diff --git a/gui/polgengui.py b/gui/polgengui.py
index 7a3ecd50..16116ba6 100644
--- a/gui/polgengui.py
+++ b/gui/polgengui.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class childWindow:
             my_policy = sepolicy.generate.policy(self.get_name(), self.get_type())
 
             iter = self.boolean_store.get_iter_first()
-            while(iter):
+            while iter:
                 my_policy.add_boolean(self.boolean_store.get_value(iter, 0), self.boolean_store.get_value(iter, 1))
                 iter = self.boolean_store.iter_next(iter)
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class childWindow:
             my_policy.set_out_udp(self.out_udp_all_checkbutton.get_active(), self.out_udp_entry.get_text())
 
             iter = self.store.get_iter_first()
-            while(iter):
+            while iter:
                 if self.store.get_value(iter, 1) == FILE:
                     my_policy.add_file(self.store.get_value(iter, 0))
                 else:
diff --git a/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/policygen.py b/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/policygen.py
index 8f0ce26e..183b41a9 100644
--- a/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/policygen.py
+++ b/python/sepolgen/src/sepolgen/policygen.py
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ def call_interface(interface, av):
             ifcall.args.append(av.obj_class)
         else:
             print(params[i].type)
-            assert(0)
+            assert 0
 
-    assert(len(ifcall.args) > 0)
+    assert len(ifcall.args) > 0
 
     return ifcall
 
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
index baa4c8e6..68907a4f 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/__init__.py
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ def get_conditionals(src, dest, tclass, perm):
                 tlist.append(tdict)
                 tdict = {}
     except KeyError:
-        return(tlist)
+        return tlist
 
-    return (tlist)
+    return tlist
 
 
 def get_conditionals_format_text(cond):
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
index 3717d5d4..b6df3e91 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/generate.py
@@ -1346,9 +1346,9 @@ allow %s_t %s_t:%s_socket name_%s;
             if len(temp_dirs) != 0:
                 for i in temp_dirs:
                     if i in self.dirs.keys():
-                        del(self.dirs[i])
+                        del self.dirs[i]
                     elif i in self.files.keys():
-                        del(self.files[i])
+                        del self.files[i]
                     else:
                         continue
 
diff --git a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
index 335be582..c8f33f52 100644
--- a/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
+++ b/python/sepolicy/sepolicy/gui.py
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ class SELinuxGui():
         for k in self.cur_dict:
             for j in self.cur_dict[k]:
                 if i == ctr:
-                    del(self.cur_dict[k][j])
+                    del self.cur_dict[k][j]
                     return
                 i += 1
 
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class SELinuxGui():
                     if val is True or val is False or val is None:
                         continue
                     # Returns true if filter_txt exists within the val
-                    if(val.find(self.filter_txt) != -1 or val.lower().find(self.filter_txt) != -1):
+                    if val.find(self.filter_txt) != -1 or val.lower().find(self.filter_txt) != -1:
                         return True
                 except (AttributeError, TypeError):
                     pass
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ class SELinuxGui():
         model.set_value(iter, 0, not model.get_value(iter, 0))
         active = model.get_value(iter, 0)
         if name in self.cur_dict["boolean"]:
-            del(self.cur_dict["boolean"][name])
+            del self.cur_dict["boolean"][name]
         else:
             self.cur_dict["boolean"][name] = {"active": active}
         self.new_updates()
diff --git a/sandbox/sandbox b/sandbox/sandbox
index 77080734..a2762a7d 100644
--- a/sandbox/sandbox
+++ b/sandbox/sandbox
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def copyfile(file, srcdir, dest):
 
 def savefile(new, orig, X_ind):
     copy = False
-    if(X_ind):
+    if X_ind:
         import gi
         gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
         from gi.repository import Gtk
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ def savefile(new, orig, X_ind):
         except NameError:
             pass
         ans = input(_("Do you want to save changes to '%s' (y/N): ") % orig)
-        if(re.match(_("[yY]"), ans)):
+        if re.match(_("[yY]"), ans):
             copy = True
-    if(copy):
+    if copy:
         shutil.copy2(new, orig)