diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index feee3f2c27..61569b0c2d 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -140,16 +140,12 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: OS X 10.11
-              test: osx/10.11
-            - name: macOS 10.15
-              test: macos/10.15
             - name: macOS 11.1
               test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 7.8
-              test: rhel/7.8
-            - name: RHEL 8.2
-              test: rhel/8.2
+            - name: RHEL 7.9
+              test: rhel/7.9
+            - name: RHEL 8.3
+              test: rhel/8.3
             - name: FreeBSD 11.4
               test: freebsd/11.4
             - name: FreeBSD 12.2
@@ -166,8 +162,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.10/{0}
           targets:
+            - name: OS X 10.11
+              test: osx/10.11
+            - name: macOS 10.15
+              test: macos/10.15
             - name: macOS 11.1
               test: macos/11.1
+            - name: RHEL 7.8
+              test: rhel/7.8
             - name: RHEL 8.2
               test: rhel/8.2
             - name: FreeBSD 12.1
@@ -214,8 +216,6 @@ stages:
               test: opensuse15py2
             - name: openSUSE 15 py3
               test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
-              test: ubuntu1604
             - name: Ubuntu 18.04
               test: ubuntu1804
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ stages:
               test: fedora32
             - name: openSUSE 15 py3
               test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
+              test: ubuntu1604
           groups:
             - 2
             - 3
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
index 60623cd2f6..da727b7a20 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -226,10 +226,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                 if config == 'rootfs' or config.startswith(('virtio', 'sata', 'ide', 'scsi')):
                     value = ('disk_image=' + value)
 
-                if isinstance(value, int) or ',' not in value:
-                    value = value
-                # split off strings with commas to a dict
-                else:
+                if not (isinstance(value, int) or ',' not in value):
+                    # split off strings with commas to a dict
                     # skip over any keys that cannot be processed
                     try:
                         value = dict(key.split("=") for key in value.split(","))
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py b/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
index 683e4ddd69..3827aa0d1a 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                     yield host not in v
             yield True
 
-        return all([found_host for found_host in find_host(host, inventory)])
+        return all(find_host(host, inventory))
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py b/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py
index 33b3308452..d90d1f5234 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/cloud.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class CloudRetry(object):
                     try:
                         return f(*args, **kwargs)
                     except Exception as e:
-                        if isinstance(e, cls.base_class):
+                        if isinstance(e, cls.base_class):  # pylint: disable=isinstance-second-argument-not-valid-type
                             response_code = cls.status_code_from_exception(e)
                             if cls.found(response_code, catch_extra_error_codes):
                                 msg = "{0}: Retrying in {1} seconds...".format(str(e), delay)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py b/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py
index 42fb17d210..f35db8283d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class CmdMixin(object):
 
     def _calculate_args(self, extra_params=None, params=None):
         def add_arg_formatted_param(_cmd_args, arg_format, _value):
-            args = [x for x in arg_format.to_text(_value)]
+            args = list(arg_format.to_text(_value))
             return _cmd_args + args
 
         def find_format(_param):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_tag_facts.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_tag_facts.py
index c6e9b7441a..a6ce97dd42 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_tag_facts.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/ovirt/ovirt_tag_facts.py
@@ -137,17 +137,13 @@ def main():
             host = search_by_name(hosts_service, module.params['host'])
             if host is None:
                 raise Exception("Host '%s' was not found." % module.params['host'])
-            tags.extend([
-                tag for tag in hosts_service.host_service(host.id).tags_service().list()
-            ])
+            tags.extend(hosts_service.host_service(host.id).tags_service().list())
         if module.params['vm']:
             vms_service = connection.system_service().vms_service()
             vm = search_by_name(vms_service, module.params['vm'])
             if vm is None:
                 raise Exception("Vm '%s' was not found." % module.params['vm'])
-            tags.extend([
-                tag for tag in vms_service.vm_service(vm.id).tags_service().list()
-            ])
+            tags.extend(vms_service.vm_service(vm.id).tags_service().list())
 
