diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index 43018fd49f..ebb3e04461 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		input = append(code, input...)
 		execFunc = func() ([]byte, uint64, error) {
 			// don't mutate the state!
-			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy().(*state.StateDB)
+			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
 			output, _, gasLeft, err := runtime.Create(input, &runtimeConfig)
 			return output, gasLeft, err
 		}
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		execFunc = func() ([]byte, uint64, error) {
 			// don't mutate the state!
-			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy().(*state.StateDB)
+			runtimeConfig.State = prestate.Copy()
 			output, gasLeft, err := runtime.Call(receiver, input, &runtimeConfig)
 			return output, initialGas - gasLeft, err
 		}