diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
index f4fce0931f..3d4474a77b 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
@@ -900,16 +900,12 @@ func (s *Suite) snapGetByteCodes(t *utesting.T, tc *byteCodesTest) error {
 	// that the serving node is missing
 	var (
 		bytecodes = res.Codes
-		hasher    = crypto.NewKeccakState()
-		hash      = make([]byte, 32)
 		codes     = make([][]byte, len(req.Hashes))
 	)
 
 	for i, j := 0, 0; i < len(bytecodes); i++ {
 		// Find the next hash that we've been served, leaving misses with nils
-		hasher.Reset()
-		hasher.Write(bytecodes[i])
-		hasher.Read(hash)
+		hash := crypto.Keccak256(bytecodes[i])
 
 		for j < len(req.Hashes) && !bytes.Equal(hash, req.Hashes[j][:]) {
 			j++
@@ -959,16 +955,12 @@ func (s *Suite) snapGetTrieNodes(t *utesting.T, tc *trieNodesTest) error {
 
 	// Cross reference the requested trienodes with the response to find gaps
 	// that the serving node is missing
-	hasher := crypto.NewKeccakState()
-	hash := make([]byte, 32)
 	trienodes := res.Nodes
 	if got, want := len(trienodes), len(tc.expHashes); got != want {
 		return fmt.Errorf("wrong trienode count, got %d, want %d", got, want)
 	}
 	for i, trienode := range trienodes {
-		hasher.Reset()
-		hasher.Write(trienode)
-		hasher.Read(hash)
+		hash := crypto.Keccak256(trienode[:])
 		if got, want := hash, tc.expHashes[i]; !bytes.Equal(got, want[:]) {
 			t.Logf("  hash %d wrong, got %#x, want %#x\n", i, got, want)
 			err = fmt.Errorf("hash %d wrong, got %#x, want %#x", i, got, want)
diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index c57add0656..184a2f654b 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ func checkStateContent(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	defer db.Close()
 	var (
 		it        = rawdb.NewKeyLengthIterator(db.NewIterator(prefix, start), 32)
-		hasher    = crypto.NewKeccakState()
-		got       = make([]byte, 32)
 		errs      int
 		count     int
 		startTime = time.Now()
@@ -365,9 +363,7 @@ func checkStateContent(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		count++
 		k := it.Key()
 		v := it.Value()
-		hasher.Reset()
-		hasher.Write(v)
-		hasher.Read(got)
+		got := crypto.Keccak256(v)
 		if !bytes.Equal(k, got) {
 			errs++
 			fmt.Printf("Error at %#x\n", k)
diff --git a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
index fc0658a59c..3da79aad2c 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/snapshot.go
@@ -430,8 +430,6 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		codes      int
 		lastReport time.Time
 		start      = time.Now()
-		hasher     = crypto.NewKeccakState()
-		got        = make([]byte, 32)
 	)
 	accIter, err := t.NodeIterator(nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -455,9 +453,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 				log.Error("Missing trie node(account)", "hash", node)
 				return errors.New("missing account")
 			}
-			hasher.Reset()
-			hasher.Write(blob)
-			hasher.Read(got)
+			got := crypto.Keccak256(blob)
 			if !bytes.Equal(got, node.Bytes()) {
 				log.Error("Invalid trie node(account)", "hash", node.Hex(), "value", blob)
 				return errors.New("invalid account node")
@@ -496,9 +492,7 @@ func traverseRawState(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 							log.Error("Missing trie node(storage)", "hash", node)
 							return errors.New("missing storage")
 						}
-						hasher.Reset()
-						hasher.Write(blob)
-						hasher.Read(got)
+						got := crypto.Keccak256(blob)
 						if !bytes.Equal(got, node.Bytes()) {
 							log.Error("Invalid trie node(storage)", "hash", node.Hex(), "value", blob)
 							return errors.New("invalid storage node")
diff --git a/cmd/workload/historytestgen.go b/cmd/workload/historytestgen.go
index b88c8208da..121bb989d5 100644
--- a/cmd/workload/historytestgen.go
+++ b/cmd/workload/historytestgen.go
@@ -132,9 +132,8 @@ func generateHistoryTests(clictx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func calcReceiptsHash(rcpt []*types.Receipt) common.Hash {
-	h := crypto.NewKeccakState()
-	rlp.Encode(h, rcpt)
-	return common.Hash(h.Sum(nil))
+	encoded, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(rcpt)
+	return crypto.Keccak256Hash(encoded)
 }
 
 func writeJSON(fileName string, value any) {