diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/types.go b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
index 46112eeda..36522920c 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/types.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ func NullNode() *RNode {
 
 // IsMissingOrNull returns true if the RNode is nil or contains and explicitly null value.
 func IsMissingOrNull(node *RNode) bool {
-	if node == nil || node.YNode() == nil || node.YNode().Tag == NullNodeTag {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
+	return node == nil || node.YNode() == nil || node.YNode().Tag == NullNodeTag
 }
 
 // IsEmpty returns true if the RNode is MissingOrNull, or is either a MappingNode with
@@ -44,11 +41,7 @@ func IsEmpty(node *RNode) bool {
 	// Empty sequence is a special case and temporarily not considered as empty here.
 	// Some users may want to keep empty sequence for compatibility reason.
 	// For example, use JSON 6902 patch.
-	if node.YNode().Kind == yaml.MappingNode && len(node.YNode().Content) == 0 {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
+	return node.YNode().Kind == yaml.MappingNode && len(node.YNode().Content) == 0
 }
 
 func IsNull(node *RNode) bool {
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/types_test.go b/kyaml/yaml/types_test.go
index 68f26c001..b281a45aa 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/types_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/types_test.go
@@ -169,80 +169,84 @@ type: string
 }
 
 func TestIsMissingOrNull(t *testing.T) {
-	if IsMissingOrNull(nil) != true {
+	if !IsMissingOrNull(nil) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: nil")
 	}
 	// missing value or null value
 	node := &RNode{value: nil}
-	if IsMissingOrNull(node) != true {
+	if !IsMissingOrNull(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: nil value")
 	}
 
 	node.value = &yaml.Node{}
-	if IsMissingOrNull(node) != false {
+	if IsMissingOrNull(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: valid node")
 	}
 	// node with NullNodeTag
 	node.value.Tag = NullNodeTag
-	if IsMissingOrNull(node) != true {
+	if !IsMissingOrNull(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: with NullNodeTag")
 	}
 
 	node.value = &yaml.Node{}
-	if IsMissingOrNull(node) != false {
+	if IsMissingOrNull(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: valid node")
 	}
 }
 
 func TestIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	if IsEmpty(nil) != true {
+	if !IsEmpty(nil) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: nil")
 	}
 
 	// missing value or null value
 	node := &RNode{value: nil}
-	if IsEmpty(node) != true {
+	if !IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: nil value")
 	}
 	// not array or map
 	node.value = &yaml.Node{}
-	if IsEmpty(node) != false {
+	if IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: not array or map")
 	}
+}
 
-	// === array tests ===
-	node.value.Kind = yaml.SequenceNode
+func TestIsEmpty_Arrays(t *testing.T) {
+	node := &RNode{value: &yaml.Node{
+		Kind: yaml.SequenceNode,
+	}}
 	// empty array. empty array is not expected as empty
-	if IsEmpty(node) != false {
+	if IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: empty array")
 	}
 	// array with 1 item
 	node.value.Content = append(node.value.Content, &yaml.Node{})
-	if IsEmpty(node) != false {
+	if IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: array with 1 item")
 	}
 	// delete the item in array
 	node.value.Content = node.value.Content[:len(node.value.Content)-1]
-	if IsEmpty(node) != false {
+	if IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: empty array")
 	}
+}
 
-	// === map tests ===
-	node.value = &yaml.Node{
+func TestIsEmpty_Maps(t *testing.T) {
+	node := &RNode{value: &yaml.Node{
 		Kind: yaml.MappingNode,
-	}
+	}}
 	// empty map
-	if IsEmpty(node) != true {
+	if !IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: empty map")
 	}
 	// map with 1 item
 	node.value.Content = append(node.value.Content, &yaml.Node{})
-	if IsEmpty(node) != false {
+	if IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: map with 1 item")
 	}
 	// delete the item in map
 	node.value.Content = node.value.Content[:len(node.value.Content)-1]
-	if IsEmpty(node) != true {
+	if !IsEmpty(node) {
 		t.Fatalf("input: empty map")
 	}
 }