diff --git a/core/vm/instructions_test.go b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
index 25dceabd5a..a9ab947c22 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ var commonParams []*twoOperandParams
 var twoOpMethods map[string]executionFunc
 
 func init() {
-
 	// Params is a list of common edgecases that should be used for some common tests
 	params := []string{
 		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", // 0
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func testTwoOperandOp(t *testing.T, tests []TwoOperandTestcase, opFn executionFunc, name string) {
-
 	var (
 		env            = NewEVM(BlockContext{}, TxContext{}, nil, nil, params.TestChainConfig, Config{})
 		stack          = newstack()
@@ -648,7 +646,6 @@ func TestCreate2Addreses(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: "0xE33C0C7F7df4809055C3ebA6c09CFe4BaF1BD9e0",
 		},
 	} {
-
 		origin := common.BytesToAddress(common.FromHex(tt.origin))
 		salt := common.BytesToHash(common.FromHex(tt.salt))
 		code := common.FromHex(tt.code)
diff --git a/core/vm/interpreter.go b/core/vm/interpreter.go
index c4b4b4143b..ebfaa6387c 100644
--- a/core/vm/interpreter.go
+++ b/core/vm/interpreter.go
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ func NewEVMInterpreter(evm *EVM, cfg Config) *EVMInterpreter {
 // considered a revert-and-consume-all-gas operation except for
 // ErrExecutionReverted which means revert-and-keep-gas-left.
 func (in *EVMInterpreter) Run(contract *Contract, input []byte, readOnly bool) (ret []byte, err error) {
-
 	// Increment the call depth which is restricted to 1024
 	in.evm.depth++
 	defer func() { in.evm.depth-- }()
diff --git a/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go b/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
index 34031a95e9..fc986c3a76 100644
--- a/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/runtime/runtime_test.go
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ func benchmarkNonModifyingCode(gas uint64, code []byte, name string, b *testing.
 // BenchmarkSimpleLoop test a pretty simple loop which loops until OOG
 // 55 ms
 func BenchmarkSimpleLoop(b *testing.B) {
-
 	staticCallIdentity := []byte{
 		byte(vm.JUMPDEST), //  [ count ]
 		// push args for the call