diff --git a/sphinx/builders/_epub_base.py b/sphinx/builders/_epub_base.py
index 99035dc42..2f3917411 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/_epub_base.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/_epub_base.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class EpubBuilder(StandaloneHTMLBuilder):
         logger.info(__('writing mimetype file...'))
         copy_asset_file(path.join(self.template_dir, 'mimetype'), self.outdir)
 
-    def build_container(self, outname: str = 'META-INF/container.xml') -> None:  # NOQA
+    def build_container(self, outname: str = 'META-INF/container.xml') -> None:
         """Write the metainfo file META-INF/container.xml."""
         logger.info(__('writing META-INF/container.xml file...'))
         outdir = path.join(self.outdir, 'META-INF')
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/c.py b/sphinx/domains/c.py
index ad5927019..f8bc2c86f 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/c.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/c.py
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ class Symbol:
             if Symbol.debug_lookup:
                 Symbol.debug_print(
                     "no match, but fill an empty declaration, candSybmol is not None?:",
-                    candSymbol is not None)  # NOQA
+                    candSymbol is not None)
                 Symbol.debug_indent -= 2
             if candSymbol is not None:
                 candSymbol.remove()
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/graphviz.py b/sphinx/ext/graphviz.py
index 0459c4a96..c950da20b 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/graphviz.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/graphviz.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def render_dot(self: SphinxTranslator, code: str, options: Dict, format: str,
         return relfn, outfn
 
     if (hasattr(self.builder, '_graphviz_warned_dot') and
-       self.builder._graphviz_warned_dot.get(graphviz_dot)):  # type: ignore  # NOQA
+       self.builder._graphviz_warned_dot.get(graphviz_dot)):  # type: ignore
         return None, None
 
     ensuredir(path.dirname(outfn))
diff --git a/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py b/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
index b661870bf..501b528f0 100644
--- a/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class ManpageLink(SphinxTransform):
         for node in self.document.findall(addnodes.manpage):
             manpage = ' '.join([str(x) for x in node.children
                                 if isinstance(x, nodes.Text)])
-            pattern = r'^(?P<path>(?P<page>.+)[\(\.](?P<section>[1-9]\w*)?\)?)$'  # noqa
+            pattern = r'^(?P<path>(?P<page>.+)[\(\.](?P<section>[1-9]\w*)?\)?)$'
             info = {'path': manpage,
                     'page': manpage,
                     'section': ''}
diff --git a/sphinx/util/docutils.py b/sphinx/util/docutils.py
index 88bdaf943..3ca75deea 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/docutils.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/docutils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, directives, roles
 from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner
 from docutils.statemachine import State, StateMachine, StringList
 from docutils.utils import Reporter, unescape
-from docutils.writers._html_base import HTMLTranslator  # NoQA
+from docutils.writers._html_base import HTMLTranslator
 
 from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx70Warning, deprecated_alias
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/texinfo.py b/sphinx/writers/texinfo.py
index 10d86130f..aeb8e8f63 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/texinfo.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/texinfo.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TexinfoTranslator(SphinxTranslator):
         self.escape_newlines = 0
         self.escape_hyphens = 0
         self.curfilestack: List[str] = []
-        self.footnotestack: List[Dict[str, List[Union[collected_footnote, bool]]]] = []  # NOQA
+        self.footnotestack: List[Dict[str, List[Union[collected_footnote, bool]]]] = []
         self.in_footnote = 0
         self.in_samp = 0
         self.handled_abbrs: Set[str] = set()
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/autodoc_dummy_module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/autodoc_dummy_module.py
index 1e9ed19dc..c05d96e0d 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/autodoc_dummy_module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/autodoc_dummy_module.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from dummy import *  # NOQA
+from dummy import *
 
 
 def test():
     """Dummy function using dummy.*"""
-    dummy_function()   # NOQA
+    dummy_function()
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/__init__.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/__init__.py
index 54f52bbff..0d39c6672 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import enum
 from io import StringIO
 
-from sphinx.util import save_traceback  # NOQA
+from sphinx.util import save_traceback
 
 __all__ = ['Class']
 
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/coroutine.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/coroutine.py
index 156d7f961..f977b6e77 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/coroutine.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/coroutine.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 class AsyncClass:
     async def do_coroutine(self):
         """A documented coroutine function"""
-        attr_coro_result = await _other_coro_func()  # NOQA
+        attr_coro_result = await _other_coro_func()
 
