diff --git a/benchmark/package.json b/benchmark/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b65e677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "yamux-benchmarks",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Benchmark for Libp2p's Yamux specification in Js",
+  "main": "benchmark.js",
+  "type": "module",
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "it-drain": "^3.0.3",
+    "it-pair": "^2.0.6",
+    "it-pipe": "^3.0.1",
+    "uint8arraylist": "^2.4.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/stream-transfer.js b/benchmark/stream-transfer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e588836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/stream-transfer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import drain from 'it-drain'
+import { duplexPair } from 'it-pair/duplex'
+import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
+import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
+import { yamux } from '../dist/src/index.js'
+
+const DATA_LENGTH = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 5
+const CHUNK_SIZE = (1024 * 1024) / 4
+const ITERATIONS = 10
+
+const results = []
+
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  const p = duplexPair()
+  const muxerA = yamux()().createStreamMuxer({
+    direction: 'outbound'
+  })
+  const muxerB = yamux()().createStreamMuxer({
+    direction: 'inbound',
+    onIncomingStream: (stream) => {
+      // echo stream back to itself
+      pipe(stream, stream)
+    }
+  })
+
+  // pipe data through muxers
+  pipe(p[0], muxerA, p[0])
+  pipe(p[1], muxerB, p[1])
+
+  const stream = await muxerA.newStream()
+
+  const start = Date.now()
+
+  await pipe(
+    async function * () {
+      for (let i = 0; i < DATA_LENGTH; i += CHUNK_SIZE) {
+        yield * new Uint8ArrayList(new Uint8Array(CHUNK_SIZE))
+      }
+    },
+    stream,
+    (source) => drain(source)
+  )
+
+  const finish = Date.now() - start
+
+  muxerA.close()
+  muxerB.close()
+
+  results.push(finish)
+}
+
+const megs = DATA_LENGTH / (1024 * 1024)
+const secs = (results.reduce((acc, curr) => acc + curr, 0) / results.length) / 1000
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+console.info((megs / secs).toFixed(2), 'MB/s')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a2728c..c916142 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@libp2p/interface": "^0.1.0",
     "@libp2p/logger": "^3.0.0",
-    "abortable-iterator": "^5.0.1",
+    "get-iterator": "^2.0.1",
     "it-foreach": "^2.0.3",
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.1",
     "it-pushable": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/src/muxer.ts b/src/muxer.ts
index 9f3f6ac..7e71ac1 100644
--- a/src/muxer.ts
+++ b/src/muxer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { CodeError } from '@libp2p/interface/errors'
 import { logger, type Logger } from '@libp2p/logger'
-import { abortableSource } from 'abortable-iterator'
-import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
+import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'
 import { pushable, type Pushable } from 'it-pushable'
 import { type Config, defaultConfig, verifyConfig } from './config.js'
 import { ERR_BOTH_CLIENTS, ERR_INVALID_FRAME, ERR_MAX_OUTBOUND_STREAMS_EXCEEDED, ERR_MUXER_LOCAL_CLOSED, ERR_MUXER_REMOTE_CLOSED, ERR_NOT_MATCHING_PING, ERR_STREAM_ALREADY_EXISTS, ERR_UNREQUESTED_PING, PROTOCOL_ERRORS } from './constants.js'
@@ -102,23 +101,33 @@ export class YamuxMuxer implements StreamMuxer {
     })
 
     this.sink = async (source: Source<Uint8ArrayList | Uint8Array>): Promise<void> => {
-      source = abortableSource(
-        source,
-        this.closeController.signal,
-        { returnOnAbort: true }
-      )
+      const shutDownListener = (): void => {
+        const iterator = getIterator(source)
+
+        if (iterator.return != null) {
+          const res = iterator.return()
+
+          if (isPromise(res)) {
+            res.catch(err => {
+              this.log?.('could not cause sink source to return', err)
+            })
+          }
+        }
+      }
 
       let reason, error
       try {
         const decoder = new Decoder(source)
-        await pipe(
-          decoder.emitFrames.bind(decoder),
-          async source => {
-            for await (const { header, readData } of source) {
-              await this.handleFrame(header, readData)
-            }
+
+        try {
+          this.closeController.signal.addEventListener('abort', shutDownListener)
+
+          for await (const frame of decoder.emitFrames()) {
+            await this.handleFrame(frame.header, frame.readData)
           }
-        )
+        } finally {
+          this.closeController.signal.removeEventListener('abort', shutDownListener)
+        }
 
         reason = GoAwayCode.NormalTermination
       } catch (err: unknown) {
@@ -570,3 +579,7 @@ export class YamuxMuxer implements StreamMuxer {
     })
   }
 }
+
+function isPromise <T = unknown> (thing: any): thing is Promise<T> {
+  return thing != null && typeof thing.then === 'function'
+}