diff --git a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
index 5b9c80959662..cb635e7127e8 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/internal/tracetest/calltrace_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/tracers"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tests"
 )
 
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ func BenchmarkTracers(b *testing.B) {
 func benchTracer(tracerName string, test *callTracerTest, b *testing.B) {
 	// Configure a blockchain with the given prestate
 	tx := new(types.Transaction)
-	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(common.FromHex(test.Input), tx); err != nil {
+	if err := tx.UnmarshalBinary(common.FromHex(test.Input)); err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("failed to parse testcase input: %v", err)
 	}
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(test.Genesis.Config, new(big.Int).SetUint64(uint64(test.Context.Number)), uint64(test.Context.Time))
@@ -211,15 +210,7 @@ func benchTracer(tracerName string, test *callTracerTest, b *testing.B) {
 		Origin:   origin,
 		GasPrice: tx.GasPrice(),
 	}
-	context := vm.BlockContext{
-		CanTransfer: core.CanTransfer,
-		Transfer:    core.Transfer,
-		Coinbase:    test.Context.Miner,
-		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(uint64(test.Context.Number)),
-		Time:        uint64(test.Context.Time),
-		Difficulty:  (*big.Int)(test.Context.Difficulty),
-		GasLimit:    uint64(test.Context.GasLimit),
-	}
+	context := test.Context.toBlockContext(test.Genesis)
 	msg, err := core.TransactionToMessage(tx, signer, context.BaseFee)
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("failed to prepare transaction for tracing: %v", err)