diff --git a/sphinx/builders/gettext.py b/sphinx/builders/gettext.py
index aeb98aaab..f36d0202c 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/gettext.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/gettext.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class I18nBuilder(Builder):
         for node, entries in traverse_translatable_index(doctree):
             for typ, msg, tid, main in entries:
                 for m in split_index_msg(typ, msg):
-                    if typ == 'pair' and m in list(pairindextypes.values()):
+                    if typ == 'pair' and m in pairindextypes.values():
                         # avoid built-in translated message was incorporated
                         # in 'sphinx.util.nodes.process_index_entry'
                         continue
diff --git a/sphinx/environment.py b/sphinx/environment.py
index aded55236..ec65e5d24 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment.py
@@ -1560,8 +1560,7 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
             if lckey[0:1] in lcletters:
                 return chr(127) + lckey
             return lckey
-        newlist = list(new.items())
-        newlist.sort(key=keyfunc)
+        newlist = sorted(new.items(), key=keyfunc)
 
         if group_entries:
             # fixup entries: transform
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/coverage.py b/sphinx/ext/coverage.py
index a55da2f5b..3d2da66d4 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/coverage.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/coverage.py
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ class CoverageBuilder(Builder):
         try:
             if self.config.coverage_write_headline:
                 write_header(op, 'Undocumented Python objects', '=')
-            keys = list(self.py_undoc.keys())
-            keys.sort()
+            keys = sorted(self.py_undoc.keys())
             for name in keys:
                 undoc = self.py_undoc[name]
                 if 'error' in undoc:
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py b/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
index 04e9b0f3f..6129da0ce 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/inheritance_diagram.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class InheritanceGraph(object):
         displayed node names.
         """
         all_classes = {}
-        builtins = list(vars(__builtin__).values())
+        builtins = vars(__builtin__).values()
 
         def recurse(cls):
             if not show_builtins and cls in builtins:
diff --git a/tests/coverage.py b/tests/coverage.py
index 2c2ffff17..f9341d8ba 100755
--- a/tests/coverage.py
+++ b/tests/coverage.py
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class coverage:
             '-o:': 'omit=',
             }
         short_opts = string.join(map(lambda o: o[1:], optmap.keys()), '')
-        long_opts = list(optmap.values())
+        long_opts = optmap.values()
         options, args = getopt.getopt(argv, short_opts, long_opts)
         for o, a in options:
             if o in optmap:
@@ -743,10 +743,8 @@ class coverage:
         visitor = StatementFindingAstVisitor(statements, excluded, suite_spots)
         compiler.walk(ast, visitor, walker=visitor)
 
-        lines = list(statements.keys())
-        lines.sort()
-        excluded_lines = list(excluded.keys())
-        excluded_lines.sort()
+        lines = sorted(statements.keys())
+        excluded_lines = sorted(excluded.keys())
         return lines, excluded_lines, suite_spots
 
     # format_lines(statements, lines).  Format a list of line numbers
@@ -850,7 +848,7 @@ class coverage:
         morfs = self.filter_by_prefix(morfs, omit_prefixes)
         morfs.sort(self.morf_name_compare)
 
-        max_name = max([5,] + list(map(len, map(self.morf_name, morfs))))
+        max_name = max(5, *map(len, map(self.morf_name, morfs)))
         fmt_name = "%%- %ds  " % max_name
         fmt_err = fmt_name + "%s: %s"
         header = fmt_name % "Name" + " Stmts   Exec  Cover"
diff --git a/tests/etree13/ElementTree.py b/tests/etree13/ElementTree.py
index 25ec1e057..0dd12ddb6 100644
--- a/tests/etree13/ElementTree.py
+++ b/tests/etree13/ElementTree.py
@@ -865,9 +865,9 @@ def _serialize_xml(write, elem, encoding, qnames, namespaces):
                 _serialize_xml(write, e, encoding, qnames, None)
         else:
             write("<" + tag)
-            items = list(elem.items())
+            items = elem.items()
             if items or namespaces:
-                items.sort() # lexical order
+                items = sorted(items) # lexical order
                 for k, v in items:
                     if isinstance(k, QName):
                         k = k.text
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ def _serialize_xml(write, elem, encoding, qnames, namespaces):
                         v = _escape_attrib(v, encoding)
                     write(" %s=\"%s\"" % (qnames[k], v))
                 if namespaces:
-                    items = list(namespaces.items())
-                    items.sort(key=lambda x: x[1]) # sort on prefix
+                    items = namespaces.items()
+                    items = sorted(items, key=lambda x: x[1]) # sort on prefix
                     for v, k in items:
                         if k:
                             k = ":" + k
@@ -922,9 +922,9 @@ def _serialize_html(write, elem, encoding, qnames, namespaces):
                 _serialize_html(write, e, encoding, qnames, None)
         else:
             write("<" + tag)
-            items = list(elem.items())
+            items = elem.items()
             if items or namespaces:
-                items.sort() # lexical order
+                items = sorted(items) # lexical order
                 for k, v in items:
                     if isinstance(k, QName):
                         k = k.text
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@ def _serialize_html(write, elem, encoding, qnames, namespaces):
                     # FIXME: handle boolean attributes
                     write(" %s=\"%s\"" % (qnames[k], v))
                 if namespaces:
-                    items = list(namespaces.items())
-                    items.sort(key=lambda x: x[1]) # sort on prefix
+                    items = namespaces.items()
+                    items = sorted(items, key=lambda x: x[1]) # sort on prefix
                     for v, k in items:
                         if k:
                             k = ":" + k
diff --git a/tests/path.py b/tests/path.py
index 1b703afab..2a4affe77 100755
--- a/tests/path.py
+++ b/tests/path.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class path(text_type):
         """
         Joins the path with the argument given and returns the result.
         """
-        return self.__class__(os.path.join(self, *list(map(self.__class__, args))))
+        return self.__class__(os.path.join(self, *map(self.__class__, args)))
 
     __div__ = __truediv__ = joinpath