diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8822-dict-comprehension.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8822-dict-comprehension.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cefb673bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8822-dict-comprehension.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - credstash lookup plugin - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - keycloak module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - deco MH module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - redfish_utils module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - scaleway module utils - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - etcd3 - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - gitlab_project - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_ecs_instance - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_evs_disk - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_vpc_eip - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_vpc_peering_connect - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_vpc_port - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - hwc_vpc_subnet - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - ipa_otptoken - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - keycloak_user_federation - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - lxc_container - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - proxmox_kvm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - scaleway_security_group - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - ufw - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
+  - vmadm - replace Python 2.6 construct with dict comprehensions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8822).
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/credstash.py b/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
index 6a3f58595b..fd284f55c8 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/credstash.py
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         aws_secret_access_key = self.get_option('aws_secret_access_key')
         aws_session_token = self.get_option('aws_session_token')
 
-        context = dict(
-            (k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items()
+        context = {
+            k: v for k, v in kwargs.items()
             if k not in ('version', 'region', 'table', 'profile_name', 'aws_access_key_id', 'aws_secret_access_key', 'aws_session_token')
-        )
+        }
 
         kwargs_pass = {
             'profile_name': profile_name,
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py b/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py
index 020b185a30..128b0fee13 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ def get_token(module_params):
             'password': auth_password,
         }
         # Remove empty items, for instance missing client_secret
-        payload = dict(
-            (k, v) for k, v in temp_payload.items() if v is not None)
+        payload = {k: v for k, v in temp_payload.items() if v is not None}
         try:
             r = json.loads(to_native(open_url(auth_url, method='POST',
                                               validate_certs=validate_certs, http_agent=http_agent, timeout=connection_timeout,
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/mh/deco.py b/plugins/module_utils/mh/deco.py
index c7b63b7050..408891cb8e 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mh/deco.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mh/deco.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ def module_fails_on_exception(func):
 
     @wraps(func)
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        def fix_key(k):
+            return k if k not in conflict_list else "_" + k
+
         def fix_var_conflicts(output):
-            result = dict([
-                (k if k not in conflict_list else "_" + k, v)
-                for k, v in output.items()
-            ])
+            result = {fix_key(k): v for k, v in output.items()}
             return result
 
         try:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
index edfc612466..c79506075a 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
@@ -613,9 +613,11 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                     ai = dict((p['Name'], p)
                               for p in params if 'Name' in p)
         if not ai:
-            ai = dict((k[:-24],
-                       {'AllowableValues': v}) for k, v in action.items()
-                      if k.endswith('@Redfish.AllowableValues'))
+            ai = {
+                k[:-24]: {'AllowableValues': v}
+                for k, v in action.items()
+                if k.endswith('@Redfish.AllowableValues')
+            }
         return ai
 
     def _get_allowable_values(self, action, name, default_values=None):
@@ -2242,7 +2244,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                 continue
 
             # If already set to requested value, remove it from PATCH payload
-            if data[u'Attributes'][attr_name] == attributes[attr_name]:
+            if data[u'Attributes'][attr_name] == attr_value:
                 del attrs_to_patch[attr_name]
 
         warning = ""
@@ -2780,9 +2782,11 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
     def virtual_media_insert_via_patch(self, options, param_map, uri, data, image_only=False):
         # get AllowableValues
-        ai = dict((k[:-24],
-                   {'AllowableValues': v}) for k, v in data.items()
-                  if k.endswith('@Redfish.AllowableValues'))
+        ai = {
+            k[:-24]: {'AllowableValues': v}
+            for k, v in data.items()
+            if k.endswith('@Redfish.AllowableValues')
+        }
         # construct payload
         payload = self._insert_virt_media_payload(options, param_map, data, ai)
         if 'Inserted' not in payload and not image_only:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py b/plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py
index 1310ba5602..2b21ec3793 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/scaleway.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ def scaleway_waitable_resource_argument_spec():
 
 
 def payload_from_object(scw_object):
-    return dict(
-        (k, v)
+    return {
+        k: v
         for k, v in scw_object.items()
         if k != 'id' and v is not None
-    )
+    }
 
 
 class ScalewayException(Exception):
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ class SecretVariables(object):
     @staticmethod
     def list_to_dict(source_list, hashed=False):
         key_value = 'hashed_value' if hashed else 'value'
-        return dict(
-            (var['key'], var[key_value])
-            for var in source_list
-        )
+        return {var['key']: var[key_value] for var in source_list}
 
