diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/stream_not_race_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/norace_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from swarm/network/stream/stream_not_race_test.go
rename to swarm/network/stream/norace_test.go
index 953646f19a..b324f6939c 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/stream_not_race_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/norace_test.go
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ package stream
 // Provide a flag to reduce the scope of tests when running them
 // with race detector. Some of the tests are doing a lot of allocations
 // on the heap, and race detector uses much more memory to track them.
-var raceTest = false
+const raceTest = false
diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/stream_race_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/race_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from swarm/network/stream/stream_race_test.go
rename to swarm/network/stream/race_test.go
index 9d28314277..8aed3542bf 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/stream_race_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/race_test.go
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ package stream
 
 // Reduce the scope of some tests when running with race detector,
 // as it raises the memory consumption significantly.
-var raceTest = true
+const raceTest = true