diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
index 4a5e45ecb8..ee68a4a26e 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
@@ -236,9 +236,7 @@ class SyncService {
 		$root->appendChild($sync);
 		$root->appendChild($prop);
 		$dom->appendChild($root);
-		$body = $dom->saveXML();
-
-		return $body;
+		return $dom->saveXML();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Auth.php b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Auth.php
index 456bb17138..fcd1b34edb 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Auth.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Connector/Sabre/Auth.php
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ class Auth extends AbstractBasic {
 	 */
 	function check(RequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response) {
 		try {
-			$result = $this->auth($request, $response);
-			return $result;
+			return $this->auth($request, $response);
 		} catch (NotAuthenticated $e) {
 			throw $e;
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/Upload/UploadHome.php b/apps/dav/lib/Upload/UploadHome.php
index ec31e93f4f..6976ece994 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/Upload/UploadHome.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/Upload/UploadHome.php
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class UploadHome implements ICollection {
 		}
 		$view = new View('/' . $user->getUID() . '/uploads');
 		$rootInfo = $view->getFileInfo('');
-		$impl = new Directory($view, $rootInfo);
-		return $impl;
+		return new Directory($view, $rootInfo);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/encryption/lib/Crypto/Crypt.php b/apps/encryption/lib/Crypto/Crypt.php
index 4d5c20ea75..49b1bcb41a 100644
--- a/apps/encryption/lib/Crypto/Crypt.php
+++ b/apps/encryption/lib/Crypto/Crypt.php
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ class Crypt {
 		// combine content to encrypt the IV identifier and actual IV
 		$catFile = $this->concatIV($encryptedContent, $iv);
 		$catFile = $this->concatSig($catFile, $sig);
-		$padded = $this->addPadding($catFile);
-
-		return $padded;
+		return $this->addPadding($catFile);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -495,8 +493,7 @@ class Crypt {
 	 */
 	private function createSignature($data, $passPhrase) {
 		$passPhrase = hash('sha512', $passPhrase . 'a', true);
-		$signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $data, $passPhrase);
-		return $signature;
+		return hash_hmac('sha256', $data, $passPhrase);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
index 684c20c454..559386149e 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Helper.php
@@ -210,9 +210,7 @@ class Helper {
 		}
 
 		$sliced = array_slice($split, 2);
-		$relPath = implode('/', $sliced);
-
-		return $relPath;
+		return implode('/', $sliced);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
index 3d18207776..c02cc96863 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Access.php
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility implements IUserTools {
 				$domainParts[] = $part;
 			}
 		}
-		$domainDN = implode(',', $domainParts);
-		return $domainDN;
+		return implode(',', $domainParts);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -800,8 +799,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility implements IUserTools {
 	public function fetchUsersByLoginName($loginName, $attributes = array('dn')) {
 		$loginName = $this->escapeFilterPart($loginName);
 		$filter = str_replace('%uid', $loginName, $this->connection->ldapLoginFilter);
-		$users = $this->fetchListOfUsers($filter, $attributes);
-		return $users;
+		return $this->fetchListOfUsers($filter, $attributes);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -814,8 +812,7 @@ class Access extends LDAPUtility implements IUserTools {
 	public function countUsersByLoginName($loginName) {
 		$loginName = $this->escapeFilterPart($loginName);
 		$filter = str_replace('%uid', $loginName, $this->connection->ldapLoginFilter);
-		$users = $this->countUsers($filter);
-		return $users;
+		return $this->countUsers($filter);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
index e1e6a78c44..6cb5694146 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Group_LDAP.php
@@ -370,9 +370,7 @@ class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLD
 		}
 		$filterParts[] = $this->access->connection->ldapGidNumber .'=' . $groupID;
 
-		$filter = $this->access->combineFilterWithAnd($filterParts);
-
-		return $filter;
+		return $this->access->combineFilterWithAnd($filterParts);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -534,9 +532,7 @@ class Group_LDAP extends BackendUtility implements \OCP\GroupInterface, IGroupLD
 		}
 		$filterParts[] = 'primaryGroupID=' . $groupID;
 
-		$filter = $this->access->combineFilterWithAnd($filterParts);
-
-		return $filter;
+		return $this->access->combineFilterWithAnd($filterParts);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Jobs/CleanUp.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Jobs/CleanUp.php
index df7d888a90..f905256c69 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/Jobs/CleanUp.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/Jobs/CleanUp.php
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ class CleanUp extends TimedJob {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$enabled = $this->isCleanUpEnabled();
-
-		return $enabled;
+		return $this->isCleanUpEnabled();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
index e40a483095..b65db05405 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Encryption.php
@@ -351,9 +351,7 @@ class Encryption extends Wrapper {
 		// need to stream copy file by file in case we copy between a encrypted
 		// and a unencrypted storage
 		$this->unlink($path2);
-		$result = $this->copyFromStorage($this, $path1, $path2);
-
-		return $result;
+		return $this->copyFromStorage($this, $path1, $path2);
 	}
 
 	/**