diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/LanguageServerProtocol.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/LanguageServerProtocol.scala
index 761073591..8dc514d40 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/LanguageServerProtocol.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/LanguageServerProtocol.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package internal
 package server
 
 import sjsonnew.JsonFormat
+import sjsonnew.shaded.scalajson.ast.unsafe.JValue
 import sjsonnew.support.scalajson.unsafe.Converter
 import sbt.protocol.Serialization
 import sbt.protocol.{ SettingQuery => Q }
@@ -81,9 +82,7 @@ private[sbt] object LanguageServerProtocol {
   })
 }
 
-/**
- * Implements Language Server Protocol <https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-protocol>.
- */
+/** Implements Language Server Protocol <https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-protocol>. */
 private[sbt] trait LanguageServerProtocol extends CommandChannel { self =>
 
   lazy val internalJsonProtocol = new InitializeOptionFormats with sjsonnew.BasicJsonProtocol {}
@@ -136,9 +135,7 @@ private[sbt] trait LanguageServerProtocol extends CommandChannel { self =>
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Respond back to Language Server's client.
-   */
+  /** Respond back to Language Server's client. */
   private[sbt] def jsonRpcRespond[A: JsonFormat](event: A, execId: Option[String]): Unit = {
     val m =
       JsonRpcResponseMessage("2.0", execId, Option(Converter.toJson[A](event).get), None)
@@ -146,34 +143,32 @@ private[sbt] trait LanguageServerProtocol extends CommandChannel { self =>
     publishBytes(bytes)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Respond back to Language Server's client.
-   */
-  private[sbt] def jsonRpcRespondError(execId: Option[String],
-                                       code: Long,
-                                       message: String): Unit = {
-    val e = JsonRpcResponseError(code, message, None)
+  /** Respond back to Language Server's client. */
+  private[sbt] def jsonRpcRespondError(execId: Option[String], code: Long, message: String): Unit =
+    jsonRpcRespondErrorImpl(execId, code, message, None)
+
+  /** Respond back to Language Server's client. */
+  private[sbt] def jsonRpcRespondError[A: JsonFormat](
+      execId: Option[String],
+      code: Long,
+      message: String,
+      data: A,
+  ): Unit =
+    jsonRpcRespondErrorImpl(execId, code, message, Option(Converter.toJson[A](data).get))
+
+  private[this] def jsonRpcRespondErrorImpl(
+      execId: Option[String],
+      code: Long,
+      message: String,
+      data: Option[JValue],
+  ): Unit = {
+    val e = JsonRpcResponseError(code, message, data)
     val m = JsonRpcResponseMessage("2.0", execId, None, Option(e))
     val bytes = Serialization.serializeResponseMessage(m)
     publishBytes(bytes)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Respond back to Language Server's client.
-   */
-  private[sbt] def jsonRpcRespondError[A: JsonFormat](execId: Option[String],
-                                                      code: Long,
-                                                      message: String,
-                                                      data: A): Unit = {
-    val e = JsonRpcResponseError(code, message, Option(Converter.toJson[A](data).get))
-    val m = JsonRpcResponseMessage("2.0", execId, None, Option(e))
-    val bytes = Serialization.serializeResponseMessage(m)
-    publishBytes(bytes)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Notify to Language Server's client.
-   */
+  /** Notify to Language Server's client. */
   private[sbt] def jsonRpcNotify[A: JsonFormat](method: String, params: A): Unit = {
     val m =
       JsonRpcNotificationMessage("2.0", method, Option(Converter.toJson[A](params).get))
diff --git a/protocol/src/main/scala/sbt/protocol/Serialization.scala b/protocol/src/main/scala/sbt/protocol/Serialization.scala
index 75b9e7c83..21d798b80 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/scala/sbt/protocol/Serialization.scala
+++ b/protocol/src/main/scala/sbt/protocol/Serialization.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 package sbt
 package protocol
 
-import sjsonnew.JsonFormat
+import sjsonnew.{ JsonFormat, JsonWriter }
 import sjsonnew.support.scalajson.unsafe.{ Parser, Converter, CompactPrinter }
 import sjsonnew.shaded.scalajson.ast.unsafe.{ JValue, JObject, JString }
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
@@ -41,37 +41,31 @@ object Serialization {
     CompactPrinter(json).getBytes("UTF-8")
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This formats the message according to JSON-RPC.
-   * http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification
-   */
+  /** This formats the message according to JSON-RPC. http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification */
   private[sbt] def serializeResponseMessage(message: JsonRpcResponseMessage): Array[Byte] = {
     import sbt.internal.protocol.codec.JsonRPCProtocol._
-    val json: JValue = Converter.toJson[JsonRpcResponseMessage](message).get
-    val body = CompactPrinter(json)
-    val bodyBytes = body.getBytes("UTF-8")
-
-    (s"Content-Length: ${bodyBytes.size}\r\n" +
-      s"Content-Type: $VsCode\r\n" +
-      "\r\n" +
-      body).getBytes("UTF-8")
+    serializeResponse(message)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This formats the message according to JSON-RPC.
-   * http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification
-   */
+  /** This formats the message according to JSON-RPC. http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification */
   private[sbt] def serializeNotificationMessage(
-      message: JsonRpcNotificationMessage): Array[Byte] = {
+      message: JsonRpcNotificationMessage,
+  ): Array[Byte] = {
     import sbt.internal.protocol.codec.JsonRPCProtocol._
-    val json: JValue = Converter.toJson[JsonRpcNotificationMessage](message).get
-    val body = CompactPrinter(json)
-    val bodyBytes = body.getBytes("UTF-8")
+    serializeResponse(message)
+  }
 
-    (s"Content-Length: ${bodyBytes.size}\r\n" +
-      s"Content-Type: $VsCode\r\n" +
-      "\r\n" +
-      body).getBytes("UTF-8")
+  private[sbt] def serializeResponse[A: JsonWriter](message: A): Array[Byte] = {
+    val json: JValue = Converter.toJson[A](message).get
+    val body = CompactPrinter(json)
+    val bodyLength = body.getBytes("UTF-8").length
+
+    Iterator(
+      s"Content-Length: $bodyLength",
+      s"Content-Type: $VsCode",
+      "",
+      body
+    ).mkString("\r\n").getBytes("UTF-8")
   }
 
   /**