diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
index aa4b2fe6..755900da 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ class LibBuilderBase(object):
 
         self._is_dependent = False
         self._is_built = False
-        self._depbuilders = list()
-        self._circular_deps = list()
-        self._processed_files = list()
+        self._depbuilders = []
+        self._circular_deps = []
+        self._processed_files = []
 
         # reset source filter, could be overridden with extra script
         self.env["SRC_FILTER"] = ""
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piosize.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piosize.py
index 6ef8d945..7eece12a 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piosize.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piosize.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def DumpSizeData(_, target, source, env):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
             "sections": sections,
         }
 
-        files = dict()
+        files = {}
         for symbol in _collect_symbols_info(env, elffile, elf_path, sections):
             file_path = symbol.get("file") or "unknown"
             if not files.get(file_path, {}):
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def DumpSizeData(_, target, source, env):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 
             files[file_path]["symbols"].append(symbol)
 
-        data["memory"]["files"] = list()
+        data["memory"]["files"] = []
         for k, v in files.items():
             file_data = {"path": k}
             file_data.update(v)
diff --git a/platformio/commands/check/command.py b/platformio/commands/check/command.py
index 2d4bb109..87673f99 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/check/command.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/check/command.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def print_processing_footer(result):
 
 
 def collect_component_stats(result):
-    components = dict()
+    components = {}
 
     def _append_defect(component, defect):
         if not components.get(component):
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def print_defects_stats(results):
 
     severity_labels = list(DefectItem.SEVERITY_LABELS.values())
     severity_labels.reverse()
-    tabular_data = list()
+    tabular_data = []
     for k, v in component_stats.items():
         tool_defect = [v.get(s, 0) for s in severity_labels]
         tabular_data.append([k] + tool_defect)
diff --git a/platformio/commands/check/tools/cppcheck.py b/platformio/commands/check/tools/cppcheck.py
index c1fe3e3b..8dd6041a 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/check/tools/cppcheck.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/check/tools/cppcheck.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CppcheckCheckTool(CheckToolBase):
         if any(f not in self._buffer for f in self.defect_fields):
             return None
 
-        args = dict()
+        args = {}
         for field in self._buffer.split(self._field_delimiter):
             field = field.strip().replace('"', "")
             name, value = field.split("=", 1)
diff --git a/platformio/package/lockfile.py b/platformio/package/lockfile.py
index 8d6c837c..b04cd428 100644
--- a/platformio/package/lockfile.py
+++ b/platformio/package/lockfile.py
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ class LockFile(object):
             else:
                 raise LockFileExists
 
-        self._fp = open(
+        self._fp = open(  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
             self._lock_path, mode="w", encoding="utf8"
-        )  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
+        )
         try:
             if LOCKFILE_CURRENT_INTERFACE == LOCKFILE_INTERFACE_FCNTL:
                 fcntl.flock(self._fp.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)