diff --git a/eth/tracers/live/supply.go b/eth/tracers/live/supply.go
index 936ffb9472..96f7059454 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/live/supply.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/live/supply.go
@@ -204,12 +204,10 @@ func (s *supply) internalTxsHandler(call *supplyTxCallstack) {
 		s.delta.Burn.Misc.Add(s.delta.Burn.Misc, call.burn)
 	}
 
-	if len(call.calls) > 0 {
-		// Recursively handle internal calls
-		for _, call := range call.calls {
-			callCopy := call
-			s.internalTxsHandler(&callCopy)
-		}
+	// Recursively handle internal calls
+	for _, call := range call.calls {
+		callCopy := call
+		s.internalTxsHandler(&callCopy)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/tracers/native/call_flat.go b/eth/tracers/native/call_flat.go
index ce0fb08114..a47b79f8df 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/native/call_flat.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/native/call_flat.go
@@ -274,16 +274,14 @@ func flatFromNested(input *callFrame, traceAddress []int, convertErrs bool, ctx
 	}
 
 	output = append(output, *frame)
-	if len(input.Calls) > 0 {
-		for i, childCall := range input.Calls {
-			childAddr := childTraceAddress(traceAddress, i)
-			childCallCopy := childCall
-			flat, err := flatFromNested(&childCallCopy, childAddr, convertErrs, ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			output = append(output, flat...)
+	for i, childCall := range input.Calls {
+		childAddr := childTraceAddress(traceAddress, i)
+		childCallCopy := childCall
+		flat, err := flatFromNested(&childCallCopy, childAddr, convertErrs, ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
+		output = append(output, flat...)
 	}
 
 	return output, nil
diff --git a/trie/verkle.go b/trie/verkle.go
index 94a5ca9a2c..a457097e95 100644
--- a/trie/verkle.go
+++ b/trie/verkle.go
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ func (t *VerkleTrie) UpdateAccount(addr common.Address, acc *types.StateAccount)
 
 	// Encode balance in little-endian
 	bytes := acc.Balance.Bytes()
-	if len(bytes) > 0 {
-		for i, b := range bytes {
-			balance[len(bytes)-i-1] = b
-		}
+	for i, b := range bytes {
+		balance[len(bytes)-i-1] = b
 	}
 	values[utils.BalanceLeafKey] = balance[:]