diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_docs.py b/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
index 2af0466958..d21b82a7c9 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_docs.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class DocPageTest(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_api_doc_endpoints(self) -> None:
         # We extract the set of /api/ endpoints to check by parsing
         # the /api/ page sidebar for links starting with /api/.
-        api_page_raw = str((self.client_get("/api/").content))
+        api_page_raw = str(self.client_get("/api/").content)
         ENDPOINT_REGEXP = re.compile(r"href=\"/api/\s*(.*?)\"")
         endpoint_list_set = set(re.findall(ENDPOINT_REGEXP, api_page_raw))
         endpoint_list = [f"/api/{endpoint}" for endpoint in endpoint_list_set]
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py b/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
index 12c95130e3..ec86d37407 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_openapi.py
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@ class OpenAPIToolsTest(ZulipTestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(SchemaError, msg='Opaque object "obj"'):
                 # Checks for opaque objects
                 validate_schema(
-                    (
-                        test_dict["test3"]["responses"]["200"]["content"]["application/json"][
-                            "schema"
-                        ]
-                    )
+                    test_dict["test3"]["responses"]["200"]["content"]["application/json"]["schema"]
                 )
         finally:
             openapi_spec.openapi()["paths"].pop("testing", None)