diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
index 661f9601e..26995cb59 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 flake8==3.5.0
 flake8-builtins==1.0
+flake8-comprehensions==1.4.1
 flake8-copyright==0.2.0
 flake8-debugger==3.0.0
 flake8-deprecated==1.3
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
index 0bfdab644..30f6c28d8 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 flake8
 flake8-builtins
+flake8-comprehensions
 flake8-copyright
 flake8-debugger
 flake8-deprecated
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
index 067f33cff..36479174f 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class AbstractWebElement(collections.abc.MutableMapping):
         }
         relevant_classes = classes[self.tag_name()]
         for klass in self.classes():
-            if any([klass.strip().startswith(e) for e in relevant_classes]):
+            if any(klass.strip().startswith(e) for e in relevant_classes):
                 return True
         return False
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/mhtml.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/mhtml.py
index ccdd03dad..67c8a5b7a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/mhtml.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webkit/mhtml.py
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ class _Downloader:
         This is needed if a download finishes before attaching its
         finished signal.
         """
-        items = set((url, item) for url, item in self.pending_downloads
-                    if item.done)
+        items = {(url, item) for url, item in self.pending_downloads
+                 if item.done}
         log.downloads.debug("Zombie downloads: {}".format(items))
         for url, item in items:
             self._finished(url, item)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py b/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
index 99716c062..aad685d07 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ class NeighborList(collections.abc.Sequence):
         if items:
             item = min(items, key=lambda tpl: abs(self.fuzzyval - tpl[1]))
         else:
-            sorted_items = sorted([(idx, e) for (idx, e) in
-                                   enumerate(self.items)], key=lambda e: e[1])
+            sorted_items = sorted(((idx, e) for (idx, e) in
+                                   enumerate(self.items)), key=lambda e: e[1])
             idx = 0 if offset < 0 else -1
             item = sorted_items[idx]
         self._idx = item[0]
diff --git a/scripts/dev/cleanup.py b/scripts/dev/cleanup.py
index 297b876c0..086b210ab 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/cleanup.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/cleanup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def main():
 
     for root, _dirs, _files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
         path = os.path.basename(root)
-        if any([fnmatch.fnmatch(path, e) for e in recursive_lint]):
+        if any(fnmatch.fnmatch(path, e) for e in recursive_lint):
             remove(root)