diff --git a/src/encoding/base64/base64_test.go b/src/encoding/base64/base64_test.go
index d144b96821f..4bbb2dd9bf2 100644
--- a/src/encoding/base64/base64_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/base64/base64_test.go
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ type encodingTest struct {
 }
 
 var encodingTests = []encodingTest{
-	encodingTest{StdEncoding, stdRef},
-	encodingTest{URLEncoding, urlRef},
-	encodingTest{RawStdEncoding, rawRef},
-	encodingTest{RawURLEncoding, rawUrlRef},
-	encodingTest{funnyEncoding, funnyRef},
+	{StdEncoding, stdRef},
+	{URLEncoding, urlRef},
+	{RawStdEncoding, rawRef},
+	{RawURLEncoding, rawUrlRef},
+	{funnyEncoding, funnyRef},
 }
 
 var bigtest = testpair{
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go b/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
index 66675d7abc4..330fbee1afe 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ func TestRace9796(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
-			Marshal(B{[]A{A{}}})
+			Marshal(B{[]A{{}}})
 			wg.Done()
 		}()
 	}