diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
index be0a548aa66e..4a4cd57ed996 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transaction.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func Transaction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		// Check intrinsic gas
 		if gas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.To() == nil,
-			chainConfig.IsHomestead(new(big.Int)), chainConfig.IsIstanbul(new(big.Int)), chainConfig.IsShanghai(new(big.Int), 0)); err != nil {
+			chainConfig.Rules(new(big.Int), true, 0)); err != nil {
 			r.Error = err
 			results = append(results, r)
 			continue
diff --git a/core/bench_test.go b/core/bench_test.go
index 2cb8d8c97d82..ecb2c8a621e7 100644
--- a/core/bench_test.go
+++ b/core/bench_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func genValueTx(nbytes int) func(int, *BlockGen) {
 	return func(i int, gen *BlockGen) {
 		toaddr := common.Address{}
 		data := make([]byte, nbytes)
-		gas, _ := IntrinsicGas(data, nil, false, false, false, false)
+		gas, _ := IntrinsicGas(data, nil, false, params.NonActivatedConfig.Rules(new(big.Int), false, 0))
 		signer := gen.Signer()
 		gasPrice := big.NewInt(0)
 		if gen.header.BaseFee != nil {
diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 19c50bce9627..966584e6195e 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ func (result *ExecutionResult) Revert() []byte {
 }
 
 // IntrinsicGas computes the 'intrinsic gas' for a message with the given data.
-func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, isContractCreation bool, isHomestead, isEIP2028, isEIP3860 bool) (uint64, error) {
+func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, isContractCreation bool, rules params.Rules) (uint64, error) {
 	// Set the starting gas for the raw transaction
 	var gas uint64
-	if isContractCreation && isHomestead {
+	if isContractCreation && rules.IsHomestead {
 		gas = params.TxGasContractCreation
 	} else {
 		gas = params.TxGas
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, isContractCreation b
 		}
 		// Make sure we don't exceed uint64 for all data combinations
 		nonZeroGas := params.TxDataNonZeroGasFrontier
-		if isEIP2028 {
+		if rules.IsIstanbul {
 			nonZeroGas = params.TxDataNonZeroGasEIP2028
 		}
 		if (math.MaxUint64-gas)/nonZeroGas < nz {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func IntrinsicGas(data []byte, accessList types.AccessList, isContractCreation b
 		}
 		gas += z * params.TxDataZeroGas
 
-		if isContractCreation && isEIP3860 {
+		if isContractCreation && rules.IsShanghai {
 			lenWords := toWordSize(dataLen)
 			if (math.MaxUint64-gas)/params.InitCodeWordGas < lenWords {
 				return 0, ErrGasUintOverflow
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (st *StateTransition) transitionDb() (*ExecutionResult, error) {
 	)
 
 	// Check clauses 4-5, subtract intrinsic gas if everything is correct
-	gas, err := IntrinsicGas(msg.Data, msg.AccessList, contractCreation, rules.IsHomestead, rules.IsIstanbul, rules.IsShanghai)
+	gas, err := IntrinsicGas(msg.Data, msg.AccessList, contractCreation, rules)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/txpool/validation.go b/core/txpool/validation.go
index 596ed60daa3b..6a6015eafb94 100644
--- a/core/txpool/validation.go
+++ b/core/txpool/validation.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func ValidateTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, head *types.Header, signer types
 	}
 	// Ensure the transaction has more gas than the bare minimum needed to cover
 	// the transaction metadata
-	intrGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.To() == nil, true, opts.Config.IsIstanbul(head.Number), opts.Config.IsShanghai(head.Number, head.Time))
+	intrGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.To() == nil, opts.Config.Rules(head.Number, true, head.Time))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/libevm/precompiles/parallel/parallel.go b/libevm/precompiles/parallel/parallel.go
index b6674d5a3903..8a4126df0ad7 100644
--- a/libevm/precompiles/parallel/parallel.go
+++ b/libevm/precompiles/parallel/parallel.go
@@ -309,9 +309,7 @@ func intrinsicGas(data []byte, access types.AccessList, txTo *common.Address, ru
 		data,
 		access,
 		create,
-		rules.IsHomestead,
-		rules.IsIstanbul, // EIP-2028
-		rules.IsShanghai, // EIP-3860
+		*rules,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/transaction_test_util.go b/tests/transaction_test_util.go
index e4cc23a5ad28..c2b60de4bef5 100644
--- a/tests/transaction_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/transaction_test_util.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (tt *TransactionTest) Run(config *params.ChainConfig) error {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		// Intrinsic gas
-		requiredGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.To() == nil, isHomestead, isIstanbul, false)
+		requiredGas, err := core.IntrinsicGas(tx.Data(), tx.AccessList(), tx.To() == nil, params.Rules{IsHomestead: isHomestead, IsIstanbul: isIstanbul})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}