diff --git a/jrnl/messages/MsgStyle.py b/jrnl/messages/MsgStyle.py
index ee898fdb..666896b6 100644
--- a/jrnl/messages/MsgStyle.py
+++ b/jrnl/messages/MsgStyle.py
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ class MsgStyle(Enum):
 
     @property
     def box_title(self) -> MsgText:
-        return self.value.get("box_title", None)
+        return self.value.get("box_title")
diff --git a/jrnl/override.py b/jrnl/override.py
index 64a0fe86..bc85f47e 100644
--- a/jrnl/override.py
+++ b/jrnl/override.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def apply_overrides(args: "Namespace", base_config: dict) -> dict:
     :return: Configuration to be used during runtime with the overrides applied
     :rtype: dict
     """
-    overrides = vars(args).get("config_override", None)
+    overrides = vars(args).get("config_override")
     if not overrides:
         return base_config
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/then_steps.py b/tests/lib/then_steps.py
index 7eaf07d6..5ec75ad5 100644
--- a/tests/lib/then_steps.py
+++ b/tests/lib/then_steps.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def config_var_on_disk(config_on_disk, journal_name, it_should, some_yaml):
     actual_slice = actual
     if type(actual) is dict:
         # `expected` objects formatted in yaml only compare one level deep
-        actual_slice = {key: actual.get(key, None) for key in expected.keys()}
+        actual_slice = {key: actual.get(key) for key in expected.keys()}
 
     assert (expected == actual_slice) == it_should