diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 77456a6f..12100a55 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (c *client) GetWorkspaces(f GetWorkspaces) ([]dto.Workspace, error) {
 		return w, nil
 	}
 
-	ws := []dto.Workspace{}
+	var ws []dto.Workspace
 
 	n := strhlp.Normalize(strings.TrimSpace(f.Name))
 	for i := 0; i < len(w); i++ {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/task/edit/edit_test.go b/pkg/cmd/task/edit/edit_test.go
index 3563011e..35a3832e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/task/edit/edit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/task/edit/edit_test.go
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ func TestCmdEdit(t *testing.T) {
 
 				b := true
 				e := time.Hour * 32
-				us := []string{}
+				var us []string
+
 				c.On("UpdateTask", api.UpdateTaskParam{
 					Workspace:   "w",
 					TaskID:      "t-1",
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/task/util/read-flags.go b/pkg/cmd/task/util/read-flags.go
index 51818f3b..e35327e0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/task/util/read-flags.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/task/util/read-flags.go
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ func TaskReadFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, f cmdutil.Factory) (p FlagsDTO, err error
 	}
 
 	if cmd.Flags().Changed("no-assignee") {
-		a := []string{}
+		var a []string
+
 		p.AssigneeIDs = &a
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/time-entry/util/description-completer.go b/pkg/cmd/time-entry/util/description-completer.go
index 7d65fdcd..8f696ee1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/time-entry/util/description-completer.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/time-entry/util/description-completer.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ func (dc *descriptionCompleter) getDescriptions() []string {
 		return dc.descriptions
 	}
 
-	ss := []string{}
+	var ss []string
+
 	for _, t := range tes {
 		ss = append(ss, t.Description)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmdutil/flags_test.go b/pkg/cmdutil/flags_test.go
index 678f19ed..c0548694 100644
--- a/pkg/cmdutil/flags_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmdutil/flags_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ func TestXorFlagSet(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("test", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 			flags := make([]string, len(tc.param))
-			args := []string{}
+			var args []string
+
 			for fl := range tc.param {
 				flags = append(flags, fl)
 				fs.Bool(fl, false, "help")