diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index a669ddecef23cd69f21ffc9ce564af4006aa9ddb..28d20c16f1930cb66868d5e4307c4aa10511bfe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Run pylint
         run: |
-            pip install pylint==2.14.4 wrapt==1.14.0
+            pip install pylint==2.17.2
             pylint plugins roles --disable=import-error
 
   shellcheck:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 00d5b2fadce4ba5868f85efca2b49543e492e3bc..1450185807aea1e5c3b123c4ead88275f5625214 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repos:
     pass_filenames: true
     files: \.(yaml|yml)$
     exclude: /env[^/]*.(yaml|yml)$
-    entry: >-
+    entry: |-
         env
         ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=./plugins/modules
         ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS=./plugins/module_utils
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ repos:
           --parseable
           --nocolor
 - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
-  rev: v1.28.0
+  rev: v1.32.0
   hooks:
   - id: yamllint
     files: \.(yaml|yml)$
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-  rev: 5.0.3
+  rev: 6.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pydocstyle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: pydocstyle
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
-  rev: v2.14.4
+  rev: v2.17.2
   hooks:
   - id: pylint
     args:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountkey.py b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountkey.py
index 5b172a2fc62a196cc9a5a9c4834e657d8f21b42a..d29422a11ec703494ba50facdbc3b965d38f8658 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountkey.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountkey.py
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ class AutomountKey(IPAAnsibleModule):
             resp = self.ipa_command("automountkey_show", location, args)
         except ipalib_errors.NotFound:
             return None
-        else:
-            return resp.get("result")
+        return resp.get("result")
 
     def check_ipa_params(self):
         invalid = []
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountlocation.py b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountlocation.py
index c2f82b354daa1b3af2fd9ea65cccdbf524aee397..f679f2fa49eeb9009b58feaee122606de011552c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountlocation.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountlocation.py
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ class AutomountLocation(IPAAnsibleModule):
             )
         except ipalib_errors.NotFound:
             return None
-        else:
-            return response.get("result", None)
+        return response.get("result", None)
 
     def check_ipa_params(self):
         if len(self.params_get("name")) == 0:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountmap.py b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountmap.py
index 668e887a313a5936101e787bf6fa1cff0e925d81..bf0c438e360eab2915d26e4d1537b0bdc203697b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaautomountmap.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaautomountmap.py
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ class AutomountMap(IPAAnsibleModule):
             )
         except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             return None
-        else:
-            return response["result"]
+        return response["result"]
 
     def get_indirect_map_keys(self, location, name):
         """Check if 'name' is an indirect map for 'parentmap'."""
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaconfig.py b/plugins/modules/ipaconfig.py
index 37c06fad2cd825c253e9844cfab68e7988d07193..a32376cc425886a291ff03b6ca62429f0e803f38 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaconfig.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaconfig.py
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ def get_netbios_name(module):
         _result = module.ipa_command_no_name("trustconfig_show", {"all": True})
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]["ipantflatname"][0]
+    return _result["result"]["ipantflatname"][0]
 
 
 def is_enable_sid(module):
@@ -477,7 +476,7 @@ def main():
     params = {}
     for x in field_map:
         val = ansible_module.params_get(
-            x, allow_empty_string=(x in allow_empty_string))
+            x, allow_empty_string=x in allow_empty_string)
 
         if val is not None:
             params[field_map.get(x, x)] = val
@@ -620,7 +619,7 @@ def main():
                         # boolean values, so we need to convert it to str
                         # for comparison.
                         # See: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/6294
-                        exit_args[k] = (str(value[0]).upper() == "TRUE")
+                        exit_args[k] = str(value[0]).upper() == "TRUE"
                     else:
                         if arg_type not in type_map:
                             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipadelegation.py b/plugins/modules/ipadelegation.py
index c892b7df3bb387e9f29941fc30823288bc4d1aa1..e30d3d7008d31322f4e7ce71f01c6a8bd21d3ceb 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipadelegation.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipadelegation.py
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ def find_delegation(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if delegation name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(permission, attribute, membergroup, group):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipadnsforwardzone.py b/plugins/modules/ipadnsforwardzone.py
index 87ed9826b61b633ca2ee42e53e1bd775b53aa0b7..93a31f5ec0eb70e247868f3eb381cffd1f7a520d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipadnsforwardzone.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipadnsforwardzone.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def main():
         invalid = [
             "forwarders", "forwardpolicy", "skip_overlap_check", "permission"
         ]
-        wants_enable = (state == "enabled")
+        wants_enable = state == "enabled"
 
