diff --git a/packages/core/src/hub.ts b/packages/core/src/hub.ts
index 734b4c28711a..f67ae3773325 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hub.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hub.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export class Hub implements HubInterface {
    */
   public configureScope(callback: (scope: Scope) => void): void {
     const { scope, client } = this.getStackTop();
-    if (scope && client) {
+    if (client) {
       callback(scope);
     }
   }
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ export class Hub implements HubInterface {
     const session = makeSession({
       release,
       environment,
-      ...(scope && { user: scope.getUser() }),
+      user: scope.getUser(),
       ...(userAgent && { userAgent }),
       ...context,
     });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/sdk.ts b/packages/core/src/sdk.ts
index 7d2df2115ddd..5dc58a5fc944 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/sdk.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ export function initAndBind<F extends Client, O extends ClientOptions>(
   }
   const hub = getCurrentHub();
   const scope = hub.getScope();
-  if (scope) {
-    scope.update(options.initialScope);
-  }
+  scope.update(options.initialScope);
 
   const client = new clientClass(options);
   hub.bindClient(client);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/sessionflusher.ts b/packages/core/src/sessionflusher.ts
index 9b4579ade486..4ef196819504 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/sessionflusher.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/sessionflusher.ts
@@ -72,15 +72,13 @@ export class SessionFlusher implements SessionFlusherLike {
       return;
     }
     const scope = getCurrentHub().getScope();
-    const requestSession = scope && scope.getRequestSession();
+    const requestSession = scope.getRequestSession();
 
     if (requestSession && requestSession.status) {
       this._incrementSessionStatusCount(requestSession.status, new Date());
       // This is not entirely necessarily but is added as a safe guard to indicate the bounds of a request and so in
       // case captureRequestSession is called more than once to prevent double count
-      if (scope) {
-        scope.setRequestSession(undefined);
-      }
+      scope.setRequestSession(undefined);
       /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
index b5518f95e04b..ad6858d41e4a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ import { Transaction } from './transaction';
 /** Returns all trace headers that are currently on the top scope. */
 function traceHeaders(this: Hub): { [key: string]: string } {
   const scope = this.getScope();
-  if (scope) {
-    const span = scope.getSpan();
-    if (span) {
-      return {
+  const span = scope.getSpan();
+
+  return span
+    ? {
         'sentry-trace': span.toTraceparent(),
-      };
-    }
-  }
-  return {};
+      }
+    : {};
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/idletransaction.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/idletransaction.ts
index f4604a312519..77b7d5317da1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/idletransaction.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/idletransaction.ts
@@ -346,10 +346,7 @@ export class IdleTransaction extends Transaction {
  */
 function clearActiveTransaction(hub: Hub): void {
   const scope = hub.getScope();
-  if (scope) {
-    const transaction = scope.getTransaction();
-    if (transaction) {
-      scope.setSpan(undefined);
-    }
+  if (scope.getTransaction()) {
+    scope.setSpan(undefined);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
index eba498b7e654..b1e6e74195be 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/transaction.ts
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ export class Transaction extends SpanClass implements TransactionInterface {
     const maybeSampleRate = this.metadata.sampleRate;
     const sample_rate = maybeSampleRate !== undefined ? maybeSampleRate.toString() : undefined;
 
-    const scope = hub.getScope();
-    const { segment: user_segment } = (scope && scope.getUser()) || {};
+    const { segment: user_segment } = hub.getScope().getUser() || {};
 
     const source = this.metadata.source;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/utils.ts
index 5dc64f98d400..624fff153270 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/utils.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export { TRACEPARENT_REGEXP, extractTraceparentData } from '@sentry/utils';
 export function getActiveTransaction<T extends Transaction>(maybeHub?: Hub): T | undefined {
   const hub = maybeHub || getCurrentHub();
   const scope = hub.getScope();
-  return scope && (scope.getTransaction() as T | undefined);
+  return scope.getTransaction() as T | undefined;
 }
 
 // so it can be used in manual instrumentation without necessitating a hard dependency on @sentry/utils