Merge pull request #2849 from ethereum/fix#2847

fix #2847

apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/web3-provider.js

@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ export class Web3ProviderModule extends Plugin {
             // see https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/pull/1018/files#diff-d25786686c1053b786cc2626dc6e048675050593c0ebaafbf0814e1996f22022R129
             provider[provider.sendAsync ? 'sendAsync' : 'send'](payload, async (error, message) => {
               if (error) {
-                this.call('terminal', 'log', error.data ? error.data : error, 'error')
-                return reject(error.data ? error.data : error)
+                const errorData = error.data ? error.data : error.message
+                // See: https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/issues/901
+                if (!(typeof errorData === 'string' && errorData.includes("unknown method eth_chainId"))) this.call('terminal', 'log', error.data ? error.data : error.message)
+                return reject(errorData)
               }
               if (payload.method === 'eth_sendTransaction') {
                 if (payload.params.length && !payload.params[0].to && message.result) {