diff --git a/coverage.py b/coverage.py
index 3202004..2c5dcac 100755
--- a/coverage.py
+++ b/coverage.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # copy over files from git or as distributed
-    for (git, dist, target) in [
+    for git, dist, target in [
         ("./mmdebstrap", "/usr/bin/mmdebstrap", "mmdebstrap"),
         ("./tarfilter", "/usr/bin/mmtarfilter", "tarfilter"),
         (
diff --git a/tarfilter b/tarfilter
index 1e507e1..0f9f81e 100755
--- a/tarfilter
+++ b/tarfilter
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ Lastly, shift user id and group id of each entry by the value given by the
         skip = False
         if not hasattr(args, "pathfilter"):
             return False
-        for (t, r) in args.pathfilter:
+        for t, r in args.pathfilter:
             if r.match(member.name[1:]) is not None:
                 if t == "path_include":
                     skip = False
                 else:
                     skip = True
         if skip and (member.isdir() or member.issym()):
-            for (t, r) in args.pathfilter:
+            for t, r in args.pathfilter:
                 if t != "path_include":
                     continue
                 prefix = prefix_prog.sub(r"\1", r.pattern)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Lastly, shift user id and group id of each entry by the value given by the
         if not hasattr(args, "paxfilter"):
             return False
         skip = False
-        for (t, r) in args.paxfilter:
+        for t, r in args.paxfilter:
             if r.match(header) is None:
                 continue
             if t == "pax_include":