diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ShowCommand/ShowCommandCommandInfo.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ShowCommand/ShowCommandCommandInfo.cs
index c0226471bdd..8c46dc9d259 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ShowCommand/ShowCommandCommandInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/ShowCommand/ShowCommandCommandInfo.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public ShowCommandCommandInfo(PSObject other)
                 var parameterSets = (other.Members["ParameterSets"].Value as PSObject).BaseObject as System.Collections.ArrayList;
                 this.ParameterSets = GetObjectEnumerable(parameterSets).Cast<PSObject>().Select(x => new ShowCommandParameterSetInfo(x)).ToList().AsReadOnly();
 
-                if (other.Members["Module"] != null && other.Members["Module"].Value as PSObject != null)
+                if (other.Members["Module"]?.Value is PSObject)
                 {
                     this.Module = new ShowCommandModuleInfo(other.Members["Module"].Value as PSObject);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
index 68c69d982a7..94dde3c00fb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ internal long SetRequestContent(HttpRequestMessage request, XmlNode xmlNode)
 
             byte[] bytes = null;
             XmlDocument doc = xmlNode as XmlDocument;
-            if (doc != null && (doc.FirstChild as XmlDeclaration) != null)
+            if (doc?.FirstChild is XmlDeclaration)
             {
                 XmlDeclaration decl = doc.FirstChild as XmlDeclaration;
                 Encoding encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(decl.Encoding);
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/NewPSSessionConfigurationFile.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/NewPSSessionConfigurationFile.cs
index 8a7a9b88b88..4fe43f53cee 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/NewPSSessionConfigurationFile.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/NewPSSessionConfigurationFile.cs
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                                 ThrowTerminatingError(e.ErrorRecord);
                             }
 
-                            if ((hashtable[ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken] as ScriptBlock) == null)
+                            if (hashtable[ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken] is not ScriptBlock)
                             {
                                 PSArgumentException e = new PSArgumentException(StringUtil.Format(RemotingErrorIdStrings.DISCKeyMustBeScriptBlock,
                                     ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken, ConfigFileConstants.FunctionDefinitions, _path));
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                                 ThrowTerminatingError(e.ErrorRecord);
                             }
 
-                            if ((hashtable[ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken] as ScriptBlock) == null)
+                            if (hashtable[ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken] is not ScriptBlock)
                             {
                                 PSArgumentException e = new PSArgumentException(StringUtil.Format(RemotingErrorIdStrings.DISCKeyMustBeScriptBlock,
                                     ConfigFileConstants.FunctionValueToken, ConfigFileConstants.FunctionDefinitions, _path));
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ internal static string CombineHashtable(IDictionary table, StreamWriter writer,
                 sb.AppendFormat("{0," + (4 * (indent + 1)) + "}", string.Empty);
                 sb.Append(QuoteName(key));
                 sb.Append(" = ");
-                if ((table[key] as ScriptBlock) != null)
+                if (table[key] is ScriptBlock)
                 {
                     sb.Append(WrapScriptBlock(table[key].ToString()));
                     continue;
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/InitialSessionStateProvider.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/InitialSessionStateProvider.cs
index 4f84dfadbdf..07597fd79ec 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/InitialSessionStateProvider.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/fanin/InitialSessionStateProvider.cs
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ private static bool FunctionDefinitionsTypeValidationCallback(string key, object
                     return false;
                 }
 
-                if ((hashtable[FunctionValueToken] as ScriptBlock) == null)
+                if (hashtable[FunctionValueToken] is not ScriptBlock)
                 {
                     cmdlet.WriteVerbose(StringUtil.Format(RemotingErrorIdStrings.DISCKeyMustBeScriptBlock, FunctionValueToken, key, path));
                     return false;
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ public override InitialSessionState GetInitialSessionState(PSSenderInfo senderIn
                     foreach (Hashtable variable in variables)
                     {
                         if (variable.ContainsKey(ConfigFileConstants.VariableValueToken) &&
-                            ((variable[ConfigFileConstants.VariableValueToken] as ScriptBlock) != null))
+                            variable[ConfigFileConstants.VariableValueToken] is ScriptBlock)
                         {
                             iss.DynamicVariablesToDefine.Add(variable);
                             continue;