diff --git a/tests/ovm_test.go b/tests/ovm_test.go
index da69a140ba..b6392994cd 100644
--- a/tests/ovm_test.go
+++ b/tests/ovm_test.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func makeUint256WithUint64(num uint64) []byte {
 
 func newState() *state.StateDB {
 	db := state.NewDatabase(rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase())
-	state, _ := state.New(common.Hash{}, db, nil)
+	state, _ := state.New(common.Hash{}, db)
 	return state
 }