diff --git a/eth/api_debug_test.go b/eth/api_debug_test.go
index 671e935beb..8f46b89aa7 100644
--- a/eth/api_debug_test.go
+++ b/eth/api_debug_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 
 var dumper = spew.ConfigState{Indent: "    "}
 
-func accountRangeTest(t *testing.T, trie *state.Trie, statedb *state.StateDB, start common.Hash, requestedNum int, expectedNum int) state.Dump {
+func accountRangeTest(t *testing.T, statedb *state.StateDB, start common.Hash, requestedNum int, expectedNum int) state.Dump {
 	result := statedb.RawDump(&state.DumpConfig{
 		SkipCode:          true,
 		SkipStorage:       true,
@@ -83,14 +83,10 @@ func TestAccountRange(t *testing.T) {
 	root, _ := sdb.Commit(0, true)
 	sdb, _ = state.New(root, statedb, nil)
 
-	trie, err := statedb.OpenTrie(root)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	accountRangeTest(t, &trie, sdb, common.Hash{}, AccountRangeMaxResults/2, AccountRangeMaxResults/2)
+	accountRangeTest(t, sdb, common.Hash{}, AccountRangeMaxResults/2, AccountRangeMaxResults/2)
 	// test pagination
-	firstResult := accountRangeTest(t, &trie, sdb, common.Hash{}, AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
-	secondResult := accountRangeTest(t, &trie, sdb, common.BytesToHash(firstResult.Next), AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
+	firstResult := accountRangeTest(t, sdb, common.Hash{}, AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
+	secondResult := accountRangeTest(t, sdb, common.BytesToHash(firstResult.Next), AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
 
 	hList := make([]common.Hash, 0)
 	for addr1, acc := range firstResult.Accounts {
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ func TestAccountRange(t *testing.T) {
 	// set and get an even split between the first and second sets.
 	slices.SortFunc(hList, common.Hash.Cmp)
 	middleH := hList[AccountRangeMaxResults/2]
-	middleResult := accountRangeTest(t, &trie, sdb, middleH, AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
+	middleResult := accountRangeTest(t, sdb, middleH, AccountRangeMaxResults, AccountRangeMaxResults)
 	missing, infirst, insecond := 0, 0, 0
 	for h := range middleResult.Accounts {
 		if _, ok := firstResult.Accounts[h]; ok {