diff --git a/packages/providers/src.ts/json-rpc-provider.ts b/packages/providers/src.ts/json-rpc-provider.ts
index 332b2363a..3b3df2289 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src.ts/json-rpc-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src.ts/json-rpc-provider.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ export class JsonRpcSigner extends Signer implements TypedDataSigner {
         const data = ((typeof(message) === "string") ? toUtf8Bytes(message): message);
         const address = await this.getAddress();
 
+        return await this.provider.send("personal_sign", [ hexlify(data), address.toLowerCase() ]);
+    }
+
+    async _legacySignMessage(message: Bytes | string): Promise<string> {
+        const data = ((typeof(message) === "string") ? toUtf8Bytes(message): message);
+        const address = await this.getAddress();
+
         // https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#eth_sign
         return await this.provider.send("eth_sign", [ address.toLowerCase(), hexlify(data) ]);
     }
@@ -611,7 +618,6 @@ export class JsonRpcProvider extends BaseProvider {
         super._stopEvent(event);
     }
 
-
     // Convert an ethers.js transaction into a JSON-RPC transaction
     //  - gasLimit => gas
     //  - All values hexlified
diff --git a/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts b/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
index 4810bd801..9c337af98 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src.ts/web3-provider.ts
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ function buildWeb3LegacyFetcher(provider: ExternalProvider, sendFunc: Web3Legacy
     const fetcher = "Web3LegacyFetcher";
 
     return function(method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<any> {
-
-        // Metamask complains about eth_sign (and on some versions hangs)
-        if (method == "eth_sign" && (provider.isMetaMask || provider.isStatus)) {
-            // https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_sign
-            method = "personal_sign";
-            params = [ params[1], params[0] ];
-        }
-
         const request = {
             method: method,
             params: params,
@@ -92,13 +84,6 @@ function buildEip1193Fetcher(provider: ExternalProvider): JsonRpcFetchFunc {
     return function(method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<any> {
         if (params == null) { params = [ ]; }
 
-        // Metamask complains about eth_sign (and on some versions hangs)
-        if (method == "eth_sign" && (provider.isMetaMask || provider.isStatus)) {
-            // https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Management-APIs#personal_sign
-            method = "personal_sign";
-            params = [ params[1], params[0] ];
-        }
-
         const request = { method, params };
 
         this.emit("debug", {