diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/url.py b/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
index b40e7a9a9..2ac3e7b94 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _is_url_naive(url):
     """Naive check if given url (QUrl) is really an url."""
     PROTOCOLS = ['http://', 'https://']
     u = urlstring(url)
-    return (any([u.startswith(proto) for proto in PROTOCOLS]) or '.' in u or
+    return (any(u.startswith(proto) for proto in PROTOCOLS) or '.' in u or
             is_about_url(url) or u == 'localhost')
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
index f2aa1eac1..9c00f7351 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
         #   - Switch back to #1 when loading finished
         #   - It seems loadingStarted is before loadingFinished
         dbgstr = "{} ({})".format(
-            signal.signal, ','.join([str(e) for e in args]))
+            signal.signal, ','.join(str(e) for e in args))
         sender = self.sender()
         if not isinstance(sender, BrowserTab):
             # FIXME why does this happen?
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
 
         """
         for (sigstr, (signal, args)) in self.widget(idx).signal_cache.items():
-            dbgstr = "{} ({})".format(sigstr, ','.join([str(e) for e in args]))
+            dbgstr = "{} ({})".format(sigstr, ','.join(str(e) for e in args))
             logging.debug('signal cache: emitting {}'.format(dbgstr))
             signal.emit(*args)
 
diff --git a/run_checks.py b/run_checks.py
index be3db4330..ee6c80431 100644
--- a/run_checks.py
+++ b/run_checks.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def check_line():
     ret = []
     try:
         for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(options['target']):
-            for name in [e for e in filenames if e.endswith('.py')]:
+            for name in (e for e in filenames if e.endswith('.py')):
                 fn = os.path.join(dirpath, name)
                 ret.append(_check_line(fn))
         status['line'] = all(ret)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def _check_line(fn):
             if b'\r\n' in line:
                 print('Found CRLF in {}'.format(fn))
                 return False
-            elif any([line.decode('UTF-8').startswith(c * 7) for c in "<>=|"]):
+            elif any(line.decode('UTF-8').startswith(c * 7) for c in "<>=|"):
                 print('Found conflict marker in {}'.format(fn))
                 return False
             elif any([line.decode('UTF-8').rstrip('\r\n').endswith(c)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ print('Exit status values:')
 for (k, v) in status.items():
     print('  {} - {}'.format(k, v))
 
-if all([val in [True, 0] for val in status]):
+if all(val in [True, 0] for val in status):
     sys.exit(0)
 else:
     sys.exit(1)