diff --git a/bin/wsim b/bin/wsim
index 3c7bdc554..051d32ce2 100755
--- a/bin/wsim
+++ b/bin/wsim
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def elfFileCheck(args):
     ElfFile = ""
     if os.path.isfile(args.elf):
         ElfFile = f"+ElfFile={os.path.abspath(args.elf)}"
-    elif args.elf != "":
+    elif args.elf:
         print(f"ELF file not found: {args.elf}")
         sys.exit(1)
     elif args.testsuite.endswith('.elf'): # No --elf argument; check if testsuite has a .elf extension and use that instead
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ def runSim(args, flags, prefix):
 def runQuesta(args, flags, prefix):
     # Force Questa to use 64-bit mode, sometimes it defaults to 32-bit even on 64-bit machines
     prefix = "MTI_VCO_MODE=64 " + prefix
-    if args.args != "":
+    if args.args:
         args.args = fr'--args \"{args.args}\"'
-    if args.params != "":
+    if args.params:
         args.params = fr'--params \"{args.params}\"'
-    if args.define != "":
+    if args.define:
         args.define = fr'--define \"{args.define}\"'
     # Questa cannot accept more than 9 arguments.  fcov implies lockstep
     cmd = f"do wally.do {args.config} {args.testsuite} {args.tb} {args.args} {args.params} {args.define} {flags}"
@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ def runVerilator(args):
 
 def runVCS(args, flags, prefix):
     print(f"Running VCS on {args.config} {args.testsuite}")
-    if args.args != "":
+    if args.args:
         args.args = f'--args "{args.args}"'
-    if args.params != "":
+    if args.params:
         args.params = f'--params "{args.params}"'
-    if args.define != "":
+    if args.define:
         args.define = f'--define "{args.define}"'
     cmd = f"cd $WALLY/sim/vcs; {prefix} ./run_vcs {args.config} {args.testsuite} --tb {args.tb} {args.args} {args.params} {args.define} {flags}"
     print(cmd)