diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
index f20b6b08..01cd4f2f 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class LibBuilderFactory(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_used_frameworks(env, path):
-        if any([
+        if any(
                 isfile(join(path, fname))
-                for fname in ("library.properties", "keywords.txt")
-        ]):
+                for fname in ("library.properties", "keywords.txt")):
             return ["arduino"]
 
         if isfile(join(path, "module.json")):
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ class LibBuilderBase(object):
 
     @property
     def include_dir(self):
-        if not all([isdir(join(self.path, d)) for d in ("include", "src")]):
+        if not all(isdir(join(self.path, d)) for d in ("include", "src")):
             return None
         return join(self.path, "include")
 
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py b/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
index ab7b27ca..f867c78a 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/pioupload.py
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ def AutodetectUploadPort(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
             mbed_pages = [
                 join(item['path'], n) for n in ("mbed.htm", "mbed.html")
             ]
-            if any([isfile(p) for p in mbed_pages]):
+            if any(isfile(p) for p in mbed_pages):
                 return item['path']
             if item['name'] \
-                    and any([l in item['name'].lower() for l in msdlabels]):
+                    and any(l in item['name'].lower() for l in msdlabels):
                 return item['path']
         return None
 
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
index f9dd5386..0ca092de 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def BuildProgram(env):
 
     # append specified LD_SCRIPT
     if ("LDSCRIPT_PATH" in env
-            and not any(["-Wl,-T" in f for f in env['LINKFLAGS']])):
+            and not any("-Wl,-T" in f for f in env['LINKFLAGS'])):
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=['-Wl,-T"$LDSCRIPT_PATH"'])
 
     # enable "cyclic reference" for linker
diff --git a/platformio/commands/run.py b/platformio/commands/run.py
index f75a07c9..d459ae6d 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/run.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/run.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def cli(ctx, environment, target, upload_port, project_dir, silent, verbose,
                     "nobuild" not in ep.get_build_targets():
                 ctx.invoke(cmd_device_monitor)
 
-        found_error = any([status is False for (_, status) in results])
+        found_error = any(status is False for (_, status) in results)
 
         if (found_error or not silent) and len(results) > 1:
             click.echo()
@@ -411,6 +411,6 @@ def calculate_project_hash():
         for root, _, files in walk(d):
             for f in files:
                 path = join(root, f)
-                if not any([s in path for s in (".git", ".svn", ".pioenvs")]):
+                if not any(s in path for s in (".git", ".svn", ".pioenvs")):
                     structure.append(path)
     return sha1(",".join(sorted(structure))).hexdigest() if structure else ""
diff --git a/platformio/commands/upgrade.py b/platformio/commands/upgrade.py
index 97014d2b..bcc202ab 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/upgrade.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/upgrade.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def cli(dev):
     # kill all PIO Home servers, they block `pioplus` binary
     shutdown_servers()
 
-    to_develop = dev or not all([c.isdigit() for c in __version__ if c != "."])
+    to_develop = dev or not all(c.isdigit() for c in __version__ if c != ".")
     cmds = ([
         "pip", "install", "--upgrade",
         "https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/archive/develop.zip"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def cli(dev):
         if not r:
             raise exception.UpgradeError("\n".join([str(cmd), str(e)]))
         permission_errors = ("permission denied", "not permitted")
-        if (any([m in r['err'].lower() for m in permission_errors])
+        if (any(m in r['err'].lower() for m in permission_errors)
                 and "windows" not in util.get_systype()):
             click.secho(
                 """
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.filters.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.filters.tpl
index d66bb4be..b29cb31f 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.filters.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.filters.tpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   % for file in src_files:
   <ItemGroup>
-    % if any([file.endswith(".%s" % e) for e in ("h", "hh", "hpp", "inc")]):
+    % if any(file.endswith(".%s" % e) for e in ("h", "hh", "hpp", "inc")):
     <ClInclude Include="{{file}}">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.tpl
index b27a7ab2..82a011ad 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/visualstudio/platformio.vcxproj.tpl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   % for file in src_files:
   <ItemGroup>
-    % if any([file.endswith(".%s" % e) for e in ("h", "hh", "hpp", "inc")]):
+    % if any(file.endswith(".%s" % e) for e in ("h", "hh", "hpp", "inc")):
     <ClInclude Include="{{file}}">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
diff --git a/platformio/managers/lib.py b/platformio/managers/lib.py
index 09c5ef12..e900fd97 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/lib.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/lib.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class LibraryManager(BasePkgManager):
 
         for filters in self.normalize_dependencies(manifest['dependencies']):
             assert "name" in filters
-            if any([s in filters.get("version", "") for s in ("\\", "/")]):
+            if any(s in filters.get("version", "") for s in ("\\", "/")):
                 self.install(
                     "{name}={version}".format(**filters),
                     silent=silent,
@@ -420,6 +420,6 @@ def get_builtin_libs(storage_names=None):
 @util.memoized
 def is_builtin_lib(name):
     for storage in get_builtin_libs():
-        if any([l.get("name") == name for l in storage['items']]):
+        if any(l.get("name") == name for l in storage['items']):
             return True
     return False