diff --git a/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/limits_to_influx.py b/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/limits_to_influx.py
index b0bc7d5d..f2c0b8ac 100755
--- a/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/limits_to_influx.py
+++ b/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/limits_to_influx.py
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ def get_limit_prop_string(limit_details):
     :return: a data string of scraped info
     """
     # all limit properties are integers so add 'i' for each value
-    return ",".join([f"{limit}={val}i" for limit, val in limit_details.items()])
+    limit_strings = []
+    for limit, val in limit_details.items():
+        limit_strings.append(f"{limit}={val}i")
+    return ",".join(limit_strings)
 
 
 def extract_limits(limits_dict) -> Dict:
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ def extract_limits(limits_dict) -> Dict:
     return parsed_limits
 
 
-def get_limits_for_project(instance, project_id) -> Dict:
+def get_limits_for_project(instance: str, project_id) -> Dict:
     """
     Get limits for a project. This is currently using openstack-cli
     This will be rewritten to instead use openstacksdk
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ def is_valid_project(project: Project) -> bool:
     :return: boolean, True if project should be accounted for in limits
     """
     invalid_strings = ["_rally", "844"]
-    return all(s not in project["name"] for s in invalid_strings)
+    return all(string not in project["name"] for string in invalid_strings)
 
 
 def get_all_limits(instance: str) -> str:
@@ -105,11 +108,10 @@ def get_all_limits(instance: str) -> str:
     :return: A data string of scraped info
     """
     conn = openstack.connect(cloud=instance)
-    limit_details = {
-        project["name"]: get_limits_for_project(instance, project["id"])
-        for project in conn.list_projects()
-        if is_valid_project(project)
-    }
+    limit_details = {}
+    for project in conn.list_projects():
+        if is_valid_project(project):
+            limit_details[project["name"]] = get_limits_for_project(instance, project["id"])
     return convert_to_data_string(instance, limit_details)
 
 
diff --git a/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/slottifier.py b/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/slottifier.py
index bb61f85d..4b4010d6 100644
--- a/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/slottifier.py
+++ b/MonitoringTools/usr/local/bin/slottifier.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from send_metric_utils import parse_args, run_scrape
 
 
-def get_hv_info(hypervisor: Dict, aggregate_info, service_info) -> Dict:
+def get_hv_info(hypervisor: Dict, aggregate_info: Dict, service_info: Dict) -> Dict:
     """
     Helper function to get hv information on cores/memory available
     :param hypervisor: a dictionary holding info on hypervisor
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def get_hv_info(hypervisor: Dict, aggregate_info, service_info) -> Dict:
     return hv_info
 
 
-def get_flavor_requirements(flavor) -> Dict:
+def get_flavor_requirements(flavor: Dict) -> Dict:
     """
     Helper function to get flavor memory/ram/gpu requirements for a VM of that type to be built on a hv
     :param flavor: flavor to get requirements from
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def convert_to_data_string(instance: str, slots_dict: Dict) -> str:
     return data_string
 
 
-def calculate_slots_on_hv(flavor_name, flavor_reqs, hv_info) -> SlottifierEntry:
+def calculate_slots_on_hv(flavor_name: str, flavor_reqs: Dict, hv_info: Dict) -> SlottifierEntry:
     """
     Helper function that calculates available slots for a flavor on a given hypervisor
     :param flavor_name: name of flavor
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def get_openstack_resources(instance: str) -> Dict:
 
 
 def get_all_hv_info_for_aggregate(
-    aggregate, all_compute_services, all_hypervisors
+    aggregate: Dict, all_compute_services: List, all_hypervisors: List
 ) -> List:
     """
     helper function to get all useful info from hypervisors belonging to a given aggregate
@@ -215,28 +215,27 @@ def get_all_hv_info_for_aggregate(
 
     valid_hvs = []
     for host in aggregate["hosts"]:
-        host_compute_service = next(
-            (cs for cs in all_compute_services if cs["host"] == host), None
-        )
+
+        host_compute_service = None
+        for cs in all_compute_services:
+            if cs["host"] == host:
+                host_compute_service = cs
+
         if not host_compute_service:
             continue
 
-        hv = next(
-            (
-                hv
-                for hv in all_hypervisors
-                if host_compute_service["host"] == hv["name"]
-            ),
-            None,
-        )
-        if not hv:
+        hv_obj = None
+        for hv in all_hypervisors:
+            if host_compute_service["host"] == hv["name"]:
+                hv_obj = hv
+        if not hv_obj:
             continue
 
-        valid_hvs.append(get_hv_info(hv, aggregate, host_compute_service))
+        valid_hvs.append(get_hv_info(hv_obj, aggregate, host_compute_service))
     return valid_hvs
 
 
-def update_slots(flavors, host_info_list, slots_dict) -> Dict:
+def update_slots(flavors: List, host_info_list: List, slots_dict: Dict) -> Dict:
     """
     update total slots by calculating slots available for a set of flavors on a set of hosts
     :param flavors: a list of flavors