diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go b/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
index 3a9797946c..5c346e2963 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/handler_test.go
@@ -595,9 +595,10 @@ func FuzzEthProtocolHandlers(f *testing.F) {
 }
 
 func TestGetPooledTransaction(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("blobTx", func(t *testing.T) {
-		testGetPooledTransaction(t, true)
-	})
+	// bor: skip blobTx
+	// t.Run("blobTx", func(t *testing.T) {
+	// 	testGetPooledTransaction(t, true)
+	// })
 	t.Run("legacyTx", func(t *testing.T) {
 		testGetPooledTransaction(t, false)
 	})
@@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ func testGetPooledTransaction(t *testing.T, blobTx bool) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		tx, err = types.SignTx(
-			types.NewTransaction(0, testAddr, big.NewInt(10_000), params.TxGas, big.NewInt(1_000_000_000), nil),
+			types.NewTransaction(0, testAddr, big.NewInt(10_000), params.TxGas, big.NewInt(25_000_000_000), nil),
 			signer,
 			testKey,
 		)
diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index a19ac14f37..cc8700377f 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -1408,11 +1408,6 @@ func (api *API) traceTx(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction, message *cor
 		config.BorTx = newBoolPtr(false)
 	}
 
-	_, err = core.ApplyTransactionWithEVM(message, new(core.GasPool).AddGas(message.GasLimit), statedb, vmctx.BlockNumber, txctx.BlockHash, tx, &usedGas, evm, context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tracing failed: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if *config.BorTx {
 		callmsg := prepareCallMessage(*message)
 		// nolint : contextcheck
diff --git a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/supply_test.go b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/supply_test.go
index 9580ff2dfb..6ef827d945 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/supply_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/supply_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func TestSupplyOmittedFields(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	)
 
+	gspec.Config.TerminalTotalDifficulty = big.NewInt(0)
+
 	out, _, err := testSupplyTracer(t, gspec, func(b *core.BlockGen) {
 		b.SetPoS()
 	})
@@ -83,10 +85,8 @@ func TestSupplyOmittedFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expected := supplyInfo{
-		Number: 0,
-		// kept the bor hash (commented) for reference.
-		// Hash:       common.HexToHash("0xadeda0a83e337b6c073e3f0e9a17531a04009b397a9588c093b628f21b8bc5a3"),
-		Hash:       common.HexToHash("0x3055fc27d6b4a08eb07033a0d1ee755a4b2988086f28a6189eac1b507525eeb1"),
+		Number:     0,
+		Hash:       common.HexToHash("0xadeda0a83e337b6c073e3f0e9a17531a04009b397a9588c093b628f21b8bc5a3"),
 		ParentHash: common.HexToHash("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
 	}
 	actual := out[expected.Number]
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index a3aab0a3cf..8e524a71a4 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -2631,6 +2631,7 @@ func TestSimulateV1(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSimulateV1ChainLinkage(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("bor: skipping because we use total difficulty and beacon expects 0")
 	var (
 		acc          = newTestAccount()
 		sender       = acc.addr
diff --git a/miner/worker_test.go b/miner/worker_test.go
index 40f1f43bf0..7be14153f6 100644
--- a/miner/worker_test.go
+++ b/miner/worker_test.go
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ func newTestWorkerBackend(t TensingObject, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, engi
 	case *clique.Clique:
 		gspec.ExtraData = make([]byte, 32+common.AddressLength+crypto.SignatureLength)
 		copy(gspec.ExtraData[32:32+common.AddressLength], testBankAddress.Bytes())
-		e.Authorize(testBankAddress)
+		e.Authorize(testBankAddress, func(account accounts.Account, s string, data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+			return crypto.Sign(crypto.Keccak256(data), testBankKey)
+		})
 	case *ethash.Ethash:
 	default:
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected consensus engine type: %T", engine)