diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b170d90826a5..ef6e6454f16b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7651,7 +7651,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-timer 3.0.2",
  "js-sys",
  "kvdb-web",
- "libp2p",
+ "libp2p-wasm-ext",
  "log 0.4.8",
  "rand 0.6.5",
  "rand 0.7.3",
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/index.html b/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/index.html
index f40863c46e77d..60acfde39f559 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/index.html
+++ b/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.png" />
 	<script type="module">
 import { start_client, default as init } from './pkg/node_cli.js';
-import ws from './ws.js';
 
 function log(msg) {
 	document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML += msg + '\n';
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 	const chain_spec_text = await chain_spec_response.text();
 
 	// Build our client.
-	let client = await start_client(chain_spec_text, 'info', ws());
+	let client = await start_client(chain_spec_text, 'info');
 	log('Client started');
 
 	client.rpcSubscribe('{"method":"chain_subscribeNewHead","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}',
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/ws.js b/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/ws.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6da0c564278d3..0000000000000
--- a/bin/node/cli/browser-demo/ws.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
-// This file is part of Substrate.
-
-// Substrate is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-
-// Substrate is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Substrate.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-export default () => {
-	return {
-		dial: dial,
-		listen_on: (addr) => {
-			let err = new Error("Listening on WebSockets is not possible from within a browser");
-			err.name = "NotSupportedError";
-			throw err;
-		},
-	};
-}
-
-/// Turns a string multiaddress into a WebSockets string URL.
-// TODO: support dns addresses as well
-const multiaddr_to_ws = (addr) => {
-	let parsed = addr.match(/^\/(ip4|ip6|dns4|dns6)\/(.*?)\/tcp\/(.*?)\/(ws|wss|x-parity-ws\/(.*)|x-parity-wss\/(.*))$/);
-	let proto = 'wss';
-	if (parsed[4] == 'ws' || parsed[4] == 'x-parity-ws') {
-		proto = 'ws';
-	}
-	let url = decodeURIComponent(parsed[5] || parsed[6] || '');
-	if (parsed != null) {
-		if (parsed[1] == 'ip6') {
-			return proto + "://[" + parsed[2] + "]:" + parsed[3] + url;
-		} else {
-			return proto + "://" + parsed[2] + ":" + parsed[3] + url;
-		}
-	}
-
-	let err = new Error("Address not supported: " + addr);
-	err.name = "NotSupportedError";
-	throw err;
-}
-
-// Attempt to dial a multiaddress.
-const dial = (addr) => {
-	let ws = new WebSocket(multiaddr_to_ws(addr));
-	let reader = read_queue();
-
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		// TODO: handle ws.onerror properly after dialing has happened
-		ws.onerror = (ev) => reject(ev);
-		ws.onmessage = (ev) => reader.inject_blob(ev.data);
-		ws.onclose = () => reader.inject_eof();
-		ws.onopen = () => resolve({
-			read: (function*() { while(ws.readyState == 1) { yield reader.next(); } })(),
-			write: (data) => {
-				if (ws.readyState == 1) {
-					ws.send(data);
-					return promise_when_ws_finished(ws);
-				} else {
-					return Promise.reject("WebSocket is closed");
-				}
-			},
-			shutdown: () => {},
-			close: () => ws.close()
-		});
-	});
-}
-
-// Takes a WebSocket object and returns a Promise that resolves when bufferedAmount is 0.
-const promise_when_ws_finished = (ws) => {
-	if (ws.bufferedAmount == 0) {
-		return Promise.resolve();
-	}
-
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		setTimeout(function check() {
-			if (ws.bufferedAmount == 0) {
-				resolve();
-			} else {
-				setTimeout(check, 100);
-			}
-		}, 2);
-	})
-}
-
-// Creates a queue reading system.
-const read_queue = () => {
-	// State of the queue.
-	let state = {
-		// Array of promises resolving to `ArrayBuffer`s, that haven't been transmitted back with
-		// `next` yet.
-		queue: new Array(),
-		// If `resolve` isn't null, it is a "resolve" function of a promise that has already been
-		// returned by `next`. It should be called with some data.
-		resolve: null,
-	};
-
-	return {
-		// Inserts a new Blob in the queue.
-		inject_blob: (blob) => {
-			if (state.resolve != null) {
-				var resolve = state.resolve;
-				state.resolve = null;
-
-				var reader = new FileReader();
-				reader.addEventListener("loadend", () => resolve(reader.result));
-				reader.readAsArrayBuffer(blob);
-			} else {
-				state.queue.push(new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-					var reader = new FileReader();
-					reader.addEventListener("loadend", () => resolve(reader.result));
-					reader.readAsArrayBuffer(blob);
-				}));
-			}
-		},
-
-		// Inserts an EOF message in the queue.
-		inject_eof: () => {
-			if (state.resolve != null) {
-				var resolve = state.resolve;
-				state.resolve = null;
-				resolve(null);
-			} else {
-				state.queue.push(Promise.resolve(null));
-			}
-		},
-
-		// Returns a Promise that yields the next entry as an ArrayBuffer.
-		next: () => {
-			if (state.queue.length != 0) {
-				return state.queue.shift(0);
-			} else {
-				if (state.resolve !== null)
-					throw "Internal error: already have a pending promise";
-				return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-					state.resolve = resolve;
-				});
-			}
-		}
-	};
-};
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs b/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
index 80ca963445d0c..e79ce273a32cc 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
+++ b/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
@@ -19,27 +19,26 @@ use log::info;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use sc_service::Configuration;
 use browser_utils::{
-	Transport, Client,
+	Client,
 	browser_configuration, set_console_error_panic_hook, init_console_log,
 };
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 /// Starts the client.
 #[wasm_bindgen]
-pub async fn start_client(chain_spec: String, log_level: String, wasm_ext: Transport) -> Result<Client, JsValue> {
-	start_inner(chain_spec, log_level, wasm_ext)
+pub async fn start_client(chain_spec: String, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, JsValue> {
+	start_inner(chain_spec, log_level)
 		.await
 		.map_err(|err| JsValue::from_str(&err.to_string()))
 }
 
