diff --git a/account.go b/account.go
index b862353..6c2ec48 100644
--- a/account.go
+++ b/account.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (a *Account) CurrentAddress() (btcutil.Address, error) {
 func (a *Account) ListSinceBlock(since, curBlockHeight int32,
 	minconf int) ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsResult, error) {
 
-	var txList []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	txList := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 	for _, txRecord := range a.TxStore.Records() {
 		// Transaction records must only be considered if they occur
 		// after the block height since.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (a *Account) ListTransactions(from, count int) ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsR
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var txList []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	txList := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 
 	records := a.TxStore.Records()
 	lastLookupIdx := len(records) - count
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (a *Account) ListAddressTransactions(pkHashes map[string]struct{}) (
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var txList []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	txList := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 	for _, r := range a.TxStore.Records() {
 		for _, c := range r.Credits() {
 			// We only care about the case where len(addrs) == 1,
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (a *Account) ListAllTransactions() ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsResult, error
 
 	// Search in reverse order: lookup most recently-added first.
 	records := a.TxStore.Records()
-	var txList []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	txList := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 	for i := len(records) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		jsonResults, err := records[i].ToJSON(a.name, bs.Height, a.Net())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (a *Account) ListAllTransactions() ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsResult, error
 func (a *Account) DumpPrivKeys() ([]string, error) {
 	// Iterate over each active address, appending the private
 	// key to privkeys.
-	var privkeys []string
+	privkeys := []string{}
 	for _, info := range a.Wallet.ActiveAddresses() {
 		// Only those addresses with keys needed.
 		pka, ok := info.(wallet.PubKeyAddress)
diff --git a/acctmgr.go b/acctmgr.go
index 3eef747..c25db0c 100644
--- a/acctmgr.go
+++ b/acctmgr.go
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ func (am *AccountManager) UnlockWallets(passphrase string) (err error) {
 // DumpKeys returns all WIF-encoded private keys associated with all
 // accounts. All wallets must be unlocked for this operation to succeed.
 func (am *AccountManager) DumpKeys() ([]string, error) {
-	var keys []string
+	keys := []string{}
 	for _, a := range am.AllAccounts() {
 		switch walletKeys, err := a.DumpPrivKeys(); err {
 		case wallet.ErrWalletLocked:
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ func (am *AccountManager) ListSinceBlock(since, curBlockHeight int32,
 	minconf int) ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsResult, error) {
 
 	// Create and fill a map of account names and their balances.
-	var txList []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	txList := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 	for _, a := range am.AllAccounts() {
 		txTmp, err := a.ListSinceBlock(since, curBlockHeight, minconf)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ func (am *AccountManager) ListUnspent(minconf, maxconf int,
 
 	filter := len(addresses) != 0
 
-	var results []*btcjson.ListUnspentResult
+	results := []*btcjson.ListUnspentResult{}
 	for _, a := range am.AllAccounts() {
 		unspent, err := a.TxStore.SortedUnspentOutputs()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/txstore/json.go b/txstore/json.go
index 517ff22..42afde3 100644
--- a/txstore/json.go
+++ b/txstore/json.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 func (t *TxRecord) ToJSON(account string, chainHeight int32,
 	net *btcnet.Params) ([]btcjson.ListTransactionsResult, error) {
 
-	var results []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult
+	results := []btcjson.ListTransactionsResult{}
 	if d := t.Debits(); d != nil {
 		r, err := d.ToJSON(account, chainHeight, net)
 		if err != nil {