diff --git a/aurweb/auth/__init__.py b/aurweb/auth/__init__.py
index b8056f91..5a1fc8d0 100644
--- a/aurweb/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/aurweb/auth/__init__.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class BasicAuthBackend(AuthenticationBackend):
         user.nonce = util.make_nonce()
         user.authenticated = True
 
-        return (AuthCredentials(["authenticated"]), user)
+        return AuthCredentials(["authenticated"]), user
 
 
 def _auth_required(auth_goal: bool = True):
diff --git a/aurweb/git/update.py b/aurweb/git/update.py
index 94a8d623..b1256fdb 100755
--- a/aurweb/git/update.py
+++ b/aurweb/git/update.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def parse_dep(depstring):
     depname = re.sub(r"(<|=|>).*", "", dep)
     depcond = dep[len(depname) :]
 
-    return (depname, desc, depcond)
+    return depname, desc, depcond
 
 
 def create_pkgbase(conn, pkgbase, user):
diff --git a/aurweb/packages/util.py b/aurweb/packages/util.py
index cddec0ac..25671028 100644
--- a/aurweb/packages/util.py
+++ b/aurweb/packages/util.py
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ def source_uri(pkgsrc: models.PackageSource) -> Tuple[str, str]:
        the package base name.
 
     :param pkgsrc: PackageSource instance
-    :return (text, uri) tuple
+    :return text, uri)tuple
     """
     if "::" in pkgsrc.Source:
         return pkgsrc.Source.split("::", 1)
     elif "://" in pkgsrc.Source:
-        return (pkgsrc.Source, pkgsrc.Source)
+        return pkgsrc.Source, pkgsrc.Source
     path = config.get("options", "source_file_uri")
     pkgbasename = pkgsrc.Package.PackageBase.Name
-    return (pkgsrc.Source, path % (pkgsrc.Source, pkgbasename))
+    return pkgsrc.Source, path % (pkgsrc.Source, pkgbasename)
diff --git a/aurweb/routers/accounts.py b/aurweb/routers/accounts.py
index 24aacdf7..07962c37 100644
--- a/aurweb/routers/accounts.py
+++ b/aurweb/routers/accounts.py
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ def process_account_form(request: Request, user: models.User, args: dict[str, An
         for check in checks:
             check(**args, request=request, user=user, _=_)
     except ValidationError as exc:
-        return (False, exc.data)
+        return False, exc.data
 
-    return (True, [])
+    return True, []
 
 
 def make_account_form_context(
diff --git a/aurweb/routers/packages.py b/aurweb/routers/packages.py
index 0d482521..a4aac496 100644
--- a/aurweb/routers/packages.py
+++ b/aurweb/routers/packages.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ async def package(
 
 async def packages_unflag(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwargs):
     if not package_ids:
-        return (False, ["You did not select any packages to unflag."])
+        return False, ["You did not select any packages to unflag."]
 
     # Holds the set of package bases we're looking to unflag.
     # Constructed below via looping through the packages query.
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ async def packages_unflag(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwarg
             creds.PKGBASE_UNFLAG, approved=[pkg.PackageBase.Flagger]
         )
         if not has_cred:
-            return (False, ["You did not select any packages to unflag."])
+            return False, ["You did not select any packages to unflag."]
 
         if pkg.PackageBase not in bases:
             bases.update({pkg.PackageBase})
 
     for pkgbase in bases:
         pkgbase_actions.pkgbase_unflag_instance(request, pkgbase)
-    return (True, ["The selected packages have been unflagged."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages have been unflagged."]
 
 
 async def packages_notify(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwargs):
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@ async def packages_notify(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwarg
         pkgbase_actions.pkgbase_notify_instance(request, pkgbase)
 
     # TODO: This message does not yet have a translation.
-    return (True, ["The selected packages' notifications have been enabled."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages' notifications have been enabled."]
 
 
 async def packages_unnotify(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwargs):
     if not package_ids:
         # TODO: This error does not yet have a translation.
-        return (False, ["You did not select any packages for notification removal."])
+        return False, ["You did not select any packages for notification removal."]
 
