diff --git a/taggit/managers.py b/taggit/managers.py
index 4d7f0140..37f1d7dd 100644
--- a/taggit/managers.py
+++ b/taggit/managers.py
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ def __init__(self, through, model, instance, prefetch_cache_name, ordering=None)
         self.model = model
         self.instance = instance
         self.prefetch_cache_name = prefetch_cache_name
-        if ordering:
-            self.ordering = ordering
-        else:
-            self.ordering = []
+        self.ordering = ordering if ordering else []
 
     def is_cached(self, instance):
         return self.prefetch_cache_name in instance._prefetched_objects_cache
diff --git a/taggit/serializers.py b/taggit/serializers.py
index d3337bc7..9cdac236 100644
--- a/taggit/serializers.py
+++ b/taggit/serializers.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ def __getitem__(self, item):
     def __str__(self):
         if self.pretty_print:
             return json.dumps(self, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(",", ": "))
-        else:
-            return json.dumps(self)
+
+        return json.dumps(self)
 
 
 class TagListSerializerField(serializers.ListField):