diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
index 3a457eeaec..3e1b319cdc 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func Transaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		// Check intrinsic gas
 		rules := chainConfig.Rules(common.Big0, true, 0)
-		gas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, rules.IsHomestead, rules.IsIstanbul, rules.IsShanghai)
+		gas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, &rules)
 		if err != nil {
 			r.Error = err
 			results = append(results, r)
diff --git a/core/bench_test.go b/core/bench_test.go
index 932188f8e2..0becb06650 100644
--- a/core/bench_test.go
+++ b/core/bench_test.go
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ func genValueTx(nbytes int) func(int, *BlockGen) {
 	//	cpy.setSignatureValues(signer.ChainID(), v, r, s)
 	// After this operation, the data can be reused by the caller.
 	data := make([]byte, nbytes)
+	rules := params.NonActivatedConfig.Rules(common.Big0, false, 0)
 	return func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {
 		toaddr := common.Address{}
-		gas, _ := IntrinsicGas(data, nil, nil, false, false, false, false)
+		gas, _ := IntrinsicGas(data, nil, nil, false, &rules)
 		signer := gen.Signer()
 		gasPrice := big.NewInt(0)
 		if gen.header.BaseFee != nil {
diff --git a/core/bintrie_witness_test.go b/core/bintrie_witness_test.go
index 7704ba41fb..574ab89a51 100644
--- a/core/bintrie_witness_test.go
+++ b/core/bintrie_witness_test.go
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ var (
 func TestProcessVerkle(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		code                            = common.FromHex(`6060604052600a8060106000396000f360606040526008565b00`)
-		intrinsicContractCreationGas, _ = IntrinsicGas(code, nil, nil, true, true, true, true)
+		rules                           = testVerkleChainConfig.Rules(common.Big0, true, 0)
+		intrinsicContractCreationGas, _ = IntrinsicGas(code, nil, nil, true, &rules)
 		// A contract creation that calls EXTCODECOPY in the constructor. Used to ensure that the witness
 		// will not contain that copied data.
 		// Source: https://gist.github.com/gballet/a23db1e1cb4ed105616b5920feb75985
 		codeWithExtCodeCopy                = common.FromHex(`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`)
-		intrinsicCodeWithExtCodeCopyGas, _ = IntrinsicGas(codeWithExtCodeCopy, nil, nil, true, true, true, true)
+		intrinsicCodeWithExtCodeCopyGas, _ = IntrinsicGas(codeWithExtCodeCopy, nil, nil, true, &rules)
 		signer                             = types.LatestSigner(testVerkleChainConfig)
 		testKey, _                         = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
 		bcdb                               = rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase() // Database for the blockchain
diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 52375bedaa..456636ce9d 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func (result *ExecutionResult) Revert() []byte {
 }
 
 // IntrinsicGas computes the 'intrinsic gas' for a message with the given data.
-func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, authList []types.SetCodeAuthorization, isContractCreation, isHomestead, isEIP2028, isEIP3860 bool) (uint64, error) {
+func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, authList []types.SetCodeAuthorization, isContractCreation bool, rules *params.Rules) (uint64, error) {
 	// Set the starting gas for the raw transaction
 	var gas uint64
-	if isContractCreation && isHomestead {
+	if isContractCreation && rules.IsHomestead {
 		gas = params.TxGasContractCreation
 	} else {
 		gas = params.TxGas
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, authList []types.Set
 
 		// Make sure we don't exceed uint64 for all data combinations
 		nonZeroGas := params.TxDataNonZeroGasFrontier
-		if isEIP2028 {
+		if rules.IsIstanbul {
 			nonZeroGas = params.TxDataNonZeroGasEIP2028
 		}
 		if (math.MaxUint64-gas)/nonZeroGas < nz {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, authList []types.Set
 		}
 		gas += z * params.TxDataZeroGas
 
-		if isContractCreation && isEIP3860 {
+		if isContractCreation && rules.IsShanghai {
 			lenWords := toWordSize(dataLen)
 			if (math.MaxUint64-gas)/params.InitCodeWordGas < lenWords {
 				return 0, ErrGasUintOverflow
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func (st *stateTransition) execute() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 	)
 
 	// Check clauses 4-5, subtract intrinsic gas if everything is correct
-	gas, err := IntrinsicGas(msg.Data, msg.AccessList, msg.SetCodeAuthorizations, contractCreation, rules.IsHomestead, rules.IsIstanbul, rules.IsShanghai)
+	gas, err := IntrinsicGas(msg.Data, msg.AccessList, msg.SetCodeAuthorizations, contractCreation, &rules)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/txpool/validation.go b/core/txpool/validation.go
index 13b1bfa312..dac1f78d0a 100644
--- a/core/txpool/validation.go
+++ b/core/txpool/validation.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func ValidateTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, head *types.Header, signer types
 	}
 	// Ensure the transaction has more gas than the bare minimum needed to cover
 	// the transaction metadata
-	intrGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, true, rules.IsIstanbul, rules.IsShanghai)
+	intrGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, &rules)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/tests/transaction_test_util.go b/tests/transaction_test_util.go
index a90c2d522f..2c4c812da3 100644
--- a/tests/transaction_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/transaction_test_util.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (tt *TransactionTest) Run() error {
 			return
 		}
 		// Intrinsic gas
-		requiredGas, err = core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, rules.IsHomestead, rules.IsIstanbul, rules.IsShanghai)
+		requiredGas, err = core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.SetCodeAuthorizations(), tx.To() == nil, rules)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}