diff --git a/gui/wxpython/iclass/frame.py b/gui/wxpython/iclass/frame.py
index 606c364c76f..b19d8d7d3ac 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/iclass/frame.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/iclass/frame.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def ActivateSecondMap(self, event=None):
 
     def GetMapToolbar(self):
         """Returns toolbar with zooming tools"""
-        return self.toolbars["iClassMap"] if "iClassMap" in self.toolbars else None
+        return self.toolbars.get("iClassMap", None)
 
     def GetClassColor(self, cat):
         """Get class color as string
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py b/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py
index c9b5d86e4ba..0a1660ff06a 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/mapdisp/frame.py
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ def SetProperties(
 
     def GetMapToolbar(self):
         """Returns toolbar with zooming tools"""
-        return self.toolbars["map"] if "map" in self.toolbars else None
+        return self.toolbars.get("map", None)
 
     def GetDialog(self, name):
         """Get selected dialog if exist"""
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/vnet/dialogs.py b/gui/wxpython/vnet/dialogs.py
index 8d24b08df91..ee553a0b741 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/vnet/dialogs.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/vnet/dialogs.py
@@ -1015,10 +1015,7 @@ def OnAnalysisChanged(self, event):
         attrCols = an_props["cmdParams"]["cols"]
 
         for col in attrCols.keys():
-            if "inputField" in attrCols[col]:
-                colInptF = attrCols[col]["inputField"]
-            else:
-                colInptF = col
+            colInptF = attrCols[col].get("inputField", col)
 
             if col in skip:
                 continue
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/vnet/vnet_core.py b/gui/wxpython/vnet/vnet_core.py
index 2e98aa2ee8f..f55550e65e2 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/vnet/vnet_core.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/vnet/vnet_core.py
@@ -744,10 +744,7 @@ def _setInputParams(self, analysis, params, flags):
 
         inParams = []
         for col, v in self.data.GetAnalysisProperties()["cmdParams"]["cols"].items():
-            if "inputField" in v:
-                colInptF = v["inputField"]
-            else:
-                colInptF = col
+            colInptF = v.get("inputField", col)
 
             inParams.append(col + "=" + params[colInptF])
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6aa9e062c29..eeffbc0ec95 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ ignore = [
     "SIM116",  # if-else-block-instead-of-dict-lookup
     "SIM118",  # in-dict-keys
     "SIM223",  # expr-and-false
-    "SIM401",  # if-else-block-instead-of-dict-get
     "SLF001",  # private-member-access
     "TRY002",  # raise-vanilla-class
     "TRY003",  # raise-vanilla-args
diff --git a/python/grass/temporal/register.py b/python/grass/temporal/register.py
index 8b7852ab557..92be36a3547 100644
--- a/python/grass/temporal/register.py
+++ b/python/grass/temporal/register.py
@@ -264,10 +264,7 @@ def register_maps_in_space_time_dataset(
             end = row["end"]
 
         # Use the semantic label from file
-        if "semantic_label" in row:
-            semantic_label = row["semantic_label"]
-        else:
-            semantic_label = None
+        semantic_label = row.get("semantic_label", None)
 
         is_in_db = map_object.is_in_db(dbif, mapset)
 
diff --git a/scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py b/scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py
index bb271c07deb..e78581c8845 100755
--- a/scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py
+++ b/scripts/i.pansharpen/i.pansharpen.py
@@ -750,10 +750,7 @@ def matchhist(original, target, matched):
         )
 
         for n in range(256):
-            if str(n) in stats_dict:
-                num_cells = stats_dict[str(n)]
-            else:
-                num_cells = 0
+            num_cells = stats_dict.get(str(n), 0)
 
             cum_cells += num_cells