     # TODO: This error does not yet have a translation.
     error_tuple = (
@@ -307,14 +307,14 @@ async def packages_unnotify(request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], **kwa
         pkgbase_actions.pkgbase_unnotify_instance(request, pkgbase)
 
     # TODO: This message does not yet have a translation.
-    return (True, ["The selected packages' notifications have been removed."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages' notifications have been removed."]
 
 
 async def packages_adopt(
     request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], confirm: bool = False, **kwargs
 ):
     if not package_ids:
-        return (False, ["You did not select any packages to adopt."])
+        return False, ["You did not select any packages to adopt."]
 
     if not confirm:
         return (
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ async def packages_adopt(
     for pkgbase in bases:
         pkgbase_actions.pkgbase_adopt_instance(request, pkgbase)
 
-    return (True, ["The selected packages have been adopted."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages have been adopted."]
 
 
 def disown_all(request: Request, pkgbases: list[models.PackageBase]) -> list[str]:
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ async def packages_disown(
     request: Request, package_ids: list[int] = [], confirm: bool = False, **kwargs
 ):
     if not package_ids:
-        return (False, ["You did not select any packages to disown."])
+        return False, ["You did not select any packages to disown."]
 
     if not confirm:
         return (
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ async def packages_disown(
 
     # Now, disown all the bases if we can.
     if errors := disown_all(request, bases):
-        return (False, errors)
+        return False, errors
 
-    return (True, ["The selected packages have been disowned."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages have been disowned."]
 
 
 async def packages_delete(
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ async def packages_delete(
     **kwargs,
 ):
     if not package_ids:
-        return (False, ["You did not select any packages to delete."])
+        return False, ["You did not select any packages to delete."]
 
     if not confirm:
         return (
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ async def packages_delete(
         )
 
     if not request.user.has_credential(creds.PKGBASE_DELETE):
-        return (False, ["You do not have permission to delete packages."])
+        return False, ["You do not have permission to delete packages."]
 
     # set-ify package_ids and query the database for related records.
     package_ids = set(package_ids)
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ async def packages_delete(
         # Let the user know there was an issue with their input: they have
         # provided at least one package_id which does not exist in the DB.
         # TODO: This error has not yet been translated.
-        return (False, ["One of the packages you selected does not exist."])
+        return False, ["One of the packages you selected does not exist."]
 
     # Make a set out of all package bases related to `packages`.
     bases = {pkg.PackageBase for pkg in packages}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ async def packages_delete(
     )
 
     util.apply_all(notifs, lambda n: n.send())
-    return (True, ["The selected packages have been deleted."])
+    return True, ["The selected packages have been deleted."]
 
 
 # A mapping of action string -> callback functions used within the
diff --git a/aurweb/scripts/rendercomment.py b/aurweb/scripts/rendercomment.py
index 4a2c84bd..643b0370 100755
--- a/aurweb/scripts/rendercomment.py
+++ b/aurweb/scripts/rendercomment.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class FlysprayLinksInlineProcessor(markdown.inlinepatterns.InlineProcessor):
         el = Element("a")
         el.set("href", f"https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/{m.group(1)}")
         el.text = markdown.util.AtomicString(m.group(0))
-        return (el, m.start(0), m.end(0))
+        return el, m.start(0), m.end(0)
 
 
 class FlysprayLinksExtension(markdown.extensions.Extension):
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class GitCommitsInlineProcessor(markdown.inlinepatterns.InlineProcessor):
         oid = m.group(1)
         if oid not in self._repo:
             # Unknown OID; preserve the orginal text.
-            return (None, None, None)
+            return None, None, None
 
         el = Element("a")
         commit_uri = aurweb.config.get("options", "commit_uri")
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class GitCommitsInlineProcessor(markdown.inlinepatterns.InlineProcessor):
             "href", commit_uri % (quote_plus(self._head), quote_plus(oid[:prefixlen]))
         )
         el.text = markdown.util.AtomicString(oid[:prefixlen])
-        return (el, m.start(0), m.end(0))
+        return el, m.start(0), m.end(0)
 
 
 class GitCommitsExtension(markdown.extensions.Extension):
diff --git a/aurweb/util.py b/aurweb/util.py
index cda12af1..0a39cd3d 100644
--- a/aurweb/util.py
+++ b/aurweb/util.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def sanitize_params(offset: str, per_page: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
     except ValueError:
         per_page = defaults.PP
 
