From 2137c4a11804e9239a6f33ea196f0d8fd71180be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patricio Palladino <email@patriciopalladino.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 13:08:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Remove a workaround

---
 .../src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/base-types.ts     | 11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/base-types.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/base-types.ts
index 05344c70c6..b4ee953f55 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/base-types.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/core/jsonrpc/types/base-types.ts
@@ -126,18 +126,9 @@ function isRpcHashString(u: unknown): u is string {
 }
 
 function isRpcAddressString(u: unknown): u is string {
-  return typeof u === "string" && safeIsValidAddress(u);
+  return typeof u === "string" && isValidAddress(u);
 }
 
 function isInteger(num: unknown): num is number {
   return Number.isInteger(num);
 }
-
-function safeIsValidAddress(u: string) {
-  let isValid = false;
-  // This try catch should be here until this is released: https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/pull/1174
-  try {
-    isValid = isValidAddress(u);
-  } catch (e) {}
-  return isValid;
-}