diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software-environment.py
index 8289486855f0bcdf45b579ee140eac328bdde7f8..612b2ae4f112f13cf7abad6c5829596dd00bad7a 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software-environment.py
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", filename="test.log"):
         handlers.append(logging.FileHandler(filename))
 
     handlers.append(logging.StreamHandler())
-    if log_level_numeric == logging.DEBUG:
-        linenumbers = " %(lineno)4d"
-    else:
-        linenumbers = ""
+    linenumbers = " %(lineno)4d" if log_level_numeric == logging.DEBUG else ""
     logging.basicConfig(
         format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)7s" + linenumbers + "  |  %(message)s",
         datefmt="[%X]",