diff --git a/files/helpers/get.py b/files/helpers/get.py
index 77d04a308..cb63fd10b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/get.py
+++ b/files/helpers/get.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def get_users(usernames, v=None, graceful=False):
 	def clean(n):
 		return n.replace('\\', '').replace('_', '\_').replace('%', '').strip()
 
-	usernames = [ clean(n) for n in usernames ]
+	usernames = [clean(n) for n in usernames]
 
 	users = g.db.query(User).filter(
 		or_(
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index ae010e4e3..3d57e6c14 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, edit=False, limit_pings=False, showmore=True):
 
 	v = getattr(g, 'v', None)
 
-	matches = [ m for m in mention_regex.finditer(sanitized) if m ]
+	matches = [m for m in mention_regex.finditer(sanitized) if m]
 	names = set( m.group(2) for m in matches )
 	if limit_pings and len(names) > 3 and not v.admin_level: abort(406)
 	users = get_users(names, graceful=True)
 
 	for u in users:
 		if not u: continue
-		m = [ m for m in matches if u.username.lower() == m.group(2).lower() or u.original_username.lower() == m.group(2).lower() ]
+		m = [m for m in matches if u.username.lower() == m.group(2).lower() or u.original_username.lower() == m.group(2).lower()]
 		for i in m:
 			if not (v and v.any_block_exists(u)) or (v and v.admin_level >= 2):
 				sanitized = sanitized.replace(i.group(0), f'''{i.group(1)}<a href="/id/{u.id}"><img loading="lazy" src="/pp/{u.id}">@{u.username}</a>''', 1)