diff --git a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
index aa4e0d28118fbffdcda456869e32b93aed8b28c1..80da24820d7099bd5ee80e90c84d6e8a4c5e0596 100644
--- a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
+++ b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ rule_settings:
   - merge-comparisons
   - merge-else-if-into-elif
   - min-max-identity
-  - or-if-exp-identity
 
   rule_types:
   - refactoring
diff --git a/scripts/get_merge_requests.py b/scripts/get_merge_requests.py
index 1ae982338634ef41df391bb7340a20f37d69a878..17eae3c1dc67349b0cb8926fdd79d022c072d894 100755
--- a/scripts/get_merge_requests.py
+++ b/scripts/get_merge_requests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_merge_requests(
         all_merge_requests = project.mergerequests.list(
             source_branch=source_branch,
             target_branch=target_branch,
-            state=state if state else "all",
+            state=state or "all",
             all=True,
             retry_transient_errors=True,
         )