diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_indexing.py b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_indexing.py
index e33009f4597f0..c8a4103347477 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_indexing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_indexing.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def test_getitem_dupe_cols(self):
             iter,
             Index,
             set,
-            lambda l: dict(zip(l, range(len(l)))),
-            lambda l: dict(zip(l, range(len(l)))).keys(),
+            lambda l: {index: value for index, value in zip(l, range(len(l)))},
+            lambda l: {index: value for index, value in zip(l, range(len(l)))}.keys(),
         ],
         ids=["list", "iter", "Index", "set", "dict", "dict_keys"],
     )
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
index 3495247585236..f8cd73e0d0e3b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def is_ok(s):
             issubclass(s.dtype.type, (np.integer, np.floating)) and s.dtype != "uint8"
         )
 
-    return DataFrame(dict((c, s + 1) if is_ok(s) else (c, s) for c, s in df.items()))
+    return DataFrame({c: s + 1 if is_ok(s) else (c, s) for c, s in df.items()})
 
 
 class TestDataFrameIndexingWhere: