diff --git a/ci/min_deps_check.py b/ci/min_deps_check.py
index 4106470699e..9096f2df28b 100755
--- a/ci/min_deps_check.py
+++ b/ci/min_deps_check.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def parse_requirements(fname) -> Iterator[tuple[str, int, int, int | None]]:
         pkg, eq, version = row.partition("=")
         if pkg.rstrip("<>") in IGNORE_DEPS:
             continue
-        if pkg.endswith("<") or pkg.endswith(">") or eq != "=":
+        if pkg.endswith(("<", ">")) or eq != "=":
             error("package should be pinned with exact version: " + row)
             continue
 
diff --git a/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py b/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
index baa0b92bdb7..6ecc9ae9a2b 100644
--- a/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
+++ b/xarray/namedarray/parallelcompat.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def load_chunkmanagers(
             emit_user_level_warning(
                 f"Failed to load chunk manager entrypoint {entrypoint.name} due to {e}. Skipping.",
             )
-            pass
 
     available_chunkmanagers = {
         name: chunkmanager()