diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
index 9fbd5229..338e0f7c 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ansible_freeipa_module.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ else:
             "!=": operator.ne,
         }
         operation = oper_map.get(oper)
-        if not(operation):
+        if not operation:
             raise NotImplementedError("Invalid operator: %s" % oper)
         return operation(version.parse(VERSION),
                          version.parse(requested_version))
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipadnszone.py b/plugins/modules/ipadnszone.py
index e0dc56c9..67287950 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipadnszone.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipadnszone.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class DNSZoneModule(FreeIPABaseModule):
             forwarders = []
             for forwarder in self.ipa_params.forwarders:
                 ip_address = forwarder.get("ip_address")
-                if not (is_ip_address(ip_address)):
+                if not is_ip_address(ip_address):
                     self.fail_json(
                         msg="Invalid IP for DNS forwarder: %s" % ip_address
                     )