         if not (module.params['vm'] or module.params['host'] or module.params['name']):
             tags = all_tags
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
index 7432c48a63..61e2a5e52b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/os/openbsd_pkg.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def get_package_state(names, pkg_spec, module):
         if stdout:
             # If the requested package name is just a stem, like "python", we may
             # find multiple packages with that name.
-            pkg_spec[name]['installed_names'] = [installed_name for installed_name in stdout.splitlines()]
+            pkg_spec[name]['installed_names'] = stdout.splitlines()
             module.debug("get_package_state(): installed_names = %s" % pkg_spec[name]['installed_names'])
             pkg_spec[name]['installed_state'] = True
         else:
diff --git a/scripts/inventory/freeipa.py b/scripts/inventory/freeipa.py
index 4a5bf67883..f7ffe1d223 100644
--- a/scripts/inventory/freeipa.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory/freeipa.py
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ def list_groups(api):
         members = []
 
         if 'member_host' in hostgroup:
-            members = [host for host in hostgroup['member_host']]
+            members = list(hostgroup['member_host'])
         if 'memberindirect_host' in hostgroup:
             members += (host for host in hostgroup['memberindirect_host'])
-        inventory[hostgroup['cn'][0]] = {'hosts': [host for host in members]}
+        inventory[hostgroup['cn'][0]] = {'hosts': list(members)}
 
         for member in members:
             hostvars[member] = {}
diff --git a/scripts/inventory/lxc_inventory.py b/scripts/inventory/lxc_inventory.py
index 00de15c2be..5a40b40837 100644
--- a/scripts/inventory/lxc_inventory.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory/lxc_inventory.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def build_dict():
                        for c in lxc.list_containers()])
 
     # Extract the groups, flatten the list, and remove duplicates
-    groups = set(sum([g for g in containers.values()], []))
+    groups = set(sum(containers.values(), []))
 
     # Create a dictionary for each group (including the 'all' group
     return dict([(g, {'hosts': [k for k, v in containers.items() if g in v],
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/django_manage/aliases b/tests/integration/targets/django_manage/aliases
index fcd92e1a91..e9c002109c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/django_manage/aliases
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/django_manage/aliases
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ skip/freebsd
 skip/macos
 skip/osx
 skip/rhel8.2
+skip/rhel8.3
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt
index 0ee04a42c9..cee8ab22ca 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.10.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins/callback/hipchat.py pylint:blacklisted-name
 plugins/connection/lxc.py pylint:blacklisted-name
+plugins/module_utils/cloud.py pylint:bad-option-value  # a pylint test that is disabled was modified over time
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-assert
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-unicode-literals
 plugins/module_utils/_mount.py future-import-boilerplate
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
index f746a78949..c14feab0c5 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins/callback/hipchat.py pylint:blacklisted-name
 plugins/connection/lxc.py pylint:blacklisted-name
+plugins/module_utils/cloud.py pylint:bad-option-value  # a pylint test that is disabled was modified over time
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-assert
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-unicode-literals
 plugins/module_utils/_mount.py future-import-boilerplate
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
index 1d30812efe..f0d6ac4935 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/monitoring/test_monit.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class MonitTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.monit.wait_for_monit_to_stop_pending()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_name', [name for name in monit.StatusValue.ALL_STATUS])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('status_name', monit.StatusValue.ALL_STATUS)
 def test_status_value(status_name):
     value = getattr(monit.StatusValue, status_name.upper())
     status = monit.StatusValue(value)
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/system/interfaces_file/test_interfaces_file.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/system/interfaces_file/test_interfaces_file.py
index a96737c7a8..c39842f5a1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/system/interfaces_file/test_interfaces_file.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/system/interfaces_file/test_interfaces_file.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TestInterfacesFileModule(unittest.TestCase):
                                              tofile=os.path.basename(backup))
         # Restore backup
         move(backup, path)
-        deltas = [d for d in diffs]
+        deltas = list(diffs)
         self.assertTrue(len(deltas) == 0)
 
     def compareInterfacesLinesToFile(self, interfaces_lines, path, testname=None):