diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -3366,56 +3366,3 @@ class dirstateguard(object):
                        % self._suffix)
                 raise error.Abort(msg)
             self._abort()
-
-_bundlecompspecs = {'none': None,
-                    'bzip2': 'BZ',
-                    'gzip': 'GZ',
-                   }
-
-_bundleversionspecs = {'v1': '01',
-                       'v2': '02',
-                       'bundle2': '02', #legacy
-                      }
-
-def parsebundletype(repo, spec):
-    """return the internal bundle type to use from a user input
-
-    This is parsing user specified bundle type as accepted in:
-
-        'hg bundle --type TYPE'.
-
-    It accept format in the form [compression][-version]|[version]
-
-    Consensus about extensions of the format for various bundle2 feature
-    is to prefix any feature with "+". eg "+treemanifest" or "gzip+phases"
-    """
-    comp, version = None, None
-
-    if '-' in spec:
-        comp, version = spec.split('-', 1)
-    elif spec in _bundlecompspecs:
-        comp = spec
-    elif spec in _bundleversionspecs:
-        version = spec
-    else:
-        raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
-
-    if comp is None:
-        comp = 'BZ'
-    else:
-        try:
-            comp = _bundlecompspecs[comp]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
-
-    if version is None:
-        version = '01'
-        if 'generaldelta' in repo.requirements:
-            version = '02'
-    else:
-        try:
-            version = _bundleversionspecs[version]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
-
-    return version, comp
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ def bundle(ui, repo, fname, dest=None, *
         revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, opts['rev'])
 
     bundletype = opts.get('type', 'bzip2').lower()
-    cgversion, bcompression = cmdutil.parsebundletype(repo, bundletype)
+    cgversion, bcompression = exchange.parsebundlespec(repo, bundletype)
 
     if opts.get('all'):
         base = ['null']
diff --git a/mercurial/exchange.py b/mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py
@@ -15,6 +15,59 @@ import streamclone
 import tags
 import url as urlmod
 
+_bundlecompspecs = {'none': None,
+                    'bzip2': 'BZ',
+                    'gzip': 'GZ',
+                   }
+
+_bundleversionspecs = {'v1': '01',
+                       'v2': '02',
+                       'bundle2': '02', #legacy
+                      }
+
+def parsebundlespec(repo, spec):
+    """return the internal bundle type to use from a user input
+
+    This is parsing user specified bundle type as accepted in:
+
+        'hg bundle --type TYPE'.
+
+    It accept format in the form [compression][-version]|[version]
+
+    Consensus about extensions of the format for various bundle2 feature
+    is to prefix any feature with "+". eg "+treemanifest" or "gzip+phases"
+    """
+    comp, version = None, None
+
+    if '-' in spec:
+        comp, version = spec.split('-', 1)
+    elif spec in _bundlecompspecs:
+        comp = spec
+    elif spec in _bundleversionspecs:
+        version = spec
+    else:
+        raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+
+    if comp is None:
+        comp = 'BZ'
+    else:
+        try:
+            comp = _bundlecompspecs[comp]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+
+    if version is None:
+        version = '01'
+        if 'generaldelta' in repo.requirements:
+            version = '02'
+    else:
+        try:
+            version = _bundleversionspecs[version]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise error.Abort(_('unknown bundle type specified with --type'))
+
+    return version, comp
+
 def readbundle(ui, fh, fname, vfs=None):
     header = changegroup.readexactly(fh, 4)