diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/alphabet/handlers_test.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/alphabet/handlers_test.go
index dfda37472..c7a004b54 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/alphabet/handlers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/alphabet/handlers_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestProcessorEmitsGasToNetmapIfNoParsedWallets(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	var emission uint64 = 100_000
 	var index int = 5
-	var parsedWallets []util.Uint160 = []util.Uint160{}
+	var parsedWallets []util.Uint160
 
 	alphabetContracts := innerring.NewAlphabetContracts()
 	for i := range index + 1 {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestProcessorDoesntEmitGasIfNoNetmapOrParsedWallets(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	var emission uint64 = 100_000
 	var index int = 5
-	var parsedWallets []util.Uint160 = []util.Uint160{}
+	var parsedWallets []util.Uint160
 
 	alphabetContracts := innerring.NewAlphabetContracts()
 	for i := range index + 1 {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func TestProcessorDoesntEmitGasIfNoNetmapOrParsedWallets(t *testing.T) {
 
 	morphClient := &testMorphClient{}
 
-	nodes := []netmap.NodeInfo{}
+	var nodes []netmap.NodeInfo
 	network := &netmap.NetMap{}
 	network.SetNodes(nodes)
 
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
index 4f9f25608..62800dbd0 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ func (s *Shard) Close() error {
 	if s.rb != nil {
 		s.rb.Stop(s.log)
 	}
-	components := []interface{ Close() error }{}
+	var components []interface{ Close() error }
 
 	if s.pilorama != nil {
 		components = append(components, s.pilorama)
diff --git a/pkg/morph/event/notary_preparator_test.go b/pkg/morph/event/notary_preparator_test.go
index 4c269bcbd..60ddb4601 100644
--- a/pkg/morph/event/notary_preparator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/morph/event/notary_preparator_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 	alphaKeys      keys.PublicKeys
 	wrongAlphaKeys keys.PublicKeys
 
-	dummyAlphabetInvocationScript    = []byte{}                                                        // expected to be empty if generated by Notary Actor, as requester can't fill it in
+	dummyAlphabetInvocationScript    []byte
 	dummyAlphabetInvocationScriptOld = append([]byte{byte(opcode.PUSHDATA1), 64}, make([]byte, 64)...) // expected to be dummy if generated manually
 	wrongDummyInvocationScript       = append([]byte{byte(opcode.PUSHDATA1), 64, 1}, make([]byte, 63)...)
 
diff --git a/scripts/populate-metabase/internal/generate.go b/scripts/populate-metabase/internal/generate.go
index d2004b673..8a96dcaaa 100644
--- a/scripts/populate-metabase/internal/generate.go
+++ b/scripts/populate-metabase/internal/generate.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func GeneratePayloadPool(count uint, size uint) [][]byte {
-	pool := [][]byte{}
+	var pool [][]byte
 	for i := uint(0); i < count; i++ {
 		payload := make([]byte, size)
 		_, _ = rand.Read(payload)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func GeneratePayloadPool(count uint, size uint) [][]byte {
 }
 
 func GenerateAttributePool(count uint) []objectSDK.Attribute {
-	pool := []objectSDK.Attribute{}
+	var pool []objectSDK.Attribute
 	for i := uint(0); i < count; i++ {
 		for j := uint(0); j < count; j++ {
 			attr := *objectSDK.NewAttribute()
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func GenerateAttributePool(count uint) []objectSDK.Attribute {
 }
 
 func GenerateOwnerPool(count uint) []user.ID {
-	pool := []user.ID{}
+	var pool []user.ID
 	for i := uint(0); i < count; i++ {
 		pool = append(pool, usertest.ID())
 	}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func WithPayloadFromPool(pool [][]byte) ObjectOption {
 
 func WithAttributesFromPool(pool []objectSDK.Attribute, count uint) ObjectOption {
 	return func(obj *objectSDK.Object) {
-		attrs := []objectSDK.Attribute{}
+		var attrs []objectSDK.Attribute
 		for i := uint(0); i < count; i++ {
 			attrs = append(attrs, pool[rand.Intn(len(pool))])
 		}