-    return (offset, per_page)
+    return offset, per_page
 
 
 def strtobool(value: Union[str, bool]) -> bool:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def parse_ssh_key(string: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     if proc.returncode:
         raise invalid_exc
 
-    return (prefix, key)
+    return prefix, key
 
 
 def parse_ssh_keys(string: str) -> list[Tuple[str, str]]:
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@ def shell_exec(cmdline: str, cwd: str) -> Tuple[int, str, str]:
     args = shlex.split(cmdline)
     proc = Popen(args, cwd=cwd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
     out, err = proc.communicate()
-    return (proc.returncode, out.decode().strip(), err.decode().strip())
+    return proc.returncode, out.decode().strip(), err.decode().strip()
diff --git a/test/test_packages_routes.py b/test/test_packages_routes.py
index 6e92eeff..3b717783 100644
--- a/test/test_packages_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_packages_routes.py
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ def test_packages_post_unknown_action(client: TestClient, user: User, package: P
 
 def test_packages_post_error(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
     async def stub_action(request: Request, **kwargs):
-        return (False, ["Some error."])
+        return False, ["Some error."]
 
     actions = {"stub": stub_action}
     with mock.patch.dict("aurweb.routers.packages.PACKAGE_ACTIONS", actions):
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ def test_packages_post_error(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
 
 def test_packages_post(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
     async def stub_action(request: Request, **kwargs):
-        return (True, ["Some success."])
+        return True, ["Some success."]
 
     actions = {"stub": stub_action}
     with mock.patch.dict("aurweb.routers.packages.PACKAGE_ACTIONS", actions):
diff --git a/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py b/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
index bfdb0c37..18c11626 100644
--- a/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ def test_packages_post_unknown_action(client: TestClient, user: User, package: P
 
 def test_packages_post_error(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
     async def stub_action(request: Request, **kwargs):
-        return (False, ["Some error."])
+        return False, ["Some error."]
 
     actions = {"stub": stub_action}
     with mock.patch.dict("aurweb.routers.packages.PACKAGE_ACTIONS", actions):
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ def test_packages_post_error(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
 
 def test_packages_post(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
     async def stub_action(request: Request, **kwargs):
-        return (True, ["Some success."])
+        return True, ["Some success."]
 
     actions = {"stub": stub_action}
     with mock.patch.dict("aurweb.routers.packages.PACKAGE_ACTIONS", actions):
diff --git a/test/test_spawn.py b/test/test_spawn.py
index be1c5e7c..25b9ebfc 100644
--- a/test/test_spawn.py
+++ b/test/test_spawn.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class FakeProcess:
         """We need this constructor to remain compatible with Popen."""
 
     def communicate(self) -> Tuple[bytes, bytes]:
-        return (self.stdout, self.stderr)
+        return self.stdout, self.stderr
 
     def terminate(self) -> None:
         raise Exception("Fake termination.")
diff --git a/test/test_tuvotereminder.py b/test/test_tuvotereminder.py
index 0233c8b2..5f2ae3a1 100644
--- a/test/test_tuvotereminder.py
+++ b/test/test_tuvotereminder.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def email_pieces(voteinfo: TUVoteInfo) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         f"[1]. The voting period\nends in less than 48 hours.\n\n"
         f"[1] {aur_location}/tu/?id={voteinfo.ID}"
     )
-    return (subject, content)
+    return subject, content
 
 
 @pytest.fixture