     if operation == "del":
         invalid = [
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipadnsrecord.py b/plugins/modules/ipadnsrecord.py
index 75ae4492f4a9c01d067f607c4799a2c38e2dbf23..f027791c8aeac917a12c65ceda8ef4ae96020eae 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipadnsrecord.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipadnsrecord.py
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ def define_commands_for_present_state(module, zone_name, entry, res_find):
     else:
         # Create reverse records for existing records
         for ipv in ['a', 'aaaa']:
-            record = ('%srecord' % ipv)
+            record = '%srecord' % ipv
             if record in args and ('%s_extra_create_reverse' % ipv) in args:
                 cmds = create_reverse_ip_record(
                     module, zone_name, name, args[record])
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaidrange.py b/plugins/modules/ipaidrange.py
index 5071e4809d5d9c335ec4960247e6914a6c610923..5d70adbcf8995bcf36452c73e1a5762dc0c67091 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaidrange.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaidrange.py
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ def find_idrange(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if idrange name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaidview.py b/plugins/modules/ipaidview.py
index b6b7a44dcc3584067a44395a91b6729bb4d076ed..b7065155ee6e2667205f1a6f8a6dd719620d4e30 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaidview.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaidview.py
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ def find_idview(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if idview name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(description, domain_resolution_order):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipalocation.py b/plugins/modules/ipalocation.py
index d941658c0ae2adc2fe767de9af4f4d2df9bad49e..667e77b280730a5fcbddb3539010c93758ff7b6d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipalocation.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipalocation.py
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ def find_location(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if location name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(description):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipapermission.py b/plugins/modules/ipapermission.py
index 622b1cc358a171aabe651cee1000d483d0691105..1ed25722a233379828ace389c3670af4515cac73 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipapermission.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipapermission.py
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ def find_permission(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if permission name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(right, attrs, bindtype, subtree,
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaprivilege.py b/plugins/modules/ipaprivilege.py
index 4fb810bdb43f1780ba5a52a46c4a1957fedaaf7a..60033bd99e597f33dcebff5f8d1961d018399300 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaprivilege.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaprivilege.py
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ def find_privilege(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if privilege name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/plugins/modules/iparole.py b/plugins/modules/iparole.py
index 9952dd7db00ece0e62366e9b00cde6e4d1cd1a76..2e876268026e9ae11e8a6eda293cc166cd4bd504 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/iparole.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/iparole.py
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ def find_role(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if role name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(module):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaselfservice.py b/plugins/modules/ipaselfservice.py
index 52cd6e278ed63a152c4841d5cd401819ddf80b6a..a7480ad6734932b843781ee556372852acb5f0d6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaselfservice.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaselfservice.py
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ def find_selfservice(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if selfservice name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(permission, attribute):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaserver.py b/plugins/modules/ipaserver.py
index 0d9def27de20fe21d4279e7a864551d6dc9b9521..35755ae1355c4e62e9a1491452ef91ebfa3f9963 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaserver.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaserver.py
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ def find_server(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if server name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def server_role_status(module, name):
@@ -218,8 +217,7 @@ def server_role_status(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if server name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"][0]
+    return _result["result"][0]
 
 
 def gen_args(location, service_weight, no_members, delete_continue,
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaservice.py b/plugins/modules/ipaservice.py
index 0409b0b770b7f8c48d2c684a2036d986eca3c614..d0f560989fe2a875c128bc66549cde7f1378340c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaservice.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaservice.py
@@ -414,15 +414,15 @@ def gen_args(pac_type, auth_ind, skip_host_check, force, requires_pre_auth,
     if auth_ind is not None:
         _args['krbprincipalauthind'] = auth_ind
     if skip_host_check is not None:
-        _args['skip_host_check'] = (skip_host_check)
+        _args['skip_host_check'] = skip_host_check
     if force is not None:
-        _args['force'] = (force)
+        _args['force'] = force
     if requires_pre_auth is not None:
-        _args['ipakrbrequirespreauth'] = (requires_pre_auth)
+        _args['ipakrbrequirespreauth'] = requires_pre_auth
     if ok_as_delegate is not None:
-        _args['ipakrbokasdelegate'] = (ok_as_delegate)
+        _args['ipakrbokasdelegate'] = ok_as_delegate
     if ok_to_auth_as_delegate is not None:
-        _args['ipakrboktoauthasdelegate'] = (ok_to_auth_as_delegate)
+        _args['ipakrboktoauthasdelegate'] = ok_to_auth_as_delegate
 
