diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/stream.go b/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
index 3bc450455..c7c489152 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/stream.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const (
 // subscriptionFunc is used to determine what to do in order to perform subscriptions
 // usually we would start to really subscribe to nodes, but for tests other functionality may be needed
 // (see TestRequestPeerSubscriptions in streamer_test.go)
-var subscriptionFunc func(r *Registry, p *network.Peer, bin uint8, subs map[enode.ID]map[Stream]struct{}) bool = doRequestSubscription
+var subscriptionFunc = doRequestSubscription
 
 // Registry registry for outgoing and incoming streamer constructors
 type Registry struct {
diff --git a/swarm/pss/pss.go b/swarm/pss/pss.go
index 0b8cc148c..0a8d757d8 100644
--- a/swarm/pss/pss.go
+++ b/swarm/pss/pss.go
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ func (p *Pss) send(to []byte, topic Topic, msg []byte, asymmetric bool, key []by
 
 // sendFunc is a helper function that tries to send a message and returns true on success.
 // It is set here for usage in production, and optionally overridden in tests.
-var sendFunc func(p *Pss, sp *network.Peer, msg *PssMsg) bool = sendMsg
+var sendFunc = sendMsg
 
 // tries to send a message, returns true if successful
 func sendMsg(p *Pss, sp *network.Peer, msg *PssMsg) bool {
diff --git a/swarm/storage/feed/lookup/lookup_test.go b/swarm/storage/feed/lookup/lookup_test.go
index d71e81e95..4652feacf 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/feed/lookup/lookup_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/feed/lookup/lookup_test.go
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ type testG struct {
 }
 
