diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py b/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
index daf89319a4520..ddd73375f8871 100644
--- a/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ def _next_line(self) -> list[Scalar]:
                         self._is_line_empty(self.data[self.pos - 1]) or line
                     ):
                         break
-                    elif self.skip_blank_lines:
+                    if self.skip_blank_lines:
                         ret = self._remove_empty_lines([line])
                         if ret:
                             line = ret[0]
diff --git a/pandas/io/sql.py b/pandas/io/sql.py
index 783b5f8cd63ae..0f24e3f31cc4b 100644
--- a/pandas/io/sql.py
+++ b/pandas/io/sql.py
@@ -971,18 +971,18 @@ def _query_iterator(
                         [], columns=columns, coerce_float=coerce_float
                     )
                 break
-            else:
-                has_read_data = True
-                self.frame = DataFrame.from_records(
-                    data, columns=columns, coerce_float=coerce_float
-                )
 
-                self._harmonize_columns(parse_dates=parse_dates)
+            has_read_data = True
+            self.frame = DataFrame.from_records(
+                data, columns=columns, coerce_float=coerce_float
+            )
 
-                if self.index is not None:
-                    self.frame.set_index(self.index, inplace=True)
+            self._harmonize_columns(parse_dates=parse_dates)
+
+            if self.index is not None:
+                self.frame.set_index(self.index, inplace=True)
 
-                yield self.frame
+            yield self.frame
 
     def read(
         self,
@@ -1489,16 +1489,16 @@ def _query_iterator(
                         parse_dates=parse_dates,
                     )
                 break
-            else:
-                has_read_data = True
-                yield _wrap_result(
-                    data,
-                    columns,
-                    index_col=index_col,
-                    coerce_float=coerce_float,
-                    parse_dates=parse_dates,
-                    dtype=dtype,
-                )
+
+            has_read_data = True
+            yield _wrap_result(
+                data,
+                columns,
+                index_col=index_col,
+                coerce_float=coerce_float,
+                parse_dates=parse_dates,
+                dtype=dtype,
+            )
 
     def read_query(
         self,
@@ -2053,16 +2053,16 @@ def _query_iterator(
                         [], columns=columns, coerce_float=coerce_float
                     )
                 break
-            else:
-                has_read_data = True
-                yield _wrap_result(
-                    data,
-                    columns,
-                    index_col=index_col,
-                    coerce_float=coerce_float,
-                    parse_dates=parse_dates,
-                    dtype=dtype,
-                )
+
+            has_read_data = True
+            yield _wrap_result(
+                data,
+                columns,
+                index_col=index_col,
+                coerce_float=coerce_float,
+                parse_dates=parse_dates,
+                dtype=dtype,
+            )
 
     def read_query(
         self,
diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/converter.py b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/converter.py
index 70fca27c837f3..4d5feafb5ebd2 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/converter.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/converter.py
@@ -404,9 +404,8 @@ def __call__(self):
             if num <= interval * (max_millis_ticks - 1):
                 self._interval = interval
                 break
-            else:
-                # We went through the whole loop without breaking, default to 1
-                self._interval = 1000.0
+            # We went through the whole loop without breaking, default to 1
+            self._interval = 1000.0
 
         estimate = (nmax - nmin) / (self._get_unit() * self._get_interval())
 
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_user_agent.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_user_agent.py
index ac4ca5dce6dc3..3b552805198b5 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_user_agent.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_user_agent.py
@@ -233,9 +233,8 @@ def responder(request):
         if wait_time > kill_time:
             server_process.kill()
             break
-        else:
-            wait_time += 0.1
-            time.sleep(0.1)
+        wait_time += 0.1
+        time.sleep(0.1)
     server_process.close()
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 09ea61c06380c..f18b54a8dcd03 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ disable = [
   "inconsistent-return-statements",
   "invalid-sequence-index",
   "literal-comparison",
-  "no-else-break",
   "no-else-continue",
   "no-else-raise",
   "no-else-return",