     return _args
 
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ def gen_args_smb(netbiosname, ok_as_delegate, ok_to_auth_as_delegate):
     if netbiosname is not None:
         _args['ipantflatname'] = netbiosname
     if ok_as_delegate is not None:
-        _args['ipakrbokasdelegate'] = (ok_as_delegate)
+        _args['ipakrbokasdelegate'] = ok_as_delegate
     if ok_to_auth_as_delegate is not None:
-        _args['ipakrboktoauthasdelegate'] = (ok_to_auth_as_delegate)
+        _args['ipakrboktoauthasdelegate'] = ok_to_auth_as_delegate
 
     return _args
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationrule.py b/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationrule.py
index 35214b05fba3b31d23c840692d2c16a7c827d31d..4b9e3435bb170a2fb1779e1a24035a22cc82186d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationrule.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationrule.py
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ def find_servicedelegationrule(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if servicedelegationrule name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def check_targets(module, targets):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationtarget.py b/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationtarget.py
index 9c3c990f72f824712f1c17cc6d6624a1f4c92325..857083145f323a4e80f62b1a26ba5948aa5d99d2 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationtarget.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipaservicedelegationtarget.py
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ def find_servicedelegationtarget(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if servicedelegationtarget name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipasudocmdgroup.py b/plugins/modules/ipasudocmdgroup.py
index d6154598dca5e73cefc02e48898d4b317bcdd1c8..c9baf6c482f5262db396ead6c8d91fde4e1620ba 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipasudocmdgroup.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipasudocmdgroup.py
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ def find_sudocmdgroup(module, name):
         _result = module.ipa_command("sudocmdgroup_show", name, args)
     except ipalib_errors.NotFound:
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(description, nomembers):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipavault.py b/plugins/modules/ipavault.py
index b3a278c90e83f345c61e3a4dcb7c5856e593f9e5..5a6dddb2e06bc0060a4995d392f055b52cdeee70 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipavault.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipavault.py
@@ -977,12 +977,14 @@ def main():
                     changed = 'Archived data into' in result['summary']
                 elif command == 'vault_retrieve':
                     if 'result' not in result:
+                        # pylint: disable=W0012,broad-exception-raised
                         raise Exception("No result obtained.")
                     if "data" in result["result"]:
                         data_return = exit_args.setdefault("vault", {})
                         data_return["data"] = result["result"]["data"]
                     else:
                         if not datafile_out:
+                            # pylint: disable=W0012,broad-exception-raised
                             raise Exception("No data retrieved.")
                     changed = False
                 else:
@@ -993,7 +995,7 @@ def main():
                         changed = True
             except ipalib_errors.EmptyModlist:
                 result = {}
-            except Exception as exception:
+            except Exception as exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                 ansible_module.fail_json(
                     msg="%s: %s: %s" % (command, name, str(exception)))
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 750f7f04973419703a57b0b414e3ef6ba30006e8..501c00793ecc8d19e00444201cc9a14991f7d71d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 -r requirements-tests.txt
 ipdb==0.13.4
 pre-commit==2.20.0
-flake8==5.0.3
-flake8-bugbear==22.10.27
-pylint==2.14.4
-wrapt == 1.14.0
-pydocstyle==6.0.0
-yamllint==1.28.0
+flake8==6.0.0
+flake8-bugbear
+pylint==2.17.2
+wrapt==1.14.1
+pydocstyle==6.3.0
+yamllint==1.32.0
 ansible-lint
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/module_utils/ansible_ipa_client.py b/roles/ipaclient/module_utils/ansible_ipa_client.py
index 3116c7de34e0f0c92d41987c5d77314e38c04dae..5853f6ba96586ff7bc4358ce1fa2c3cff74503f0 100644
--- a/roles/ipaclient/module_utils/ansible_ipa_client.py
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/module_utils/ansible_ipa_client.py
@@ -307,8 +307,7 @@ try:
 
     else:
         # IPA version < 4.4
-
-        raise Exception("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
+        raise RuntimeError("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
 
 except ImportError as _err:
     ANSIBLE_IPA_CLIENT_MODULE_IMPORT_ERROR = str(_err)
diff --git a/roles/ipareplica/module_utils/ansible_ipa_replica.py b/roles/ipareplica/module_utils/ansible_ipa_replica.py
index fb168010307de9828d3b6c63842f5aa52d60192f..76b7be2db7f29ab2a0e4eee31d5a6babaa45ca57 100644
--- a/roles/ipareplica/module_utils/ansible_ipa_replica.py
+++ b/roles/ipareplica/module_utils/ansible_ipa_replica.py
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ try:
 
     else:
         # IPA version < 4.6
-
-        raise Exception("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
+        raise RuntimeError("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
 
