Dargs\xa2Dbar1CvalCfooDval1DnameHcommand1\n
   s>     ["runcommand", {"args": {"bar1": "val", "foo": "val1"}, "command": "command1", "data": null, "requestid": 1}]\n
   s>     received: <no frame>\n
   s>     {"action": "noop"}
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
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   s>     host: $LOCALIP:$HGPORT\r\n (glob)
   s>     user-agent: Mercurial debugwireproto\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  s>     a\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x01\x11\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyA@CnewX(426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0Cold@InamespaceIbookmarksDnameGpushkey
+  s>     a\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01\x01\x11\xa2Dargs\xa4CkeyA@InamespaceIbookmarksCnewX(426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0Cold@DnameGpushkey
   s> makefile('rb', None)
   s>     HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n
   s>     Server: testing stub value\r\n