diff --git a/pylib/gyp/MSVSProject.py b/pylib/gyp/MSVSProject.py
index f0cfabe8..629f3f61 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/MSVSProject.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/MSVSProject.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def __init__(self, project_path, version, name, guid=None, platforms=None):
         self.files_section = ["Files"]
 
         # Keep a dict keyed on filename to speed up access.
-        self.files_dict = dict()
+        self.files_dict = {}
 
     def AddToolFile(self, path):
         """Adds a tool file to the project.
diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/analyzer.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/analyzer.py
index 810d181a..1d04d3fc 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/analyzer.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/analyzer.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def _GetUnqualifiedToTargetMapping(all_targets, to_find):
             result[extracted[1]] = all_targets[target_name]
             if not to_find:
                 return result, []
-    return result, [x for x in to_find]
+    return result, list(to_find)
 
 
 def _DoesTargetDependOnMatchingTargets(target):
@@ -683,11 +683,9 @@ def find_matching_test_target_names(self):
         )
         test_target_names_contains_all = "all" in self._test_target_names
         if test_target_names_contains_all:
-            test_targets = [
-                x for x in (set(test_targets_no_all) | set(self._root_targets))
-            ]
+            test_targets = list(set(test_targets_no_all) | set(self._root_targets))
         else:
-            test_targets = [x for x in test_targets_no_all]
+            test_targets = list(test_targets_no_all)
         print("supplied test_targets")
         for target_name in self._test_target_names:
             print("\t", target_name)
@@ -702,9 +700,9 @@ def find_matching_test_target_names(self):
         if matching_test_targets_contains_all:
             # Remove any of the targets for all that were not explicitly supplied,
             # 'all' is subsequentely added to the matching names below.
-            matching_test_targets = [
-                x for x in (set(matching_test_targets) & set(test_targets_no_all))
-            ]
+            matching_test_targets = list(
+                set(matching_test_targets) & set(test_targets_no_all)
+            )
         print("matched test_targets")
         for target in matching_test_targets:
             print("\t", target.name)
@@ -729,9 +727,7 @@ def find_matching_compile_target_names(self):
             self._supplied_target_names_no_all(), self._unqualified_mapping
         )
         if "all" in self._supplied_target_names():
-            supplied_targets = [
-                x for x in (set(supplied_targets) | set(self._root_targets))
-            ]
+            supplied_targets = list(set(supplied_targets) | set(self._root_targets))
         print("Supplied test_targets & compile_targets")
         for target in supplied_targets:
             print("\t", target.name)
diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
index d4541291..39e85f5a 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/compile_commands_json.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def resolve(filename):
                     gyp.common.EncodePOSIXShellArgument(file),
                 )
             )
-            commands.append(dict(command=command, directory=output_dir, file=file))
+            commands.append({"command": command, "directory": output_dir, "file": file})
 
 
 def GenerateOutput(target_list, target_dicts, data, params):
diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
index a98dd9a1..fddd8a0b 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def _ToolSetOrAppend(tools, tool_name, setting, value, only_if_unset=False):
         else:
             value = [i.replace("/", "\\") for i in value]
     if not tools.get(tool_name):
-        tools[tool_name] = dict()
+        tools[tool_name] = {}
     tool = tools[tool_name]
     if setting == "CompileAsWinRT":
         return
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ def _AddConfigurationToMSVSProject(p, spec, config_type, config_name, config):
     precompiled_header = config.get("msvs_precompiled_header")
 
     # Prepare the list of tools as a dictionary.
-    tools = dict()
+    tools = {}
     # Add in user specified msvs_settings.
     msvs_settings = config.get("msvs_settings", {})
     MSVSSettings.ValidateMSVSSettings(msvs_settings)
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ def _GetPathDict(root, path):
     parent, folder = os.path.split(path)
     parent_dict = _GetPathDict(root, parent)
     if folder not in parent_dict:
-        parent_dict[folder] = dict()
+        parent_dict[folder] = {}
     return parent_dict[folder]
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e030cd7..c08f3481 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ select = [
   # "TRY",  # tryceratops
 ]
 ignore = [
-  "C408",
-  "C416",
   "PLC1901",
   "PLR0402",
   "PLR2004",
diff --git a/tools/pretty_sln.py b/tools/pretty_sln.py
index 6ca0cd12..cf0638a2 100755
--- a/tools/pretty_sln.py
+++ b/tools/pretty_sln.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ def BuildProject(project, built, projects, deps):
 
 def ParseSolution(solution_file):
     # All projects, their clsid and paths.
-    projects = dict()
+    projects = {}
 
     # A list of dependencies associated with a project.
-    dependencies = dict()
+    dependencies = {}
 
     # Regular expressions that matches the SLN format.
     # The first line of a project definition.
diff --git a/tools/pretty_vcproj.py b/tools/pretty_vcproj.py
index 00d32deb..72c65d7f 100755
--- a/tools/pretty_vcproj.py
+++ b/tools/pretty_vcproj.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 __author__ = "nsylvain (Nicolas Sylvain)"
 ARGUMENTS = None
-REPLACEMENTS = dict()
+REPLACEMENTS = {}
 
 
 def cmp(x, y):