diff --git a/packages/utils/ast-utils.ts b/packages/utils/ast-utils.ts
index 5ff459b10b1..5b914a00b3d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/ast-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/ast-utils.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ function createLiteral(j: JSCodeshift, val: valueType): Node {
 			literalVal = true;
 		}
 		// 'false' => false
-		if (val === "false") {
+		else if (val === "false") {
 			literalVal = false;
 		}
 		// '1' => 1
@@ -585,11 +585,7 @@ function parseTopScope(j: JSCodeshift, ast: Node, value: string[], action: strin
 		);
 		return false; // TODO: debug later
 	}
-	if (value) {
-		return ast.find(j.Program).filter((p: Node): boolean => createTopScopeProperty(p));
-	} else {
-		return ast;
-	}
+	return value ? ast.find(j.Program).filter((p: Node): boolean => createTopScopeProperty(p)) : ast;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -632,11 +628,7 @@ function parseMerge(j: JSCodeshift, ast: Node, value: string, action: string): b
 		(p.value as Node).body[bodyLength - 1] = newVal;
 		return false; // TODO: debug later
 	}
-	if (value) {
-		return ast.find(j.Program).filter((p: Node): boolean => createMergeProperty(p));
-	} else {
-		return ast;
-	}
+	return value ? ast.find(j.Program).filter((p: Node): boolean => createMergeProperty(p)) : ast;
 }
 
 export {