diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/push.go b/cli/command/manifest/push.go
index 0d752371c5b9..830f7d84c2f5 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/push.go
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/push.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package manifest
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/manifest/types"
 	registryclient "github.com/docker/cli/cli/registry/client"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/manifestlist"
-	"github.com/docker/distribution/manifest/schema2"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -211,19 +209,6 @@ func buildPutManifestRequest(imageManifest types.ImageManifest, targetRef refere
 		return mountRequest{}, err
 	}
 
-	// This indentation has to be added to ensure sha parity with the registry
-	v2ManifestBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest, "", "   ")
-	if err != nil {
-		return mountRequest{}, err
-	}
-	// indent only the DeserializedManifest portion of this, in order to maintain parity with the registry
-	// and not alter the sha
-	var v2Manifest schema2.DeserializedManifest
-	if err = v2Manifest.UnmarshalJSON(v2ManifestBytes); err != nil {
-		return mountRequest{}, err
-	}
-	imageManifest.SchemaV2Manifest = &v2Manifest
-
 	return mountRequest{ref: mountRef, manifest: imageManifest}, err
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
index d39438c447e1..f5e3f6a42dc8 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-annotate.golden
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"Ref": "example.com/alpine:3.0",
 	"Digest": "sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d62abcd",
-	"SchemaV2Manifest": {
-		"schemaVersion": 2,
-		"mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
-		"config": {
-			"mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.container.image.v1+json",
-			"size": 1520,
-			"digest": "sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560"
-		},
-		"layers": [
-			{
-				"mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip",
-				"size": 1990402,
-				"digest": "sha256:88286f41530e93dffd4b964e1db22ce4939fffa4a4c665dab8591fbab03d4926"
-			}
-		]
-	},
+	"SchemaV2Manifest": "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",
 	"Platform": {
 		"architecture": "arm",
 		"os": "freebsd",
diff --git a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-manifest-list.golden b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-manifest-list.golden
index 95f8c46722e3..058006b39483 100644
--- a/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-manifest-list.golden
+++ b/cli/command/manifest/testdata/inspect-manifest-list.golden
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    "manifests": [
       {
          "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
-         "size": 428,
+         "size": 528,
          "digest": "sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d62abcd",
          "platform": {
             "architecture": "amd64",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       },
       {
          "mediaType": "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json",
-         "size": 428,
+         "size": 528,
          "digest": "sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d62abcd",
          "platform": {
             "architecture": "amd64",
diff --git a/cli/manifest/types/types.go b/cli/manifest/types/types.go
index f618fd2b0311..8c7c3dff164e 100644
--- a/cli/manifest/types/types.go
+++ b/cli/manifest/types/types.go
@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ import (
 type ImageManifest struct {
 	Ref              *SerializableNamed
 	Digest           digest.Digest
-	SchemaV2Manifest *schema2.DeserializedManifest `json:",omitempty"`
+	SchemaV2Manifest []byte `json:",omitempty"`
 	Platform         manifestlist.PlatformSpec
 }
 
+func (i ImageManifest) manifest() *schema2.DeserializedManifest {
+	var dm schema2.DeserializedManifest
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(i.SchemaV2Manifest, &dm); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &dm
+}
+
 // Blobs returns the digests for all the blobs referenced by this manifest
 func (i ImageManifest) Blobs() []digest.Digest {
 	digests := []digest.Digest{}
-	for _, descriptor := range i.SchemaV2Manifest.References() {
+	for _, descriptor := range i.manifest().References() {
 		digests = append(digests, descriptor.Digest)
 	}
 	return digests
@@ -31,8 +39,9 @@ func (i ImageManifest) Blobs() []digest.Digest {
 // Payload returns the media type and bytes for the manifest
 func (i ImageManifest) Payload() (string, []byte, error) {
 	switch {
-	case i.SchemaV2Manifest != nil:
-		return i.SchemaV2Manifest.Payload()
+	case len(i.SchemaV2Manifest) > 0:
+		media, _, err := i.manifest().Payload()
+		return media, i.SchemaV2Manifest, err
 	default:
 		return "", nil, errors.Errorf("%s has no payload", i.Ref)
 	}
@@ -42,8 +51,8 @@ func (i ImageManifest) Payload() (string, []byte, error) {
 // the underlying manifest.
 func (i ImageManifest) References() []distribution.Descriptor {
 	switch {
-	case i.SchemaV2Manifest != nil:
-		return i.SchemaV2Manifest.References()
+	case len(i.SchemaV2Manifest) > 0:
+		return i.manifest().References()
 	default:
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -58,10 +67,11 @@ func NewImageManifest(ref reference.Named, digest digest.Digest, img Image, mani
 		OSVersion:    img.OSVersion,
 		OSFeatures:   img.OSFeatures,
 	}
+	_, raw, _ := manifest.Payload()
 	return ImageManifest{
 		Ref:              &SerializableNamed{Named: ref},
 		Digest:           digest,
-		SchemaV2Manifest: manifest,
+		SchemaV2Manifest: raw,
 		Platform:         platform,
 	}
 }