diff --git a/build_files/utils/make_source_archive.py b/build_files/utils/make_source_archive.py
index ac6b1f73228..d5590e4bc00 100755
--- a/build_files/utils/make_source_archive.py
+++ b/build_files/utils/make_source_archive.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     blender_srcdir = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent
 
     cli_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description=f"Create a tarball of the Blender sources, optionally including sources of dependencies.",
+        description="Create a tarball of the Blender sources, optionally including sources of dependencies.",
         epilog="This script is intended to be run by `make source_archive_complete`.",
     )
     cli_parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/build_files/utils/make_update.py b/build_files/utils/make_update.py
index 44780fd2b9d..26f7b0dc496 100755
--- a/build_files/utils/make_update.py
+++ b/build_files/utils/make_update.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def floating_checkout_add_origin_if_needed(
         upstream_url = make_utils.git_get_remote_url(args.git_command, "upstream")
 
         call((args.git_command, "remote", "rename", "upstream", "origin"))
-        make_utils.git_set_config(args.git_command, f"remote.origin.url", origin_external_url)
+        make_utils.git_set_config(args.git_command, "remote.origin.url", origin_external_url)
 
         call((args.git_command, "remote", "add", "upstream", upstream_url))
     finally:
diff --git a/scripts/modules/bl_keymap_utils/io.py b/scripts/modules/bl_keymap_utils/io.py
index 5c224c6630e..f6bce2c010d 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/bl_keymap_utils/io.py
+++ b/scripts/modules/bl_keymap_utils/io.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def _kmi_properties_to_lines_recursive(level, properties, lines):
                 lines_test = []
                 _kmi_properties_to_lines_recursive(level + 2, value, lines_test)
                 if lines_test:
-                    lines.append(f"(")
+                    lines.append("(")
                     lines.append(f"\"{pname}\",\n")
                     lines.append(f"{indent(level + 3)}" "[")
                     lines.extend(lines_test)
@@ -172,19 +172,19 @@ def keyconfig_export_as_data(wm, kc, filepath, *, all_keymaps=False):
             fw("},\n")
             fw(f"{indent(2)}" "{")
             is_modal = km.is_modal
-            fw(f"\"items\":\n")
+            fw("\"items\":\n")
             fw(f"{indent(3)}[")
             for kmi in km.keymap_items:
                 if is_modal:
                     kmi_id = kmi.propvalue
                 else:
                     kmi_id = kmi.idname
-                fw(f"(")
+                fw("(")
                 kmi_args = kmi_args_as_data(kmi)
                 kmi_data = _kmi_attrs_or_none(4, kmi)
                 fw(f"\"{kmi_id:s}\"")
                 if kmi_data is None:
-                    fw(f", ")
+                    fw(", ")
                 else:
                     fw(",\n" f"{indent(5)}")
 
diff --git a/tools/utils_doc/rna_manual_reference_updater.py b/tools/utils_doc/rna_manual_reference_updater.py
index fd63577dba3..9ac2fd8baaa 100644
--- a/tools/utils_doc/rna_manual_reference_updater.py
+++ b/tools/utils_doc/rna_manual_reference_updater.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def write_mappings(inv, output):
     fw = file.write
     year = datetime.date.today().year
 
-    fw(f"# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-%d Blender Authors\n" % (year))
+    fw("# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-%d Blender Authors\n" % year)
     fw("#\n")
     fw("# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later\n")
     fw("\n")