     @classmethod
     def decode(cls, secrets_list, values_list):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/etcd3.py b/plugins/modules/etcd3.py
index 2fdc3f2f83..b1bb181cf4 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/etcd3.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/etcd3.py
@@ -193,13 +193,8 @@ def run_module():
 
     allowed_keys = ['host', 'port', 'ca_cert', 'cert_cert', 'cert_key',
                     'timeout', 'user', 'password']
-    # TODO(evrardjp): Move this back to a dict comprehension when python 2.7 is
-    # the minimum supported version
-    # client_params = {key: value for key, value in module.params.items() if key in allowed_keys}
-    client_params = dict()
-    for key, value in module.params.items():
-        if key in allowed_keys:
-            client_params[key] = value
+
+    client_params = {key: value for key, value in module.params.items() if key in allowed_keys}
     try:
         etcd = etcd3.client(**client_params)
     except Exception as exp:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/gitlab_project.py b/plugins/modules/gitlab_project.py
index c5d2278ba0..a85f2bd827 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_project.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_project.py
@@ -534,11 +534,7 @@ class GitLabProject(object):
     @param arguments Attributes of the project
     '''
     def get_options_with_value(self, arguments):
-        ret_arguments = dict()
-        for arg_key, arg_value in arguments.items():
-            if arguments[arg_key] is not None:
-                ret_arguments[arg_key] = arg_value
-
+        ret_arguments = {k: v for k, v in arguments.items() if v is not None}
         return ret_arguments
 
     '''
@@ -549,8 +545,8 @@ class GitLabProject(object):
         changed = False
 
         for arg_key, arg_value in arguments.items():
-            if arguments[arg_key] is not None:
-                if getattr(project, arg_key, None) != arguments[arg_key]:
+            if arg_value is not None:
+                if getattr(project, arg_key, None) != arg_value:
                     if arg_key == 'container_expiration_policy':
                         old_val = getattr(project, arg_key, {})
                         final_val = {key: value for key, value in arg_value.items() if value is not None}
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_ecs_instance.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_ecs_instance.py
index 9ba95dc96d..cc6ef926dd 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_ecs_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_ecs_instance.py
@@ -1163,8 +1163,7 @@ def send_delete_volume_request(module, params, client, info):
     path_parameters = {
         "volume_id": ["volume_id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(info, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(info, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "cloudservers/{id}/detachvolume/{volume_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_evs_disk.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_evs_disk.py
index 7d445ddd21..5f0e40b196 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_evs_disk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_evs_disk.py
@@ -771,8 +771,7 @@ def async_wait(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "job_id": ["job_id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "jobs/{job_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_eip.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_eip.py
index 5c44319409..c3039ca2e5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_eip.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_eip.py
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ def async_wait_create(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "publicip_id": ["publicip", "id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "publicips/{publicip_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_peering_connect.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_peering_connect.py
index 2d6832ce5d..854d89e76a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_peering_connect.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_peering_connect.py
@@ -407,8 +407,7 @@ def async_wait_create(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "peering_id": ["peering", "id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "v2.0/vpc/peerings/{peering_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_port.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_port.py
index 2d830493d4..08b1c0607d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_port.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_port.py
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@ def async_wait_create(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "port_id": ["port", "id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "ports/{port_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_subnet.py b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_subnet.py
index 7ba7473301..ff6e425ca9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_subnet.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/hwc_vpc_subnet.py
@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ def async_wait_create(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "subnet_id": ["subnet", "id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "subnets/{subnet_id}", data)
 
@@ -538,8 +537,7 @@ def async_wait_update(config, result, client, timeout):
     path_parameters = {
         "subnet_id": ["subnet", "id"],
     }
-    data = dict((key, navigate_value(result, path))
-                for key, path in path_parameters.items())
+    data = {key: navigate_value(result, path) for key, path in path_parameters.items()}
 
     url = build_path(module, "subnets/{subnet_id}", data)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py b/plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py
index 567674f935..d8a5b3cf1d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py
@@ -392,9 +392,7 @@ def ensure(module, client):
                       'counter': 'ipatokenhotpcounter'}
 
