diff --git a/changelog.d/6236.misc b/changelog.d/6236.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..686e7a8721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6236.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove some extra quotation marks across the codebase.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py b/contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py
index 5ef140ae48..6b22400a60 100644
--- a/contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py
+++ b/contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def main(stdscr):
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
 
     formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - " "%(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+        "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
     )
     if not os.path.exists("logs"):
         os.makedirs("logs")
diff --git a/contrib/graph/graph2.py b/contrib/graph/graph2.py
index 9db8725eee..4619f0e3c1 100644
--- a/contrib/graph/graph2.py
+++ b/contrib/graph/graph2.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def make_graph(db_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
     args = [room_id]
 
     if limit:
-        sql += " ORDER BY topological_ordering DESC, stream_ordering DESC " "LIMIT ?"
+        sql += " ORDER BY topological_ordering DESC, stream_ordering DESC LIMIT ?"
 
         args.append(limit)
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def make_graph(db_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
 
     for event in events:
         c = conn.execute(
-            "SELECT state_group FROM event_to_state_groups " "WHERE event_id = ?",
+            "SELECT state_group FROM event_to_state_groups WHERE event_id = ?",
             (event.event_id,),
         )
 
diff --git a/synapse/event_auth.py b/synapse/event_auth.py
index 4e91df60e6..e7b722547b 100644
--- a/synapse/event_auth.py
+++ b/synapse/event_auth.py
@@ -493,8 +493,7 @@ def _check_power_levels(event, auth_events):
         new_level_too_big = new_level is not None and new_level > user_level
         if old_level_too_big or new_level_too_big:
             raise AuthError(
-                403,
-                "You don't have permission to add ops level greater " "than your own",
+                403, "You don't have permission to add ops level greater than your own"
             )