diff --git a/src/sage/all_test.py b/src/sage/all_test.py
index e6bce8dbe54..fba1d133593 100644
--- a/src/sage/all_test.py
+++ b/src/sage/all_test.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ def test_import_sage_all_in_fresh_interpreter():
 
     proc = subprocess.run(
         [sys.executable, "-c", "import sage.all"],
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        capture_output=True,
         env=env,
         text=True, check=False,
     )
diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/util.py b/src/sage/doctest/util.py
index 6e5f9387e85..46975c072cb 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/util.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/util.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def _proc_stat_cpu_seconds(self, path):
 
         """
         try:
-            with open(path, "r") as statfile:
+            with open(path) as statfile:
                 stats = statfile.read().split()
         except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError) as e:
             # FileNotFoundError: bad PID, or no /proc support
diff --git a/src/sage/matroids/chow_ring_ideal.py b/src/sage/matroids/chow_ring_ideal.py
index b948c7c5939..e5a6336268d 100644
--- a/src/sage/matroids/chow_ring_ideal.py
+++ b/src/sage/matroids/chow_ring_ideal.py
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ def _latex_(self) -> str:
             'I_{FY}(\\text{\\texttt{Graphic{ }matroid{ }of{ }rank{ }2{ }on{ }3{ }elements}})'
         """
         from sage.misc.latex import latex
-        return 'I_{{FY}}({})'.format((latex(self._matroid)))
+        return 'I_{{FY}}({})'.format(latex(self._matroid))
 
     def groebner_basis(self, algorithm='', *args, **kwargs):
         r"""
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/lazy_species.py b/src/sage/rings/lazy_species.py
index 3480d7bd0fe..0ecc1541f86 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/lazy_species.py
+++ b/src/sage/rings/lazy_species.py
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ def coeff(g, i):
 
         def flat(g):
             # function needed to work around python's scoping rules
-            return itertools.chain.from_iterable((coeff(g, j) for j in itertools.count()))
+            return itertools.chain.from_iterable(coeff(g, j) for j in itertools.count())
 
         args_flat1 = [lazy_list(flat(g)) for g in args]
 
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/padics/witt_vector.py b/src/sage/rings/padics/witt_vector.py
index 46b0c530e22..3c6ddc2df62 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/padics/witt_vector.py
+++ b/src/sage/rings/padics/witt_vector.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def _int_to_vector(self, k, parent):
             if p == 2:
                 vec_k = (
                     parent(vec_k)
-                    * parent((tuple(-1 for _ in range(self._prec))))
+                    * parent(tuple(-1 for _ in range(self._prec)))
                 ).coordinates()
             else:
                 vec_k = (-x for x in vec_k)
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_sequence.py b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_sequence.py
index fea9fb2c2f3..07969827c5a 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_sequence.py
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_sequence.py
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ def __add__(self, right):
         if isinstance(right, PolynomialSequence_generic) and right.ring() == self.ring():
             return PolynomialSequence(self.ring(), self.parts() + right.parts())
 
-        elif isinstance(right, (tuple, list)) and all((x.parent() == self.ring() for x in right)):
+        elif isinstance(right, (tuple, list)) and all(x.parent() == self.ring() for x in right):
             return PolynomialSequence(self.ring(), self.parts() + (right,))
 
         elif isinstance(right, MPolynomialIdeal) and (right.ring() is self.ring() or right.ring() == self.ring()):