diff --git a/go/clitable/table_test.go b/go/clitable/table_test.go
index 5fca84c..447d83d 100644
--- a/go/clitable/table_test.go
+++ b/go/clitable/table_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 // TestTableLayout performs a smoke test of the table layout functionality.
 func TestTableLayout(t *testing.T) {
-	tab := Table{}
+	var tab Table
 
-	e := Entry{}
+	var e Entry
 	e.Add("id", "short")
 	e.Add("labels", "")
 	tab.Add(e)
diff --git a/go/net/tinylb/tinylb_test.go b/go/net/tinylb/tinylb_test.go
index acf2dda..322be69 100644
--- a/go/net/tinylb/tinylb_test.go
+++ b/go/net/tinylb/tinylb_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 func TestLoadbalancer(t *testing.T) {
 	v := memory.Value[BackendSet]{}
-	set := BackendSet{}
+	var set BackendSet
 	v.Set(set.Clone())
 
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 func BenchmarkLB(b *testing.B) {
 	v := memory.Value[BackendSet]{}
-	set := BackendSet{}
+	var set BackendSet
 	v.Set(set.Clone())
 
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")