diff --git a/go/registry/tests/tester.go b/go/registry/tests/tester.go
index 96f76b2496f..8815200cad1 100644
--- a/go/registry/tests/tester.go
+++ b/go/registry/tests/tester.go
@@ -602,21 +602,18 @@ func (ent *TestEntity) NewTestNodes(nCompute int, nStorage int, runtimes []*node
 		}
 		nod.Entity = ent
 
-		var thisNodeRuntimes []*node.Runtime
 		var role node.RolesMask
 		if i < nCompute {
 			role = node.RoleComputeWorker
-			thisNodeRuntimes = runtimes
 		} else {
 			role = node.RoleStorageWorker
-			thisNodeRuntimes = nil
 		}
 
 		nod.Node = &node.Node{
 			ID:         nod.Signer.Public(),
 			EntityID:   ent.Entity.ID,
 			Expiration: uint64(expiration),
-			Runtimes:   thisNodeRuntimes,
+			Runtimes:   runtimes,
 			Roles:      role,
 		}
 		addr := node.Address{
@@ -771,7 +768,7 @@ func (ent *TestEntity) NewTestNodes(nCompute int, nStorage int, runtimes []*node
 			ID:         nod.Signer.Public(),
 			EntityID:   ent.Entity.ID,
 			Expiration: uint64(expiration),
-			Runtimes:   thisNodeRuntimes,
+			Runtimes:   runtimes,
 			Roles:      role,
 		}
 		addr = node.Address{
@@ -792,7 +789,7 @@ func (ent *TestEntity) NewTestNodes(nCompute int, nStorage int, runtimes []*node
 
 		// Add invalid Re-Registration with changed Runtimes field.
 		testRuntimeSigner := memorySigner.NewTestSigner("invalid-registration-runtime-seed")
-		newRuntimes := append([]*node.Runtime(nil), thisNodeRuntimes...)
+		newRuntimes := append([]*node.Runtime(nil), runtimes...)
 		newRuntimes = append(newRuntimes, &node.Runtime{ID: publicKeyToNamespace(testRuntimeSigner.Public())})
 		newNode := &node.Node{
 			ID:         nod.Signer.Public(),