diff --git a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/build.js b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/build.js
index b96bab84afd..0720d71797e 100644
--- a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/build.js
+++ b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/build.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default function build( paper, languageProcessor, shortcodes ) {
 	html = html.replace( htmlEntitiesRegex, "#$1" );
 
 	let tree = adapt( parseFragment( html, { sourceCodeLocationInfo: true } ) );
-	if ( tree.childNodes && tree.childNodes.length > 0 ) {
+	if ( tree.childNodes?.length > 0 ) {
 		parseBlocks( paper, tree );
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/adapt.js b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/adapt.js
index 1f76f1d9391..6882dadb4e1 100644
--- a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/adapt.js
+++ b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/adapt.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function isBlockElement( nodeName ) {
 function isOverarchingParagraph( nodeName, children ) {
 	return isParagraph( nodeName ) && children.some( ( node, index, childNodes ) => {
 		const nextNode = childNodes.length - 1 !== index && childNodes[ index + 1 ];
-		return node.name === "br" && nextNode && nextNode.name === "br";
+		return node.name === "br" && nextNode?.name === "br";
 	} );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/combineIntoImplicitParagraphs.js b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/combineIntoImplicitParagraphs.js
index 5157f0c8e08..3b4938654e0 100644
--- a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/combineIntoImplicitParagraphs.js
+++ b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/combineIntoImplicitParagraphs.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function isInterElementWhitespace( node ) {
  * @returns {boolean} Whether the node has any children.
  */
 function hasChildren( node ) {
-	return node && node.childNodes.length > 0;
+	return node?.childNodes.length > 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/filterHelpers.js b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/filterHelpers.js
index 2873042daa7..8fb6e7a460a 100644
--- a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/filterHelpers.js
+++ b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/filterHelpers.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function elementHasName( name ) {
  */
 export function elementHasClass( className ) {
 	return ( blockElement ) => {
-		return !! blockElement.attributes.class && blockElement.attributes.class.has( className );
+		return !! blockElement.attributes.class?.has( className );
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/parseBlocks.js b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/parseBlocks.js
index 300a41850d5..b0919a69dc7 100644
--- a/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/parseBlocks.js
+++ b/packages/yoastseo/src/parse/build/private/parseBlocks.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { isUndefined } from "lodash";
 const blockTokenizer = /<!--\s+wp:([a-z][a-z0-9_-]*\/)?([a-z][a-z0-9_-]*)\s+({(?:(?=([^}]+|}+(?=})|(?!}\s+\/?-->)[^])*)\5|[^]*?)}\s+)?(\/)?-->/g;
 
 /**
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ export function updateBlocksOffset( blocks, text ) {
 			currentBlock.contentOffset = startedAt + length + 1;
 		}
 
-		if ( currentBlock.innerBlocks && currentBlock.innerBlocks.length > 0 ) {
+		if ( currentBlock.innerBlocks?.length > 0 ) {
 			updateBlocksOffset( currentBlock.innerBlocks, text );
 		}
 	} );
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ function updateClientIdAndAttrIdForSubtree( rootNode, blocks, clientId ) {
 	}
 
 	let currentClientId = clientId;
-	if ( rootNode.sourceCodeLocation && ! isUndefined( rootNode.sourceCodeLocation.startOffset ) ) {
+	if ( rootNode.sourceCodeLocation?.startOffset ) {
 		const foundBlock = blocks.find( block => block.contentOffset === rootNode.sourceCodeLocation.startOffset );
 		if ( foundBlock ) {
 			currentClientId = foundBlock.clientId;
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ function updateClientIdAndAttrIdForSubtree( rootNode, blocks, clientId ) {
 
 	// If the node has children, update the clientId for them.
 	( rootNode.childNodes || [] ).forEach( ( node ) => {
-		if ( node.attributes && node.attributes.id ) {
+		if ( node.attributes?.id ) {
 			/*
 			 * If the node's child has an attribute with 'id' key, also set this id to the first and third child node.
 			 * This step is specifically for parsing the Yoast blocks.
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ function updateClientIdAndAttrIdForSubtree( rootNode, blocks, clientId ) {
 			 *    - For example, in Yoast FAQ block, the second child node would represent the "answer" section.
 			 * 4. The fourth child node of the sub-block, only contains a new line.
 			 */
-			if ( node.childNodes && node.childNodes.length > 3 ) {
+			if ( node.childNodes?.length > 3 ) {
 				node.childNodes[ 0 ].attributeId = node.attributes.id;
 				node.childNodes[ 0 ].isFirstSection = true;