diff --git a/niworkflows/engine/tests/test_plugin.py b/niworkflows/engine/tests/test_plugin.py
index 4ac852aee2c..7f3f5de5f3b 100644
--- a/niworkflows/engine/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/niworkflows/engine/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from ..plugin import MultiProcPlugin
 
 
-def add(x, y):
+def add(x, y):  # noqa: FURB118  # the Function interface does not support builtin functions
     return x + y
 
 
diff --git a/niworkflows/reports/core.py b/niworkflows/reports/core.py
index f6f5a6ffd3a..54cfbb6bdd3 100644
--- a/niworkflows/reports/core.py
+++ b/niworkflows/reports/core.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.packagename = packagename
         self.subject_id = subject_id
         if subject_id is not None:
-            self.subject_id = subject_id[4:] if subject_id.startswith('sub-') else subject_id
+            self.subject_id = subject_id.removeprefix('sub-')
             self.out_filename = f'sub-{self.subject_id}.html'
 
         # Default template from niworkflows
diff --git a/niworkflows/utils/bids.py b/niworkflows/utils/bids.py
index 621d642055e..d1cbc997e60 100644
--- a/niworkflows/utils/bids.py
+++ b/niworkflows/utils/bids.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def collect_participants(bids_dir, participant_label=None, strict=False, bids_va
         participant_label = [participant_label]
 
     # Drop sub- prefixes
-    participant_label = [sub[4:] if sub.startswith('sub-') else sub for sub in participant_label]
+    participant_label = [sub.removeprefix('sub-') for sub in participant_label]
     # Remove duplicates
     participant_label = sorted(set(participant_label))
     # Remove labels not found
diff --git a/niworkflows/utils/tests/test_utils.py b/niworkflows/utils/tests/test_utils.py
index 952c55533fa..7890b5acfed 100644
--- a/niworkflows/utils/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/niworkflows/utils/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ def test_clean_symlink(tmp_path):
 
 
 def _gen_skeleton(root):
-    dirs, files = [], []
-    files.append(root / 'file1')
-    files.append(root / '.file2')
-    dirs.append(root / 'subdir1')
-    files.append(dirs[0] / 'file3')
-    files.append(dirs[0] / '.file4')
+    dirs = [root / 'subdir1']
+    files = [
+        root / 'file1',
+        root / '.file2',
+        dirs[0] / 'file3',
+        dirs[0] / '.file4',
+    ]
     for d in dirs:
         d.mkdir()
     for f in files: