diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index ca39510..4eeeae9 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ disable=fixme,
         arguments-renamed,
         attribute-defined-outside-init,
         consider-using-generator,
-        consider-using-set-comprehension,
         duplicate-code,
         isinstance-second-argument-not-valid-type,
         keyword-arg-before-vararg,
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
index fba366b..ca62d8a 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class RoleRefs(WuttaSet):
                 auth.get_role_authenticated(session),
                 auth.get_role_anonymous(session),
             }
-            avoid = set([role.uuid for role in avoid])
+            avoid = {role.uuid for role in avoid}
 
             # also avoid admin unless current user is root
             if not self.request.is_root:
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
index 4691a1e..eb5c858 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/users.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class UserView(MasterView):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
         session = self.Session()
         auth = self.app.get_auth_handler()
 
-        old_roles = set([role.uuid for role in user.roles])
+        old_roles = {role.uuid for role in user.roles}
         new_roles = data["roles"]
 
         admin = auth.get_role_administrator(session)