diff --git a/js/src/alert.js b/js/src/alert.js
index 03922e94c3..bc0edc6c0e 100644
--- a/js/src/alert.js
+++ b/js/src/alert.js
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ class Alert {
   // Public
 
   close(element) {
-    let rootElement = this._element
-    if (element) {
-      rootElement = this._getRootElement(element)
-    }
-
+    const rootElement = element ? this._getRootElement(element) : this._element
     const customEvent = this._triggerCloseEvent(rootElement)
 
     if (customEvent === null || customEvent.defaultPrevented) {
diff --git a/js/src/collapse.js b/js/src/collapse.js
index 639369b017..be65529556 100644
--- a/js/src/collapse.js
+++ b/js/src/collapse.js
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ class Collapse {
   }
 
   _getDimension() {
-    const hasWidth = this._element.classList.contains(WIDTH)
-    return hasWidth ? WIDTH : HEIGHT
+    return this._element.classList.contains(WIDTH) ? WIDTH : HEIGHT
   }
 
   _getParent() {