From 142c94d62842c7801e8f4d71f080ae156ecd1f2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lightclient <14004106+lightclient@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 09:49:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/evm: don't overwrite sender account (#30259)

Fixes #30254

It seems like the removed CreateAccount call is very old and not needed anymore.
After removing it, setting a sender that does not exist in the state doesn't seem to cause
an issue.
---
 cmd/evm/runner.go | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index f179e733e6..d06f85ed59 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name) != "" {
 		sender = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(SenderFlag.Name))
 	}
-	statedb.CreateAccount(sender)
 
 	if ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name) != "" {
 		receiver = common.HexToAddress(ctx.String(ReceiverFlag.Name))