diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 599a43898..b086bff2d 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ disable=
     locally-disabled,
 # Refactor
     no-self-use, too-many-arguments, too-many-branches, too-many-instance-attributes,
-    too-many-locals,  too-few-public-methods, too-many-public-methods, too-many-statements,
+    too-many-locals, too-few-public-methods, too-many-public-methods, too-many-statements,
 # Refactor msgs that should eventually be enabled:
-    redefined-variable-type, simplifiable-if-statement, too-many-ancestors,
+    redefined-variable-type, too-many-ancestors,
     too-many-nested-blocks, too-many-return-statements,
 # Warning
     unused-argument, protected-access, import-error, unused-variable,
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/cmdline.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/cmdline.py
index 2f9a0c3d5..a82197a4e 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/cmdline.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/cmdline.py
@@ -743,10 +743,7 @@ class CmdLine(BaseMode, Commander):
 
         """
 
-        if len(line) == 0:
-            empty = True
-        else:
-            empty = False
+        empty = len(line) == 0
 
         # Remove dangling backslashes to avoid breaking shlex
         if line.endswith("\\"):
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
index 8557003fb..2663b9dbd 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
@@ -474,10 +474,7 @@ class Preferences(component.Component):
         self.plugin_liststore.clear()
         # Iterate through the lists and add them to the liststore
         for plugin in all_plugins:
-            if plugin in enabled_plugins:
-                enabled = True
-            else:
-                enabled = False
+            enabled = plugin in enabled_plugins
             row = self.plugin_liststore.append()
             self.plugin_liststore.set_value(row, 0, plugin)
             self.plugin_liststore.set_value(row, 1, enabled)