     # Create inverse dictionary for mapping return values
-    ipa_to_ansible = {}
-    for (k, v) in ansible_to_ipa.items():
-        ipa_to_ansible[v] = k
+    ipa_to_ansible = {v: k for k, v in ansible_to_ipa.items()}
 
     unmodifiable_after_creation = ['otptype', 'secretkey', 'algorithm',
                                    'digits', 'offset', 'interval', 'counter']
diff --git a/plugins/modules/keycloak_user_federation.py b/plugins/modules/keycloak_user_federation.py
index 05f884cc1e..3f65af3a93 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/keycloak_user_federation.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/keycloak_user_federation.py
@@ -847,8 +847,11 @@ def main():
 
     # Keycloak API expects config parameters to be arrays containing a single string element
     if config is not None:
-        module.params['config'] = dict((k, [str(v).lower() if not isinstance(v, str) else v])
-                                       for k, v in config.items() if config[k] is not None)
+        module.params['config'] = {
+            k: [str(v).lower() if not isinstance(v, str) else v]
+            for k, v in config.items()
+            if config[k] is not None
+        }
 
     if mappers is not None:
         for mapper in mappers:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py b/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
index 7ded041e93..2d768eaafd 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/lxc_container.py
@@ -683,11 +683,11 @@ class LxcContainerManagement(object):
             variables.pop(v, None)
 
         false_values = BOOLEANS_FALSE.union([None, ''])
-        result = dict(
-            (v, self.module.params[k])
+        result = {
+            v: self.module.params[k]
             for k, v in variables.items()
             if self.module.params[k] not in false_values
-        )
+        }
         return result
 
     def _config(self):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
index e2b708170e..771ddd902f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ class ProxmoxKvmAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
 
         # Sanitize kwargs. Remove not defined args and ensure True and False converted to int.
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
-        kwargs.update(dict([k, int(v)] for k, v in kwargs.items() if isinstance(v, bool)))
+        kwargs.update({k: int(v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if isinstance(v, bool)})
 
         version = self.version()
         pve_major_version = 3 if version < LooseVersion('4.0') else version.version[0]
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ class ProxmoxKvmAnsible(ProxmoxAnsible):
             for param in valid_clone_params:
                 if self.module.params[param] is not None:
                     clone_params[param] = self.module.params[param]
-            clone_params.update(dict([k, int(v)] for k, v in clone_params.items() if isinstance(v, bool)))
+            clone_params.update({k: int(v) for k, v in clone_params.items() if isinstance(v, bool)})
             taskid = proxmox_node.qemu(vmid).clone.post(newid=newid, name=name, **clone_params)
         else:
             taskid = proxmox_node.qemu.create(vmid=vmid, name=name, memory=memory, cpu=cpu, cores=cores, sockets=sockets, **kwargs)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/scaleway_security_group.py b/plugins/modules/scaleway_security_group.py
index c09bc34bad..0c7f3f6ec6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/scaleway_security_group.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/scaleway_security_group.py
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 
 
 def payload_from_security_group(security_group):
-    return dict(
-        (k, v)
+    return {
+        k: v
         for k, v in security_group.items()
         if k != 'id' and v is not None
-    )
+    }
 
 
 def present_strategy(api, security_group):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ufw.py b/plugins/modules/ufw.py
index 5d187793bd..7a90647979 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ufw.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ufw.py
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def main():
 
     params = module.params
 
-    commands = dict((key, params[key]) for key in command_keys if params[key])
+    commands = {key: params[key] for key in command_keys if params[key]}
 
     # Ensure ufw is available
     ufw_bin = module.get_bin_path('ufw', True)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmadm.py b/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
index bfe6148375..923a902bcf 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmadm.py
@@ -558,9 +558,11 @@ def create_payload(module, uuid):
 
     # Filter out the few options that are not valid VM properties.
     module_options = ['force', 'state']
-    # @TODO make this a simple {} comprehension as soon as py2 is ditched
-    # @TODO {k: v for k, v in p.items() if k not in module_options}
-    vmdef = dict([(k, v) for k, v in module.params.items() if k not in module_options and v])
+    vmdef = {
+        k: v
+        for k, v in module.params.items()
+        if k not in module_options and v
+    }
 
     try:
         vmdef_json = json.dumps(vmdef)