 // test cases
-var testGetNextLevelCases []testG = []testG{{e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 989875233, Level: 12}, n: 989875233, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 995807650, Level: 18}, n: 995598156, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 969167082, Level: 0}, n: 968990357, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 993087628, Level: 14}, n: 992987044, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963364631, Level: 20}, n: 963364630, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963497510, Level: 16}, n: 963370732, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 955421349, Level: 22}, n: 955421348, x: 21}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 968220379, Level: 15}, n: 968220378, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 939129014, Level: 6}, n: 939128771, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 907847903, Level: 6}, n: 907791833, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 910835564, Level: 15}, n: 910835564, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 913578333, Level: 22}, n: 881808431, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 895818460, Level: 3}, n: 895818132, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 903843025, Level: 24}, n: 895609561, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 877889433, Level: 13}, n: 877877093, x: 15}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 901450396, Level: 10}, n: 901450058, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 925179910, Level: 3}, n: 925168393, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 913485477, Level: 21}, n: 913485476, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 924462991, Level: 18}, n: 924462990, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 941175128, Level: 13}, n: 941175127, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 920126583, Level: 3}, n: 920100782, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 932403200, Level: 9}, n: 932279891, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 948284931, Level: 2}, n: 948284921, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 953540997, Level: 7}, n: 950547986, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 926639837, Level: 18}, n: 918608882, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 954637598, Level: 1}, n: 954578761, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 943482981, Level: 10}, n: 942924151, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963580771, Level: 7}, n: 963580771, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 993744930, Level: 7}, n: 993690858, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1018890213, Level: 12}, n: 1018890212, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1030309411, Level: 2}, n: 1030309227, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1063204997, Level: 20}, n: 1063204996, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094340832, Level: 6}, n: 1094340633, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1077880597, Level: 10}, n: 1075914292, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1051114957, Level: 18}, n: 1051114957, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1045649701, Level: 22}, n: 1045649700, x: 21}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1066198885, Level: 14}, n: 1066198884, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1053231952, Level: 1}, n: 1053210845, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068763404, Level: 14}, n: 1068675428, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1039042173, Level: 15}, n: 1038973110, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1050747636, Level: 6}, n: 1050747364, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1030034434, Level: 23}, n: 1030034433, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1003783425, Level: 18}, n: 1003783424, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 988163976, Level: 15}, n: 988084064, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1007222377, Level: 15}, n: 1007222377, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1001211375, Level: 13}, n: 1001208178, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 997623199, Level: 8}, n: 997623198, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1026283830, Level: 10}, n: 1006681704, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1019421907, Level: 20}, n: 1019421906, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1043154306, Level: 16}, n: 1043108343, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1075643767, Level: 17}, n: 1075325898, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1043726309, Level: 20}, n: 1043726308, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1056415324, Level: 17}, n: 1056415324, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088650219, Level: 13}, n: 1088650218, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088551662, Level: 7}, n: 1088543355, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1069667265, Level: 6}, n: 1069667075, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1079145970, Level: 18}, n: 1079145969, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1083338876, Level: 7}, n: 1083338875, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1051581086, Level: 4}, n: 1051568869, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1028430882, Level: 4}, n: 1028430864, x: 5}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057356462, Level: 1}, n: 1057356417, x: 5}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1033104266, Level: 0}, n: 1033097479, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1031391367, Level: 11}, n: 1031387304, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1049781164, Level: 15}, n: 1049781163, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1027271628, Level: 12}, n: 1027271627, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057270560, Level: 23}, n: 1057270560, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1047501317, Level: 15}, n: 1047501317, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1058349035, Level: 11}, n: 1045175573, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057396147, Level: 20}, n: 1057396147, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1048906375, Level: 18}, n: 1039616919, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1074294831, Level: 20}, n: 1074294831, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088946052, Level: 1}, n: 1088917364, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1112337595, Level: 17}, n: 1111008110, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1099990284, Level: 5}, n: 1099968370, x: 15}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1087036441, Level: 16}, n: 1053967855, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1069225185, Level: 8}, n: 1069224660, x: 10}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057505479, Level: 9}, n: 1057505170, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1072381377, Level: 12}, n: 1065950959, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1093887139, Level: 8}, n: 1093863305, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1082366510, Level: 24}, n: 1082366510, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1103231132, Level: 14}, n: 1102292201, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094502355, Level: 3}, n: 1094324652, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068488344, Level: 12}, n: 1067577330, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1050278233, Level: 12}, n: 1050278232, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1047660768, Level: 5}, n: 1047652137, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1060116167, Level: 11}, n: 1060114091, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068149392, Level: 21}, n: 1052074801, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1081934120, Level: 6}, n: 1081933847, x: 8}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1107943693, Level: 16}, n: 1107096139, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1131571649, Level: 9}, n: 1131570428, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1123139367, Level: 0}, n: 1122912198, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1121144423, Level: 6}, n: 1120568289, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1089932411, Level: 17}, n: 1089932410, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1104899012, Level: 22}, n: 1098978789, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094588059, Level: 21}, n: 1094588059, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1114987438, Level: 24}, n: 1114987437, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1084186305, Level: 7}, n: 1084186241, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1058827111, Level: 8}, n: 1058826504, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1090679810, Level: 12}, n: 1090616539, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1084299475, Level: 23}, n: 1084299475, x: 22}}
