Remove _init usages

Author: fvictorio

packages/hardhat-core/test/internal/hardhat-network/helpers/retrieveCommon.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable dot-notation,@typescript-eslint/dot-notation */
 import { Common } from "@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-common";
-import { isEdrProvider } from "./isEdrProvider";
 
 export async function retrieveCommon(provider: any): Promise<Common> {
-  if (isEdrProvider(provider)) {
-    return provider["_common"];
-  }
-
-  if (provider["_node"] === undefined) {
-    await provider["_init"]();
-  }
-  const common = provider["_node"]?.["_common"];
-  if (common === undefined) {
-    throw new Error("Failed to retrieve common from HardhatNetworkProvider");
-  }
-  return common;
+  return provider["_common"];
 }

packages/hardhat-core/test/internal/hardhat-network/provider/modules/eth/hardforks.ts

@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ describe("Eth module - hardfork dependant tests", function () {
       // TODO: Find out a better way to obtain the common here
       const provider: any = this.hardhatNetworkProvider;
 
-      if ("_init" in provider) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation,@typescript-eslint/dot-notation
-        await provider["_init"]();
-      }
-
       // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation,@typescript-eslint/dot-notation
       this.common = provider["_common"];
     });

packages/hardhat-core/test/internal/hardhat-network/provider/modules/eth/methods/sendRawTransaction.ts

@@ -233,11 +233,6 @@ describe("Eth module", function () {
             // TODO: Find out a better way to obtain the common here
             const provider: any = this.hardhatNetworkProvider;
 
-            if ("_init" in provider) {
-              // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation,@typescript-eslint/dot-notation
-              await provider["_init"]();
-            }
-
             // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation,@typescript-eslint/dot-notation
             common = provider["_common"];
           });