-async fn start_inner(chain_spec: String, log_level: String, wasm_ext: Transport) -> Result<Client, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+async fn start_inner(chain_spec: String, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 	set_console_error_panic_hook();
 	init_console_log(log::Level::from_str(&log_level)?)?;
 	let chain_spec = ChainSpec::from_json_bytes(chain_spec.as_bytes().to_vec())
 		.map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))?;
 
-	let config: Configuration<_, _> = browser_configuration(wasm_ext, chain_spec)
-		.await?;
+	let config = browser_configuration(chain_spec).await?;
 
 	info!("Substrate browser node");
 	info!("  version {}", config.full_version());
diff --git a/utils/browser/Cargo.toml b/utils/browser/Cargo.toml
index e06794c6ccbf3..205f42d61fb14 100644
--- a/utils/browser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/browser/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/"
 futures = "0.3"
 futures01 = { package = "futures", version = "0.1.29" }
 log = "0.4.8"
-libp2p = { version = "0.16.2", default-features = false }
+libp2p-wasm-ext = { version = "0.16.2", features = ["websocket"] }
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.6"
 console_log = "0.1.2"
 js-sys = "0.3.34"
diff --git a/utils/browser/src/lib.rs b/utils/browser/src/lib.rs
index d82f982e14b65..f169d8b199c91 100644
--- a/utils/browser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utils/browser/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,25 +26,23 @@ use futures::{prelude::*, channel::{oneshot, mpsc}, future::{poll_fn, ok}, compa
 use std::task::Poll;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use sc_chain_spec::Extension;
+use libp2p_wasm_ext::{ExtTransport, ffi};
 
-pub use libp2p::wasm_ext::{ExtTransport, ffi::Transport};
 pub use console_error_panic_hook::set_once as set_console_error_panic_hook;
 pub use console_log::init_with_level as init_console_log;
 
-/// Create a service configuration from a chain spec and the websocket transport.
+/// Create a service configuration from a chain spec.
 ///
 /// This configuration contains good defaults for a browser light client.
-pub async fn browser_configuration<G, E>(
-	transport: Transport,
-	chain_spec: ChainSpec<G, E>,
-) -> Result<Configuration<G, E>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
+pub async fn browser_configuration<G, E>(chain_spec: ChainSpec<G, E>)
+	-> Result<Configuration<G, E>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
 where
 	G: RuntimeGenesis,
 	E: Extension,
 {
 	let name = chain_spec.name().to_string();
 
-	let transport = ExtTransport::new(transport);
+	let transport = ExtTransport::new(ffi::websocket_transport());
 	let mut config = Configuration::default();
 	config.network.boot_nodes = chain_spec.boot_nodes().to_vec();
 	config.telemetry_endpoints = chain_spec.telemetry_endpoints().clone();