diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pylint/plugins/deprecated.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pylint/plugins/deprecated.py
index 5f9c90fea9f..79b8bf1569f 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pylint/plugins/deprecated.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pylint/plugins/deprecated.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
 import re
+import typing as t
 
 import astroid
 
@@ -144,18 +145,6 @@ class AnsibleDeprecatedChecker(BaseChecker):
         }),
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.collection_version = None
-        self.collection_name = None
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def set_option(self, optname, value, action=None, optdict=None):
-        super().set_option(optname, value, action, optdict)
-        if optname == 'collection-version' and value is not None:
-            self.collection_version = SemanticVersion(self.config.collection_version)
-        if optname == 'collection-name' and value is not None:
-            self.collection_name = self.config.collection_name
-
     def _check_date(self, node, date):
         if not isinstance(date, str):
             self.add_message('ansible-invalid-deprecated-date', node=node, args=(date,))
@@ -205,6 +194,16 @@ class AnsibleDeprecatedChecker(BaseChecker):
             except ValueError:
                 self.add_message('collection-invalid-deprecated-version', node=node, args=(version,))
 
+    @property
+    def collection_name(self) -> t.Optional[str]:
+        """Return the collection name, or None if ansible-core is being tested."""
+        return self.config.collection_name
+
+    @property
+    def collection_version(self) -> t.Optional[SemanticVersion]:
+        """Return the collection version, or None if ansible-core is being tested."""
+        return SemanticVersion(self.config.collection_version) if self.config.collection_version is not None else None
+
     @check_messages(*(MSGS.keys()))
     def visit_call(self, node):
         """Visit a call node."""
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
index dde9744d548..671b9b1e3f7 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/main.py
@@ -679,14 +679,14 @@ class ModuleValidator(Validator):
     def _ensure_imports_below_docs(self, doc_info, first_callable):
         try:
             min_doc_line = min(
-                [doc_info[key]['lineno'] for key in doc_info if doc_info[key]['lineno']]
+                doc_info[key]['lineno'] for key in doc_info if doc_info[key]['lineno']
             )
         except ValueError:
             # We can't perform this validation, as there are no DOCs provided at all
             return
 
         max_doc_line = max(
-            [doc_info[key]['end_lineno'] for key in doc_info if doc_info[key]['end_lineno']]
+            doc_info[key]['end_lineno'] for key in doc_info if doc_info[key]['end_lineno']
         )
 
         import_lines = []
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/sanity/compile/compile.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/sanity/compile/compile.py
index 7890a9b2aae..bd2446f6d8f 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/sanity/compile/compile.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/sanity/compile/compile.py
@@ -12,28 +12,33 @@ Text = type(u'')
 def main():
     """Main program entry point."""
     for path in sys.argv[1:] or sys.stdin.read().splitlines():
-        with open(path, 'rb') as source_fd:
-            source = source_fd.read()
+        compile_source(path)
 
-        try:
-            compile(source, path, 'exec', dont_inherit=True)
-        except SyntaxError as ex:
-            extype, message, lineno, offset = type(ex), ex.text, ex.lineno, ex.offset
-        except BaseException as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            extype, message, lineno, offset = type(ex), str(ex), 0, 0
-        else:
-            continue
 
-        # In some situations offset can be None. This can happen for syntax errors on Python 2.6
-        # (__future__ import following after a regular import).
-        offset = offset or 0
+def compile_source(path):
+    """Compile the specified source file, printing an error if one occurs."""
+    with open(path, 'rb') as source_fd:
+        source = source_fd.read()
 
-        result = "%s:%d:%d: %s: %s" % (path, lineno, offset, extype.__name__, safe_message(message))
+    try:
+        compile(source, path, 'exec', dont_inherit=True)
+    except SyntaxError as ex:
+        extype, message, lineno, offset = type(ex), ex.text, ex.lineno, ex.offset
+    except BaseException as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        extype, message, lineno, offset = type(ex), str(ex), 0, 0
+    else:
+        return
 
-        if sys.version_info <= (3,):
-            result = result.encode(ENCODING, ERRORS)
+    # In some situations offset can be None. This can happen for syntax errors on Python 2.6
+    # (__future__ import following after a regular import).
+    offset = offset or 0
 
-        print(result)
+    result = "%s:%d:%d: %s: %s" % (path, lineno, offset, extype.__name__, safe_message(message))
+
+    if sys.version_info <= (3,):
+        result = result.encode(ENCODING, ERRORS)
+
+    print(result)
 
 
 def safe_message(value):