diff --git a/internal/cloud/backend_plan.go b/internal/cloud/backend_plan.go
index e6d3a60bf8..f678738b67 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/backend_plan.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/backend_plan.go
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func shouldRenderPlan(run *tfe.Run) bool {
 
 func shouldGenerateConfig(out string, run *tfe.Run) bool {
 	return (run.Plan.Status == tfe.PlanErrored || run.Plan.Status == tfe.PlanFinished) &&
-		run.Plan.GeneratedConfiguration == true && len(out) > 0
+		run.Plan.GeneratedConfiguration && len(out) > 0
 }
 
 const planDefaultHeader = `
diff --git a/internal/cloud/tfe_client_mock.go b/internal/cloud/tfe_client_mock.go
index 9459941894..83878c7e47 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/tfe_client_mock.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/tfe_client_mock.go
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ func (m *MockRuns) Create(ctx context.Context, options tfe.RunCreateOptions) (*t
 		r.RefreshOnly = *options.RefreshOnly
 	}
 
-	if options.AllowConfigGeneration != nil && *options.AllowConfigGeneration == true {
+	if options.AllowConfigGeneration != nil && *options.AllowConfigGeneration {
 		r.Plan.GeneratedConfiguration = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/genconfig/generate_config_write.go b/internal/genconfig/generate_config_write.go
index 1764e936a3..99231bd234 100644
--- a/internal/genconfig/generate_config_write.go
+++ b/internal/genconfig/generate_config_write.go
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ShouldWriteConfig(out string) bool {
-	if len(out) == 0 {
-		// No specified out file, so don't write anything.
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
+	// No specified out file, so don't write anything.
+	return len(out) != 0
 }
 
 func ValidateTargetFile(out string) (diags tfdiags.Diagnostics) {