diff --git a/eth/filters/bench_test.go b/eth/filters/bench_test.go
index 020db070e5..9632f4195f 100644
--- a/eth/filters/bench_test.go
+++ b/eth/filters/bench_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func BenchmarkBloomBits32k(b *testing.B) {
 const benchFilterCnt = 2000
 
 func benchmarkBloomBits(b *testing.B, sectionSize uint64) {
+	b.Skip("test disabled: this tests presume (and modify) an existing datadir.")
 	benchDataDir := node.DefaultDataDir() + "/geth/chaindata"
 	b.Log("Running bloombits benchmark   section size:", sectionSize)
 
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ func clearBloomBits(db ethdb.Database) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkNoBloomBits(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Skip("test disabled: this tests presume (and modify) an existing datadir.")
 	benchDataDir := node.DefaultDataDir() + "/geth/chaindata"
 	b.Log("Running benchmark without bloombits")
 	db, err := rawdb.NewLevelDBDatabase(benchDataDir, 128, 1024, "", false)
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_test.go b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
index fd25013cc6..63a48f762d 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter_test.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
@@ -65,15 +65,19 @@ func BenchmarkFilters(b *testing.B) {
 		case 2403:
 			receipt := makeReceipt(addr1)
 			gen.AddUncheckedReceipt(receipt)
+			gen.AddUncheckedTx(types.NewTransaction(999, common.HexToAddress("0x999"), big.NewInt(999), 999, gen.BaseFee(), nil))
 		case 1034:
 			receipt := makeReceipt(addr2)
 			gen.AddUncheckedReceipt(receipt)
+			gen.AddUncheckedTx(types.NewTransaction(999, common.HexToAddress("0x999"), big.NewInt(999), 999, gen.BaseFee(), nil))
 		case 34:
 			receipt := makeReceipt(addr3)
 			gen.AddUncheckedReceipt(receipt)
+			gen.AddUncheckedTx(types.NewTransaction(999, common.HexToAddress("0x999"), big.NewInt(999), 999, gen.BaseFee(), nil))
 		case 99999:
 			receipt := makeReceipt(addr4)
 			gen.AddUncheckedReceipt(receipt)
+			gen.AddUncheckedTx(types.NewTransaction(999, common.HexToAddress("0x999"), big.NewInt(999), 999, gen.BaseFee(), nil))
 
 		}
 	})
diff --git a/eth/tracers/tracers_test.go b/eth/tracers/tracers_test.go
index fb817fbc56..32c09b1a71 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/tracers_test.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/tracers_test.go
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ func BenchmarkTransactionTrace(b *testing.B) {
 		Time:        new(big.Int).SetUint64(uint64(5)),
 		Difficulty:  big.NewInt(0xffffffff),
 		GasLimit:    gas,
+		BaseFee:     big.NewInt(8),
 	}
 	alloc := core.GenesisAlloc{}
 	// The code pushes 'deadbeef' into memory, then the other params, and calls CREATE2, then returns
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/network.go b/p2p/simulations/network.go
index 9b5e2c37f5..962910dd25 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/network.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/network.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -695,12 +694,6 @@ func (net *Network) Shutdown() {
 		if err := node.Stop(); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("Can't stop node", "id", node.ID(), "err", err)
 		}
-		// If the node has the close method, call it.
-		if closer, ok := node.Node.(io.Closer); ok {
-			if err := closer.Close(); err != nil {
-				log.Warn("Can't close node", "id", node.ID(), "err", err)
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	close(net.quitc)
 }