diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 6a1ddf32..145d25d9 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ disable=raw-checker-failed,
         consider-using-with,
         fixme,
         import-error,  # TODO figure out why pylint cannot find the module
-        no-else-raise,
         no-else-return,
         no-member,
         no-name-in-module,  # TODO figure out why pylint cannot find the module
diff --git a/plugins/connection/docker_api.py b/plugins/connection/docker_api.py
index 20d9bfda..32da8516 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/docker_api.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/docker_api.py
@@ -159,10 +159,9 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(
                     f'Could not find container "{remote_addr}" or resource in it ({e})'
                 )
-            else:
-                raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(
-                    f'Could not find container "{remote_addr}" ({e})'
-                )
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(
+                f'Could not find container "{remote_addr}" ({e})'
+            )
         except APIError as e:
             if e.response is not None and e.response.status_code == 409:
                 raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/credentials/store.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/credentials/store.py
index 7e5b662e..5bf5fd28 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/credentials/store.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/credentials/store.py
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ class Store:
                 raise errors.StoreError(
                     f"{self.program} not installed or not available in PATH"
                 )
-            else:
-                raise errors.StoreError(
-                    f'Unexpected OS error "{e.strerror}", errno={e.errno}'
-                )
+            raise errors.StoreError(
+                f'Unexpected OS error "{e.strerror}", errno={e.errno}'
+            )
         return output
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/build.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/build.py
index 67367ce3..5a06772b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/build.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/build.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def mkbuildcontext(dockerfile):
         with tarfile.open(mode="w", fileobj=f) as t:
             if isinstance(dockerfile, io.StringIO):
                 raise TypeError("Please use io.BytesIO to create in-memory Dockerfiles")
-            elif isinstance(dockerfile, io.BytesIO):
+            if isinstance(dockerfile, io.BytesIO):
                 dfinfo = tarfile.TarInfo("Dockerfile")
                 dfinfo.size = len(dockerfile.getvalue())
                 dockerfile.seek(0)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
index 393fca4f..27a5bfab 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/utils/utils.py
@@ -273,12 +273,11 @@ def parse_host(addr, is_win32=False, tls=False):
         raise errors.DockerException(
             f"Invalid bind address format: no path allowed for this protocol: {addr}"
         )
-    else:
-        path = parsed_url.path
-        if proto == "unix" and parsed_url.hostname is not None:
-            # For legacy reasons, we consider unix://path
-            # to be valid and equivalent to unix:///path
-            path = "/".join((parsed_url.hostname, path))
+    path = parsed_url.path
+    if proto == "unix" and parsed_url.hostname is not None:
+        # For legacy reasons, we consider unix://path
+        # to be valid and equivalent to unix:///path
+        path = "/".join((parsed_url.hostname, path))
 
     netloc = parsed_url.netloc
     if proto in ("tcp", "ssh"):
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_swarm_service.py b/plugins/modules/docker_swarm_service.py
index a2a7635a..bde82590 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_swarm_service.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_swarm_service.py
@@ -1047,8 +1047,7 @@ def has_list_changed(new_list, old_list, sort_lists=True, sort_key=None):
         if unsorted_list and isinstance(unsorted_list[0], dict):
             if not sort_key:
                 raise ValueError("A sort key was not specified when sorting list")
-            else:
-                return sorted(unsorted_list, key=lambda k: k[sort_key])
+            return sorted(unsorted_list, key=lambda k: k[sort_key])
 
         # Either the list is empty or does not contain dictionaries
         try: