diff --git a/core/types/receipt.go b/core/types/receipt.go
index 08276f070b..7e2e0e46b8 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt.go
@@ -374,6 +374,5 @@ func (rs Receipts) DeriveFields(config *params.ChainConfig, hash common.Hash, nu
 		// also derive the Bloom if not derived yet
 		rs[i].Bloom = CreateBloom(rs[i])
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/types/receipt_test.go b/core/types/receipt_test.go
index 6c67b811db..06cd0ff14c 100644
--- a/core/types/receipt_test.go
+++ b/core/types/receipt_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ var receiptsOnce sync.Once
 var testReceipts Receipts
 
 func getTestReceipts() Receipts {
-
 	// Compute the blooms only once
 	receiptsOnce.Do(func() {
 		// Create the corresponding receipts
diff --git a/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go b/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
index f102ec22df..819880baaf 100644
--- a/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
+++ b/eth/protocols/eth/handlers.go
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ func handleReceipts69(backend Backend, msg Decoder, peer *Peer) error {
 		for i, receipts := range response {
 			var r []*types.Receipt
 			for _, receipt := range receipts {
-				r = append(r, (*types.Receipt)(receipt))
+				r = append(r, receipt)
 			}
 			hashes[i] = types.DeriveSha(types.Receipts(r), hasher)
 		}