diff --git a/parsl/monitoring/db_manager.py b/parsl/monitoring/db_manager.py
index 7c81e7908f..58aad71eed 100644
--- a/parsl/monitoring/db_manager.py
+++ b/parsl/monitoring/db_manager.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def start(self,
                     task_info_update_messages, task_info_insert_messages, task_info_all_messages = [], [], []
                     try_update_messages, try_insert_messages, try_all_messages = [], [], []
                     for msg_type, msg in priority_messages:
-                        if msg_type.value == MessageType.WORKFLOW_INFO.value:
+                        if msg_type == MessageType.WORKFLOW_INFO:
                             if "python_version" in msg:   # workflow start message
                                 logger.debug(
                                     "Inserting workflow start info to WORKFLOW table")
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def start(self,
                                              messages=[msg])
                                 self.workflow_end = True
 
-                        elif msg_type.value == MessageType.TASK_INFO.value:
+                        elif msg_type == MessageType.TASK_INFO:
                             task_try_id = str(msg['task_id']) + "." + str(msg['try_id'])
                             task_info_all_messages.append(msg)
                             if msg['task_id'] in inserted_tasks:
diff --git a/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py b/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
index ddbff9d54b..84bf2b8b02 100644
--- a/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
+++ b/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ def start(self,
                 try:
                     msg = self.dfk_channel.recv_pyobj()
                     self.logger.debug("Got ZMQ Message from DFK: {}".format(msg))
-                    if msg[0].value == MessageType.BLOCK_INFO.value:
+                    if msg[0] == MessageType.BLOCK_INFO:
                         block_msgs.put((msg, 0))
                     else:
                         priority_msgs.put((msg, 0))
-                    if msg[0].value == MessageType.WORKFLOW_INFO.value and 'python_version' not in msg[1]:
+                    if msg[0] == MessageType.WORKFLOW_INFO and 'python_version' not in msg[1]:
                         break
                 except zmq.Again:
                     pass
@@ -468,13 +468,13 @@ def start(self,
                 try:
                     msg = self.ic_channel.recv_pyobj()
                     self.logger.debug("Got ZMQ Message from interchange: {}".format(msg))
-                    if msg[0].value == MessageType.NODE_INFO.value:
+                    if msg[0] == MessageType.NODE_INFO:
                         msg[2]['last_heartbeat'] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(msg[2]['last_heartbeat'])
                         msg[2]['run_id'] = self.run_id
                         msg[2]['timestamp'] = msg[1]
                         msg = (msg[0], msg[2])
                         node_msgs.put((msg, 0))
-                    elif msg[0].value == MessageType.BLOCK_INFO.value:
+                    elif msg[0] == MessageType.BLOCK_INFO:
                         block_msgs.put((msg, 0))
                     else:
                         self.logger.error(f"Discarding message from interchange with unknown type {msg[0].value}")