diff --git a/src/js/redirect-engine.js b/src/js/redirect-engine.js
index 9ca363dd1..37a66a241 100644
--- a/src/js/redirect-engine.js
+++ b/src/js/redirect-engine.js
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ var warResolve = (function() {
     };
 })();
 
+// https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3639
+// https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere/issues/14961
+// https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=111700
+//   Do not redirect to a WAR if the platform suffers from spurious redirect
+//   conflicts, and the request to redirect is not `https:`.
+//   This special handling code can removed once the Chromium issue is fixed.
+var suffersSpuriousRedirectConflicts = vAPI.webextFlavor.soup.has('chromium');
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 /******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -91,7 +99,11 @@ RedirectEntry.prototype.toURL = function(details) {
     if (
         this.warURL !== undefined &&
         details instanceof Object &&
-        details.requestType !== 'xmlhttprequest'
+        details.requestType !== 'xmlhttprequest' &&
+        (
+            suffersSpuriousRedirectConflicts === false ||
+            details.requestURL.startsWith('https:')
+        )
     ) {
         return this.warURL + '?secret=' + vAPI.warSecret;
     }