diff --git a/dojo/finding/views.py b/dojo/finding/views.py
index ec25352a903..9af0e099ebe 100644
--- a/dojo/finding/views.py
+++ b/dojo/finding/views.py
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ def get_typed_note_form(self, request: HttpRequest, context: dict):
     def get_form(self, request: HttpRequest, context: dict):
         return (
             self.get_typed_note_form(request, context)
-            if context.get("note_type_activation", 0)
+            if context.get("note_type_activation")
             else self.get_note_form(request)
         )
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py b/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
index 0c4159ed669..dfe7fe4027e 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ def process_results(
         Determine how to to return the results based on whether the process was
         ran asynchronous or not
         """
-        if not kwargs.get("sync", False):
+        if not kwargs.get("sync"):
             serialized_new_items = [
                 serialize("json", [finding]) for finding in self.new_items
             ]
diff --git a/dojo/product/views.py b/dojo/product/views.py
index 654169363dc..2a60696aa35 100644
--- a/dojo/product/views.py
+++ b/dojo/product/views.py
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ def view_product_metrics(request, pid):
         unix_timestamp = (tcalendar.timegm(date.timetuple()) * 1000)
 
         # Open findings
-        if open_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None), None):
+        if open_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None)):
             if unix_timestamp not in critical_weekly:
                 critical_weekly[unix_timestamp] = {"count": 0, "week": html_date}
             if unix_timestamp not in high_weekly:
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def view_product_metrics(request, pid):
                 open_objs_by_severity[finding.get("severity")] += 1
 
         # Close findings
-        elif closed_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None), None):
+        elif closed_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None)):
             if unix_timestamp in open_close_weekly:
                 open_close_weekly[unix_timestamp]["closed"] += 1
             else:
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def view_product_metrics(request, pid):
                 closed_objs_by_severity[finding.get("severity")] += 1
 
         # Risk Accepted findings
-        if accepted_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None), None):
+        if accepted_findings_dict.get(finding.get("id", None)):
             if unix_timestamp in open_close_weekly:
                 open_close_weekly[unix_timestamp]["accepted"] += 1
             else:
diff --git a/dojo/test/views.py b/dojo/test/views.py
index 8c9f42d586a..2ea9b249058 100644
--- a/dojo/test/views.py
+++ b/dojo/test/views.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def get_typed_note_form(self, request: HttpRequest, context: dict):
     def get_form(self, request: HttpRequest, context: dict):
         return (
             self.get_typed_note_form(request, context)
-            if context.get("note_type_activation", 0)
+            if context.get("note_type_activation")
             else self.get_note_form(request)
         )
 
diff --git a/unittests/tools/test_tfsec_parser.py b/unittests/tools/test_tfsec_parser.py
index 814a5154d61..c7ce3927771 100644
--- a/unittests/tools/test_tfsec_parser.py
+++ b/unittests/tools/test_tfsec_parser.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def test_parse_many_findings_current(self):
 
             severities = {}
             for finding in findings:
-                if severities.get(finding.severity, None):
+                if severities.get(finding.severity):
                     numSeverity = severities.get(finding.severity)
                     numSeverity += 1
                     severities[finding.severity] = numSeverity