+var testGetNextLevelCases = []testG{{e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 989875233, Level: 12}, n: 989875233, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 995807650, Level: 18}, n: 995598156, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 969167082, Level: 0}, n: 968990357, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 993087628, Level: 14}, n: 992987044, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963364631, Level: 20}, n: 963364630, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963497510, Level: 16}, n: 963370732, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 955421349, Level: 22}, n: 955421348, x: 21}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 968220379, Level: 15}, n: 968220378, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 939129014, Level: 6}, n: 939128771, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 907847903, Level: 6}, n: 907791833, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 910835564, Level: 15}, n: 910835564, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 913578333, Level: 22}, n: 881808431, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 895818460, Level: 3}, n: 895818132, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 903843025, Level: 24}, n: 895609561, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 877889433, Level: 13}, n: 877877093, x: 15}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 901450396, Level: 10}, n: 901450058, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 925179910, Level: 3}, n: 925168393, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 913485477, Level: 21}, n: 913485476, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 924462991, Level: 18}, n: 924462990, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 941175128, Level: 13}, n: 941175127, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 920126583, Level: 3}, n: 920100782, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 932403200, Level: 9}, n: 932279891, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 948284931, Level: 2}, n: 948284921, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 953540997, Level: 7}, n: 950547986, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 926639837, Level: 18}, n: 918608882, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 954637598, Level: 1}, n: 954578761, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 943482981, Level: 10}, n: 942924151, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 963580771, Level: 7}, n: 963580771, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 993744930, Level: 7}, n: 993690858, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1018890213, Level: 12}, n: 1018890212, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1030309411, Level: 2}, n: 1030309227, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1063204997, Level: 20}, n: 1063204996, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094340832, Level: 6}, n: 1094340633, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1077880597, Level: 10}, n: 1075914292, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1051114957, Level: 18}, n: 1051114957, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1045649701, Level: 22}, n: 1045649700, x: 21}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1066198885, Level: 14}, n: 1066198884, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1053231952, Level: 1}, n: 1053210845, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068763404, Level: 14}, n: 1068675428, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1039042173, Level: 15}, n: 1038973110, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1050747636, Level: 6}, n: 1050747364, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1030034434, Level: 23}, n: 1030034433, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1003783425, Level: 18}, n: 1003783424, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 988163976, Level: 15}, n: 988084064, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1007222377, Level: 15}, n: 1007222377, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1001211375, Level: 13}, n: 1001208178, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 997623199, Level: 8}, n: 997623198, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1026283830, Level: 10}, n: 1006681704, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1019421907, Level: 20}, n: 1019421906, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1043154306, Level: 16}, n: 1043108343, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1075643767, Level: 17}, n: 1075325898, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1043726309, Level: 20}, n: 1043726308, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1056415324, Level: 17}, n: 1056415324, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088650219, Level: 13}, n: 1088650218, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088551662, Level: 7}, n: 1088543355, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1069667265, Level: 6}, n: 1069667075, x: 7}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1079145970, Level: 18}, n: 1079145969, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1083338876, Level: 7}, n: 1083338875, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1051581086, Level: 4}, n: 1051568869, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1028430882, Level: 4}, n: 1028430864, x: 5}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057356462, Level: 1}, n: 1057356417, x: 5}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1033104266, Level: 0}, n: 1033097479, x: 13}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1031391367, Level: 11}, n: 1031387304, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1049781164, Level: 15}, n: 1049781163, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1027271628, Level: 12}, n: 1027271627, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057270560, Level: 23}, n: 1057270560, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1047501317, Level: 15}, n: 1047501317, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1058349035, Level: 11}, n: 1045175573, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057396147, Level: 20}, n: 1057396147, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1048906375, Level: 18}, n: 1039616919, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1074294831, Level: 20}, n: 1074294831, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1088946052, Level: 1}, n: 1088917364, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1112337595, Level: 17}, n: 1111008110, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1099990284, Level: 5}, n: 1099968370, x: 15}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1087036441, Level: 16}, n: 1053967855, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1069225185, Level: 8}, n: 1069224660, x: 10}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1057505479, Level: 9}, n: 1057505170, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1072381377, Level: 12}, n: 1065950959, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1093887139, Level: 8}, n: 1093863305, x: 14}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1082366510, Level: 24}, n: 1082366510, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1103231132, Level: 14}, n: 1102292201, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094502355, Level: 3}, n: 1094324652, x: 18}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068488344, Level: 12}, n: 1067577330, x: 19}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1050278233, Level: 12}, n: 1050278232, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1047660768, Level: 5}, n: 1047652137, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1060116167, Level: 11}, n: 1060114091, x: 12}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1068149392, Level: 21}, n: 1052074801, x: 24}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1081934120, Level: 6}, n: 1081933847, x: 8}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1107943693, Level: 16}, n: 1107096139, x: 25}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1131571649, Level: 9}, n: 1131570428, x: 11}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1123139367, Level: 0}, n: 1122912198, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1121144423, Level: 6}, n: 1120568289, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1089932411, Level: 17}, n: 1089932410, x: 16}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1104899012, Level: 22}, n: 1098978789, x: 22}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1094588059, Level: 21}, n: 1094588059, x: 20}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1114987438, Level: 24}, n: 1114987437, x: 23}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1084186305, Level: 7}, n: 1084186241, x: 6}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1058827111, Level: 8}, n: 1058826504, x: 9}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1090679810, Level: 12}, n: 1090616539, x: 17}, {e: lookup.Epoch{Time: 1084299475, Level: 23}, n: 1084299475, x: 22}}
 
 func TestGetNextLevel(t *testing.T) {
 
diff --git a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
index 65b72acec..aa65183e3 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ func TestMockDbStoreNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testIterator(t *testing.T, mock bool) {
-	var chunkcount int = 32
 	var i int
 	var poc uint
+	chunkcount := 32
 	chunkkeys := NewAddressCollection(chunkcount)
 	chunkkeysResults := NewAddressCollection(chunkcount)