diff --git a/bin/swift-account-audit b/bin/swift-account-audit
index c0d82c70ed..7e91ae312d 100755
--- a/bin/swift-account-audit
+++ b/bin/swift-account-audit
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Auditor(object):
                 responses[node_id][1].extend(results)
                 if results:
                     marker = results[-1]['name']
-        headers = [resp[0] for resp in responses.values()]
+        headers = [r[0] for r in responses.values()]
         cont_counts = [int(header['x-account-container-count'])
                        for header in headers]
         if len(set(cont_counts)) != 1:
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
index 85426a93c0..90a5ab876e 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
                 nfls.append(func[2])
                 performance.append(metric[metric_selected])
             y_pos = range(len(nfls))
-            error = [random.random() for __ in y_pos]
+            error = [random.random() for _unused in y_pos]
             plt.clf()
             if plot_type == 'pie':
                 plt.pie(x=performance, explode=None, labels=nfls,
diff --git a/test/probe/test_container_merge_policy_index.py b/test/probe/test_container_merge_policy_index.py
index cd60e6dead..0b90852304 100644
--- a/test/probe/test_container_merge_policy_index.py
+++ b/test/probe/test_container_merge_policy_index.py
@@ -392,11 +392,10 @@ class TestContainerMergePolicyIndex(ReplProbeTest):
         # at this point two primaries have old policy
         container_part, container_nodes = self.container_ring.get_nodes(
             self.account, self.container_name)
-        head_responses = []
-        for node in container_nodes:
-            metadata = direct_client.direct_head_container(
-                node, container_part, self.account, self.container_name)
-            head_responses.append((node, metadata))
+        head_responses = [
+            (node, direct_client.direct_head_container(
+                node, container_part, self.account, self.container_name))
+            for node in container_nodes]
         old_container_node_ids = [
             node['id'] for node, metadata in head_responses
             if int(old_policy) ==
diff --git a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
index d8029d362b..ed97eb9693 100755
--- a/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
+++ b/test/unit/proxy/controllers/test_obj.py
@@ -2218,8 +2218,8 @@ class TestECObjController(BaseObjectControllerMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             fragment_payloads.append(fragments)
 
         # join up the fragment payloads per node
-        ec_archive_bodies = [''.join(fragments)
-                             for fragments in zip(*fragment_payloads)]
+        ec_archive_bodies = [''.join(frags)
+                             for frags in zip(*fragment_payloads)]
         return ec_archive_bodies
 
     def _make_ec_object_stub(self, test_body=None, policy=None,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7da001bc6f..40da3c150d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift -n 5
 
 [flake8]
 # it's not a bug that we aren't using all of hacking, ignore:
-# F812: list comprehension redefines ...
 # H101: Use TODO(NAME)
 # H202: assertRaises Exception too broad
 # H233: Python 3.x incompatible use of print operator
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift -n 5
 # H404: multi line docstring should start without a leading new line
 # H405: multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
 # H501: Do not use self.__dict__ for string formatting
-ignore = F812,H101,H202,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501
+ignore = H101,H202,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501
 exclude = .venv,.tox,dist,*egg
 filename = *.py,bin/*
 show-source = True