diff --git a/test/units/inventory/test_host.py b/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
index c8f477145e6..712ed302b7a 100644
--- a/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
+++ b/test/units/inventory/test_host.py
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ class TestHost(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_equals_none(self):
         other = None
-        self.hostA == other
-        other == self.hostA
-        self.hostA != other
-        other != self.hostA
+        assert not (self.hostA == other)
+        assert not (other == self.hostA)
+        assert self.hostA != other
+        assert other != self.hostA
         self.assertNotEqual(self.hostA, other)
 
     def test_serialize(self):
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/test_timeout.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/test_timeout.py
index 2adbc4a6f3f..6ba7c397d5c 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/facts/test_timeout.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/test_timeout.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def function_other_timeout():
 
 @timeout.timeout(1)
 def function_raises():
-    1 / 0
+    return 1 / 0
 
 
 @timeout.timeout(1)
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/action/test_pause.py b/test/units/plugins/action/test_pause.py
index fc4325f46d6..cbd9a17d213 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/action/test_pause.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/action/test_pause.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_pause_missing_curses(mocker, monkeypatch):
     mod = importlib.import_module('ansible.plugins.action.pause')
 
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
-        mod.curses
+        mod.curses  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
 
     assert mod.HAS_CURSES is False
     assert mod.MOVE_TO_BOL == b'\r'
diff --git a/test/units/plugins/cache/test_cache.py b/test/units/plugins/cache/test_cache.py
index 31a1da7014a..b4ffe4e3799 100644
--- a/test/units/plugins/cache/test_cache.py
+++ b/test/units/plugins/cache/test_cache.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestCachePluginAdjudicator(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test___getitem__(self):
         with pytest.raises(KeyError):
-            self.cache['foo']
+            self.cache['foo']  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement
 
     def test_pop_with_default(self):
         assert self.cache.pop('foo', 'bar') == 'bar'
diff --git a/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py b/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
index 3c40a7a3214..fbb0bcdc5fa 100644
--- a/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/test/units/utils/test_unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ def test_wrap_var_no_ref():
         'text': 'text',
     }
     wrapped_thing = wrap_var(thing)
-    thing is not wrapped_thing
-    thing['foo'] is not wrapped_thing['foo']
-    thing['bar'][0] is not wrapped_thing['bar'][0]
-    thing['baz'][0] is not wrapped_thing['baz'][0]
-    thing['none'] is not wrapped_thing['none']
-    thing['text'] is not wrapped_thing['text']
+    assert thing is not wrapped_thing
+    assert thing['foo'] is not wrapped_thing['foo']
+    assert thing['bar'][0] is not wrapped_thing['bar'][0]
+    assert thing['baz'][0] is not wrapped_thing['baz'][0]
+    assert thing['none'] is wrapped_thing['none']
+    assert thing['text'] is not wrapped_thing['text']
 
 
 def test_AnsibleUnsafeText():
diff --git a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
index 67ec120b1da..ee6de817b16 100644
--- a/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
+++ b/test/units/vars/test_variable_manager.py
@@ -141,10 +141,8 @@ class TestVariableManager(unittest.TestCase):
         return
 
         # pylint: disable=unreachable
-        '''
-        Tests complex variations and combinations of get_vars() with different
-        objects to modify the context under which variables are merged.
-        '''
+        # Tests complex variations and combinations of get_vars() with different
+        # objects to modify the context under which variables are merged.
         # FIXME: BCS makethiswork
         # return True