 except ImportError as _err:
     ANSIBLE_IPA_REPLICA_MODULE_IMPORT_ERROR = str(_err)
diff --git a/roles/ipaserver/module_utils/ansible_ipa_server.py b/roles/ipaserver/module_utils/ansible_ipa_server.py
index 80e2042cc5a894db3c1d5507ecaf028f18b99090..8bdb048bf7633684e28d0aee8465a24136254376 100644
--- a/roles/ipaserver/module_utils/ansible_ipa_server.py
+++ b/roles/ipaserver/module_utils/ansible_ipa_server.py
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ try:
 
     else:
         # IPA version < 4.5
-
-        raise Exception("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
+        raise RuntimeError("freeipa version '%s' is too old" % VERSION)
 
 except ImportError as _err:
     ANSIBLE_IPA_SERVER_MODULE_IMPORT_ERROR = str(_err)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4fe542423e7b8cc0c5e297d4f4a54cbd4218ba87..95dc458d9794c204b950cfa453a609fc03dee608 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ disable =
     broad-except,
     too-many-branches,
     too-many-locals,
-    fixme
+    fixme,
+    use-dict-literal
 
 [pylint.BASIC]
 good-names =
diff --git a/tests/pytests/conftest.py b/tests/pytests/conftest.py
index e42d5f4ce8197c1749cf2e828b64169330243fb4..40cdbc67c514db5eff974a40d9ee5f168dc712e0 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/conftest.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def set_env_if_not_set(envvar, value):
         os.environ[envvar] = value
 
 
-def pytest_configure(config):
+def pytest_configure(config):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     test_dir = os.getenv("TWD")
     if not test_dir:
         return
diff --git a/utils/facts.py b/utils/facts.py
index 368712348646699087c2cd691f13800cd854bc13..ff7efd34c5bc27abf75aa4e9ef2277cbe57891a6 100644
--- a/utils/facts.py
+++ b/utils/facts.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import os
 
 
-def get_roles(dir):
+def get_roles(directory):
     roles = []
 
-    _rolesdir = "%s/roles/" % dir
+    _rolesdir = "%s/roles/" % directory
     for _role in os.listdir(_rolesdir):
         _roledir = "%s/%s" % (_rolesdir, _role)
         if not os.path.isdir(_roledir) or \
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ def get_roles(dir):
     return sorted(roles)
 
 
-def get_modules(dir):
+def get_modules(directory):
     management_modules = []
     roles_modules = []
 
-    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
-        if not root.startswith("%s/plugins/" % dir) and \
-           not root.startswith("%s/roles/" % dir):
+    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
+        if not root.startswith("%s/plugins/" % directory) and \
+           not root.startswith("%s/roles/" % directory):
             continue
         for _file in files:
             if _file.endswith(".py"):
-                if root == "%s/plugins/modules" % dir:
+                if root == "%s/plugins/modules" % directory:
                     management_modules.append(_file[:-3])
-                elif root.startswith("%s/roles/" % dir):
+                elif root.startswith("%s/roles/" % directory):
                     if root.endswith("/library"):
                         roles_modules.append(_file[:-3])
 
diff --git a/utils/get_test_modules.py b/utils/get_test_modules.py
index cb20e0d65eebe1cdebffb4543391829b69bd0366..2f83176e34e75a00599f43e33c749c5165a153a3 100644
--- a/utils/get_test_modules.py
+++ b/utils/get_test_modules.py
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ def get_plugins_from_playbook(playbook):
             return []
         except yaml.parser.ParserError:  # If not a YAML/JSON file.
             return []
-        else:
-            return data if data else []
+        return data if data else []
 
     data = load_playbook(playbook)
     task_blocks = [t.get("tasks", []) if "tasks" in t else [] for t in data]
diff --git a/utils/templates/ipamodule+member.py.in b/utils/templates/ipamodule+member.py.in
index 3d34d77b451005eeb0490f7b40188c1795d2eab2..daa7fdd49b3d8a51658ed129a49df236c8b16781 100644
--- a/utils/templates/ipamodule+member.py.in
+++ b/utils/templates/ipamodule+member.py.in
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ def find_$name(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if $name name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(PARAMETER1):
diff --git a/utils/templates/ipamodule.py.in b/utils/templates/ipamodule.py.in
index 3b1bf1e8d9f539b0d26559bf2396191f5f4ba065..0dc282dd6baf66fde262844d25b37b029c11e278 100644
--- a/utils/templates/ipamodule.py.in
+++ b/utils/templates/ipamodule.py.in
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ def find_$name(module, name):
     except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         # An exception is raised if $name name is not found.
         return None
-    else:
-        return _result["result"]
+    return _result["result"]
 
 
 def gen_args(PARAMETER1, PARAMETER2):