     @classmethod
     async def do_coroutine2(cls):
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/need_mocks.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/need_mocks.py
index 6f75dc380..45b3ade06 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/need_mocks.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autodoc/target/need_mocks.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
-import missing_module  # NOQA
-import missing_package1.missing_module1  # NOQA
-from missing_module import missing_name  # NOQA
-from missing_package2 import missing_module2  # NOQA
-from missing_package3.missing_module3 import missing_name  # NOQA
+import missing_module
+import missing_package1.missing_module1
+from missing_module import missing_name
+from missing_package2 import missing_module2
+from missing_package3.missing_module3 import missing_name
 
-import sphinx.missing_module4  # NOQA
-from sphinx.missing_module4 import missing_name2  # NOQA
+import sphinx.missing_module4
+from sphinx.missing_module4 import missing_name2
 
 
 @missing_name(int)
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-filename-map/autosummary_dummy_module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-filename-map/autosummary_dummy_module.py
index 1f57eeb25..0953b64b9 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-filename-map/autosummary_dummy_module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-filename-map/autosummary_dummy_module.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import path  # NOQA
+from os import path
 from typing import Union
 
 
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/module.py
index 5506d0bc9..c76e73302 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/module.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import *  # NOQA
+from os import *
 
 
 class Foo:
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/package/module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/package/module.py
index 5506d0bc9..c76e73302 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/package/module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package/package/module.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import *  # NOQA
+from os import *
 
 
 class Foo:
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package2/module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package2/module.py
index 5506d0bc9..c76e73302 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package2/module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary-recursive/package2/module.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import *  # NOQA
+from os import *
 
 
 class Foo:
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary/autosummary_dummy_module.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary/autosummary_dummy_module.py
index 9c4a0445d..2d8829a23 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary/autosummary_dummy_module.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-autosummary/autosummary_dummy_module.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from os import path  # NOQA
+from os import path
 from typing import Union
 
 from autosummary_class_module import Class
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode-find/not_a_package/__init__.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode-find/not_a_package/__init__.py
index f79ec81f5..2382935a3 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode-find/not_a_package/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode-find/not_a_package/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .submodule import Class1, func1  # NOQA
+from .submodule import Class1, func1
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/conf.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/conf.py
index 6ec2b7742..bee063988 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/conf.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/conf.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode']
 exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 
 
-if 'test_linkcode' in tags:  # NOQA
+if 'test_linkcode' in tags:
     extensions.remove('sphinx.ext.viewcode')
     extensions.append('sphinx.ext.linkcode')
 
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/spam/__init__.py b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/spam/__init__.py
index c438f6050..62190421f 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/spam/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-ext-viewcode/spam/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-from .mod1 import Class1, func1  # NOQA
-from .mod2 import Class2, func2  # NOQA
+from .mod1 import Class1, func1
+from .mod2 import Class2, func2
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-root/conf.py b/tests/roots/test-root/conf.py
index 687445a70..1065cd193 100644
--- a/tests/roots/test-root/conf.py
+++ b/tests/roots/test-root/conf.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extlinks = {'issue': ('http://bugs.python.org/issue%s', 'issue %s'),
             'pyurl': ('http://python.org/%s', None)}
 
