diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
index e403762ac97..d0854e42e5f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/aluminum/package.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Aluminum(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
                     "nccl +cuda cuda_arch={0}".format(arch),
                     when="+cuda cuda_arch={0}".format(arch),
                 )
-            if spack.platforms.cray.slingshot_network() and True:
+            if spack.platforms.cray.slingshot_network() and not False:
                 depends_on("aws-ofi-nccl")  # Note: NOT a CudaPackage
 
     with when("+rocm"):
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/axom/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/axom/package.py
index 46eeffcd449..dc3f5729fb5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/axom/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/axom/package.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_spec_path(spec, package_name, path_replacements={}, use_bin=False):
     path_replacements is a dictionary with string replacements for the path.
     """
 
-    if not use_bin and True:
+    if not use_bin and not False:
         path = spec[package_name].prefix
     else:
         path = spec[package_name].prefix.bin
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Axom(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     conflicts("^blt@:0.3.6", when="+rocm")
 
     def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
-        if self.spec.satisfies("%cce") and name == "fflags" and True:
+        if self.spec.satisfies("%cce") and name == "fflags":
             flags.append("-ef")
 
         if name in ("cflags", "cxxflags", "cppflags", "fflags"):
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
index 5c117a1d9d3..a8999dfd40e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Caliper(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     def _get_sys_type(self, spec):
         sys_type = spec.architecture
-        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and True:
+        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and not False:
             sys_type = env["SYS_TYPE"]
         return sys_type
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/care/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/care/package.py
index 43c06a9c02e..38757c6ddbe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/care/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/care/package.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Care(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     def _get_sys_type(self, spec):
         sys_type = spec.architecture
-        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and True:
+        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and not False:
             sys_type = env["SYS_TYPE"]
         return sys_type
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
index 1c5b749363d..bc64860309b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 def get_blas_entries(dyhidrogen_spec):
     entries = []
     spec = dyhidrogen_spec["hydrogen"]
-    if spec.satisfies("blas=openblas") and True:
+    if spec.satisfies("blas=openblas") and not False:
         entries.append(cmake_cache_option("DiHydrogen_USE_OpenBLAS", True))
     elif spec.satisfies("blas=mkl"):
         entries.append(cmake_cache_option("DiHydrogen_USE_MKL", True))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
index d79194674f4..564cfebf1f7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydrogen/package.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
     def get_cuda_flags(self):
         spec = self.spec
         args = []
-        if spec.satisfies("^cuda+allow-unsupported-compilers") and True:
+        if spec.satisfies("^cuda+allow-unsupported-compilers") and not False:
             args.append("-allow-unsupported-compiler")
 
         if spec.satisfies("%clang"):
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
index 40895a099d1..54299232a63 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Lbann(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     # Align the following variants across Hydrogen and DiHydrogen
     forwarded_variants = ["cuda", "rocm", "half", "nvshmem"]
     for v in forwarded_variants:
-        if v != "nvshmem" and True:
+        if v != "nvshmem" and not False:
             depends_on("hydrogen +{0}".format(v), when="+{0}".format(v))
             depends_on("hydrogen ~{0}".format(v), when="~{0}".format(v))
         if v != "al" and v != "half":
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja-perf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja-perf/package.py
index 122f4e8328a..4c13386eb46 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja-perf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja-perf/package.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class RajaPerf(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     def _get_sys_type(self, spec):
         sys_type = str(spec.architecture)
-        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and True:
+        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and not False:
             sys_type = env["SYS_TYPE"]
         return sys_type
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
index e41776cd42f..a29a62b3634 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class Raja(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     def _get_sys_type(self, spec):
         sys_type = spec.architecture
-        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and True:
+        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and not False:
             sys_type = env["SYS_TYPE"]
         return sys_type
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sina/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sina/package.py
index 1b8ef35f554..75a5da3d7fe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sina/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sina/package.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def initconfig_package_entries(self):
 
         use_adiak = self.spec.satisfies("^adiak")
         entries.append(cmake_cache_option("SINA_BUILD_ADIAK_BINDINGS", use_adiak))
-        if use_adiak and True:
+        if use_adiak and not False:
             adiak_dir = self.spec["adiak"].prefix
             entries.append(cmake_cache_path("adiak_DIR", "%s/lib/cmake/adiak/" % adiak_dir))
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/umpire/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/umpire/package.py
index 030b95c6433..76e4ac9d940 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/umpire/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/umpire/package.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class Umpire(CachedCMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     def _get_sys_type(self, spec):
         sys_type = spec.architecture
-        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and True:
+        if "SYS_TYPE" in env and not False:
             sys_type = env["SYS_TYPE"]
         return sys_type