diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5643f7d03..4705fd7ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     - stage: code quality
       name: "pylint lbrynet"
       install:
-        - pip install astroid==2.0.4 pylint
+        - pip install astroid pylint
         - pip install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git#egg=torba
         - pip install -e .
       script: pylint lbrynet
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/serialization/datagram.py b/lbrynet/dht/serialization/datagram.py
index 81aa1b132..2d2104ee3 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/serialization/datagram.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/serialization/datagram.py
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ class RequestDatagram(KademliaDatagramBase):
     def make_ping(cls, from_node_id: bytes, rpc_id: typing.Optional[bytes] = None) -> 'RequestDatagram':
         if rpc_id and len(rpc_id) != constants.rpc_id_length:
             raise ValueError("invalid rpc id length")
-        elif not rpc_id:
-            rpc_id = constants.generate_id()[:constants.rpc_id_length]
+        rpc_id = rpc_id or constants.generate_id()[:constants.rpc_id_length]
         if len(from_node_id) != constants.hash_bits // 8:
             raise ValueError("invalid node id")
         return cls(REQUEST_TYPE, rpc_id, from_node_id, b'ping')
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Daemon.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
index f4e590e2b..c581169da 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Daemon.py
@@ -843,12 +843,12 @@ class Daemon(metaclass=JSONRPCServerType):
         amount = self.get_dewies_or_error("amount", amount)
         if not amount:
             raise NullFundsError
-        elif amount < 0:
+        if amount < 0:
             raise NegativeFundsError()
 
         if address and claim_id:
             raise Exception("Given both an address and a claim id")
-        elif not address and not claim_id:
+        if not address and not claim_id:
             raise Exception("Not given an address or a claim id")
 
         if address:
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ class Daemon(metaclass=JSONRPCServerType):
         amount = self.get_dewies_or_error("amount", amount)
         if not amount:
             raise NullFundsError
-        elif amount < 0:
+        if amount < 0:
             raise NegativeFundsError()
 
         for address in addresses:
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/wallet/resolve.py b/lbrynet/extras/wallet/resolve.py
index 1baadb265..69920a0cc 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/wallet/resolve.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/wallet/resolve.py
@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ def _handle_claim_result(results):
         if results['error'] in ['name is not claimed', 'claim not found']:
             if 'claim_id' in results:
                 raise UnknownClaimID(results['claim_id'])
-            elif 'name' in results:
+            if 'name' in results:
                 raise UnknownNameError(results['name'])
-            elif 'uri' in results:
+            if 'uri' in results:
                 raise UnknownURI(results['uri'])
-            elif 'outpoint' in results:
+            if 'outpoint' in results:
                 raise UnknownOutpoint(results['outpoint'])
         raise Exception(results['error'])
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/stream/stream_manager.py b/lbrynet/stream/stream_manager.py
index 386f0902e..6b8b76ef9 100644
--- a/lbrynet/stream/stream_manager.py
+++ b/lbrynet/stream/stream_manager.py
@@ -434,12 +434,11 @@ class StreamManager:
                 msg = f"fee of {fee_amount} exceeds max configured to allow of {max_fee_amount}"
                 log.warning(msg)
                 raise KeyFeeAboveMaxAllowed(msg)
-            else:
-                balance = await self.wallet.default_account.get_balance()
-                if lbc_to_dewies(str(fee_amount)) > balance:
-                    msg = f"fee of {fee_amount} exceeds max available balance"
-                    log.warning(msg)
-                    raise InsufficientFundsError(msg)
+            balance = await self.wallet.default_account.get_balance()
+            if lbc_to_dewies(str(fee_amount)) > balance:
+                msg = f"fee of {fee_amount} exceeds max available balance"
+                log.warning(msg)
+                raise InsufficientFundsError(msg)
             fee_address = claim.source_fee.address.decode()
         outpoint = f"{resolved['txid']}:{resolved['nout']}"
         existing = self.get_filtered_streams(outpoint=outpoint)
@@ -449,8 +448,7 @@ class StreamManager:
             if existing and existing[0].claim_id != resolved['claim_id']:
                 raise Exception(f"stream for {existing[0].claim_id} collides with existing "
                                 f"download {resolved['claim_id']}")
-            elif not existing:
-                existing.extend(self.get_filtered_streams(claim_id=resolved['claim_id']))
+            existing.extend(self.get_filtered_streams(claim_id=resolved['claim_id']))
             if existing and existing[0].sd_hash != claim.source_hash.decode():
                 log.info("claim contains an update to a stream we have, downloading it")
                 stream = await self.download_stream_from_claim(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f018358f7..5b193236e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': 'lbrynet=lbrynet.extras.cli:main'
     },
     install_requires=[
-        'aiohttp==3.4.4',
+        'aiohttp==3.5.4',
         'aioupnp',
         'appdirs==1.4.3',
         'colorama==0.3.7',