diff --git a/airflow/utils/dates.py b/airflow/utils/dates.py
index 4f9d37d0c9018..c97e99aaba40b 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/dates.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/dates.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def infer_time_unit(time_seconds_arr: Collection[float]) -> TimeUnit:
 
     e.g. 5400 seconds => 'minutes', 36000 seconds => 'hours'
     """
-    if len(time_seconds_arr) == 0:
+    if not time_seconds_arr:
         return "hours"
     max_time_seconds = max(time_seconds_arr)
     if max_time_seconds <= 60 * 2:
diff --git a/airflow/utils/helpers.py b/airflow/utils/helpers.py
index e07608030d421..63ca5da219468 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/helpers.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def chunks(items: list[T], chunk_size: int) -> Generator[list[T], None, None]:
 
 def reduce_in_chunks(fn: Callable[[S, list[T]], S], iterable: list[T], initializer: S, chunk_size: int = 0):
     """Split the list of items into chunks of a given size and pass each chunk through the reducer."""
-    if len(iterable) == 0:
+    if not iterable:
         return initializer
     if chunk_size == 0:
         chunk_size = len(iterable)
diff --git a/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py b/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
index 9f7d5bc9373cd..59c1d7980c1e3 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/log/logging_mixin.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def write(self, message):
     def flush(self):
         """Ensure all logging output has been flushed."""
         buf = self._buffer
-        if len(buf) > 0:
+        if buf:
             self._buffer = ""
             self._propagate_log(buf)
 
diff --git a/airflow/utils/python_virtualenv.py b/airflow/utils/python_virtualenv.py
index 2ce279cb36b64..e957cce837fdc 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/python_virtualenv.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/python_virtualenv.py
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ def _generate_pip_install_cmd_from_list(
 
 
 def _generate_pip_conf(conf_file: Path, index_urls: list[str]) -> None:
-    if len(index_urls) == 0:
-        pip_conf_options = "no-index = true"
-    else:
+    if index_urls:
         pip_conf_options = f"index-url = {index_urls[0]}"
         if len(index_urls) > 1:
-            pip_conf_options += f"\nextra-index-url = {' '.join(index_urls[1:])}"
+            pip_conf_options += f"\nextra-index-url = {' '.join(x for x in index_urls[1:])}"
+    else:
+        pip_conf_options = "no-index = true"
     conf_file.write_text(f"[global]\n{pip_conf_options}")
 
 
diff --git a/airflow/utils/task_group.py b/airflow/utils/task_group.py
index fd2d0f727ba14..167eb53b71eaa 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/task_group.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/task_group.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def topological_sort(self, _include_subdag_tasks: bool = False):
         graph_sorted: list[DAGNode] = []
 
         # special case
-        if len(self.children) == 0:
+        if not self.children:
             return graph_sorted
 
         # Run until the unsorted graph is empty.