 # modify tags from conf.py
-tags.add('confpytag')  # NOQA
+tags.add('confpytag')
 
 
 # -- extension API
diff --git a/tests/test_domain_py.py b/tests/test_domain_py.py
index 9e9cd4fb3..81fa140d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_domain_py.py
+++ b/tests/test_domain_py.py
@@ -1342,8 +1342,8 @@ def test_module_index(app):
     assert index.generate() == (
         [('d', [IndexEntry('docutils', 0, 'index', 'module-docutils', '', '', '')]),
          ('s', [IndexEntry('sphinx', 1, 'index', 'module-sphinx', '', '', ''),
-                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders', '', '', ''),  # NOQA
-                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders.html', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders.html', '', '', ''),  # NOQA
+                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders', '', '', ''),
+                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders.html', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders.html', '', '', ''),
                 IndexEntry('sphinx.config', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.config', '', '', ''),
                 IndexEntry('sphinx_intl', 0, 'index', 'module-sphinx_intl', '', '', '')])],
         False
@@ -1386,8 +1386,8 @@ def test_modindex_common_prefix(app):
     restructuredtext.parse(app, text)
     index = PythonModuleIndex(app.env.get_domain('py'))
     assert index.generate() == (
-        [('b', [IndexEntry('sphinx.builders', 1, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders', '', '', ''),  # NOQA
-                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders.html', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders.html', '', '', '')]),  # NOQA
+        [('b', [IndexEntry('sphinx.builders', 1, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders', '', '', ''),
+                IndexEntry('sphinx.builders.html', 2, 'index', 'module-sphinx.builders.html', '', '', '')]),
          ('c', [IndexEntry('sphinx.config', 0, 'index', 'module-sphinx.config', '', '', '')]),
          ('d', [IndexEntry('docutils', 0, 'index', 'module-docutils', '', '', '')]),
          ('s', [IndexEntry('sphinx', 0, 'index', 'module-sphinx', '', '', ''),
diff --git a/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py b/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
index c1e9c148b..db57e2c1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
+++ b/tests/test_ext_autodoc.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def test_get_doc(app):
 
     # verify that method docstrings get extracted in both normal case
     # and in case of bound method posing as a function
-    class J:  # NOQA
+    class J:
         def foo(self):
             """Method docstring"""
     assert getdocl('method', J.foo) == ['Method docstring']
diff --git a/tests/test_util_inspect.py b/tests/test_util_inspect.py
index 98f6f0b88..2248429ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_inspect.py
+++ b/tests/test_util_inspect.py
@@ -649,12 +649,12 @@ def test_isattributedescriptor(app):
     assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(Base.meth) is False                   # method
     assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(Base.staticmeth) is False             # staticmethod
     assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(Base.classmeth) is False              # classmetho
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(Descriptor) is False                  # custom descriptor class    # NOQA
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(str.join) is False                    # MethodDescriptorType       # NOQA
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(object.__init__) is False             # WrapperDescriptorType      # NOQA
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(dict.__dict__['fromkeys']) is False   # ClassMethodDescriptorType  # NOQA
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(types.FrameType.f_locals) is True     # GetSetDescriptorType       # NOQA
-    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(datetime.timedelta.days) is True      # MemberDescriptorType       # NOQA
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(Descriptor) is False                  # custom descriptor class
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(str.join) is False                    # MethodDescriptorType
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(object.__init__) is False             # WrapperDescriptorType
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(dict.__dict__['fromkeys']) is False   # ClassMethodDescriptorType
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(types.FrameType.f_locals) is True     # GetSetDescriptorType
+    assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(datetime.timedelta.days) is True      # MemberDescriptorType
 
     try:
         # _testcapi module cannot be importable in some distro
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def test_isattributedescriptor(app):
         import _testcapi
 
         testinstancemethod = _testcapi.instancemethod(str.__repr__)
-        assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(testinstancemethod) is False      # instancemethod (C-API)     # NOQA
+        assert inspect.isattributedescriptor(testinstancemethod) is False      # instancemethod (C-API)
     except ImportError:
         pass
 
diff --git a/tests/test_util_typing.py b/tests/test_util_typing.py
index 5aa558c82..654610096 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_typing.py
+++ b/tests/test_util_typing.py
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ def test_stringify_type_hints_pep_585():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 9), reason='python 3.9+ is required.')
 def test_stringify_Annotated():
     from typing import Annotated  # type: ignore
-    assert stringify(Annotated[str, "foo", "bar"]) == "str"  # NOQA
-    assert stringify(Annotated[str, "foo", "bar"], "smart") == "str"  # NOQA
+    assert stringify(Annotated[str, "foo", "bar"]) == "str"
+    assert stringify(Annotated[str, "foo", "bar"], "smart") == "str"
 
 
 def test_stringify_type_hints_string():
diff --git a/utils/babel_runner.py b/utils/babel_runner.py
index 514ce9eb5..32e6fe642 100644
--- a/utils/babel_runner.py
+++ b/utils/babel_runner.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import sphinx
 ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), "..", ".."))
 
 
-class compile_catalog_plusjs(compile_catalog):  # NoQA
+class compile_catalog_plusjs(compile_catalog):
     """
     An extended command that writes all message strings that occur in
     JavaScript files to a JavaScript file along with the .mo file.