diff --git a/zephyr/models.py b/zephyr/models.py
index 3596bd7b2a..77a788bc52 100644
--- a/zephyr/models.py
+++ b/zephyr/models.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Huddle(models.Model):
 
 def get_huddle(id_list):
     id_list = sorted(set(id_list))
-    hash_key = ",".join([str(x) for x in id_list])
+    hash_key = ",".join(str(x) for x in id_list)
     huddle_hash = hashlib.sha1(hash_key).hexdigest()
     if Huddle.objects.filter(huddle_hash=huddle_hash):
         return Huddle.objects.get(huddle_hash=huddle_hash)
diff --git a/zephyr/views.py b/zephyr/views.py
index 9fda7d1348..bbb5469f4d 100644
--- a/zephyr/views.py
+++ b/zephyr/views.py
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ def home(request):
     personals = filter_by_subscriptions(Zephyr.objects.filter(
         recipient__type="personal").all(), request.user)
     people = simplejson.dumps(list(
-            set([get_display_recipient(zephyr.recipient) for zephyr in personals])))
+            set(get_display_recipient(zephyr.recipient) for zephyr in personals)))
 
     publics = filter_by_subscriptions(Zephyr.objects.filter(
         recipient__type="class").all(), request.user)
     classes = simplejson.dumps(list(
-            set([get_display_recipient(zephyr.recipient) for zephyr in publics])))
-    instances = simplejson.dumps(list(set(
-        [zephyr.instance for zephyr in publics])))
+            set(get_display_recipient(zephyr.recipient) for zephyr in publics)))
+    instances = simplejson.dumps(list(
+            set(zephyr.instance for zephyr in publics)))
 
     return render_to_response('zephyr/index.html',
                               {'zephyr_json' : zephyr_json,