diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_darwin_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_darwin_test.go
index fabd83d735..0703203883 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_darwin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_darwin_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 
 const podmanBinary = "../../../bin/darwin/podman"
 
-var (
-	fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
-)
+var fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
 
 func (i *initMachine) withFakeImage(_ *machineTestBuilder) *initMachine {
 	i.image = fakeImagePath
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_freebsd_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_freebsd_test.go
index c03275e5d3..bf58059e51 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_freebsd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_freebsd_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 
 const podmanBinary = "../../../bin/podman-remote"
 
-var (
-	fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
-)
+var fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
 
 func (i *initMachine) withFakeImage(_ *machineTestBuilder) *initMachine {
 	i.image = fakeImagePath
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_linux_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_linux_test.go
index c03275e5d3..bf58059e51 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_linux_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 
 const podmanBinary = "../../../bin/podman-remote"
 
-var (
-	fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
-)
+var fakeImagePath string = os.DevNull
 
 func (i *initMachine) withFakeImage(_ *machineTestBuilder) *initMachine {
 	i.image = fakeImagePath