diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
index 7314025d..1f07a4b9 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSSLintLinter.php
@@ -23,23 +23,15 @@ final class ArcanistCSSLintLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
   }
 
   public function getDefaultFlags() {
-    $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-
-    $options = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.csslint.options');
     // TODO: Deprecation warning.
-
-    return $options;
+    $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.csslint.options');
   }
 
   public function getDefaultBinary() {
     // TODO: Deprecation warning.
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-    $bin = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.csslint.bin');
-    if ($bin) {
-      return $bin;
-    }
-
-    return 'csslint';
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.csslint.bin', 'csslint');
   }
 
   public function getInstallInstructions() {
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSharpLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSharpLinter.php
index 81d1f360..0d6f3c22 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSharpLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCSharpLinter.php
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ final class ArcanistCSharpLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
     return parent::setCustomSeverityMap($map);
   }
 
-  public function getLintSeverityMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
-  public function getLintNameMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Determines what executables and lint paths to use.  Between platforms
    * this also changes whether the lint engine is run under .NET or Mono.  It
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
index 33b9f490..471a24ca 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCppcheckLinter.php
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
  */
 final class ArcanistCppcheckLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
 
-  public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'cppcheck';
   }
@@ -21,11 +17,9 @@ final class ArcanistCppcheckLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
   public function getLintOptions() {
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
     // You will for sure want some options.  The below default tends to be ok
-    $options = $config->getConfigFromAnySource(
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource(
       'lint.cppcheck.options',
       '-j2 --inconclusive --enable=performance,style,portability,information');
-
-    return $options;
   }
 
   public function getLintPath() {
@@ -42,9 +36,7 @@ final class ArcanistCppcheckLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
           "globally, you can just remove these keys from your .arcconfig.");
       }
 
-      $bin = csprintf("%s/%s", $prefix, $bin);
-
-      return $bin;
+      return csprintf("%s/%s", $prefix, $bin);
     }
 
     // Look for globally installed cppcheck
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
index e13d3fcb..b2eeca85 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistCpplintLinter.php
@@ -9,19 +9,13 @@
  */
 final class ArcanistCpplintLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
 
-  public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'cpplint.py';
   }
 
   public function getLintOptions() {
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-    $options = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.cpplint.options', '');
-
-    return $options;
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.cpplint.options', '');
   }
 
   public function getLintPath() {
@@ -38,9 +32,7 @@ final class ArcanistCpplintLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
           "globally, you can just remove these keys from your .arcconfig.");
       }
 
-      $bin = csprintf("%s/%s", $prefix, $bin);
-
-      return $bin;
+      return csprintf("%s/%s", $prefix, $bin);
     }
 
     // Look for globally installed cpplint.py
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
index a7ed986a..01ecd49c 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFlake8Linter.php
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@ final class ArcanistFlake8Linter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
 
   public function getDefaultFlags() {
     // TODO: Deprecated.
-
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-
-    $options = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.flake8.options', '');
-
-    return $options;
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.flake8.options', '');
   }
 
   public function getDefaultBinary() {
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
index 5b7c9edb..2f67a859 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@ final class ArcanistPEP8Linter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
 
   public function getDefaultFlags() {
     // TODO: Warn that all of this is deprecated.
-
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-    $options = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.pep8.options');
-
-    if ($options === null) {
-      $options = $this->getConfig('options');
-    }
-
-    return $options;
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource(
+      'lint.pep8.options',
+      $this->getConfig('options'));
   }
 
   public function shouldUseInterpreter() {
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
index acb53b4b..efbb3fca 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhpcsLinter.php
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@ final class ArcanistPhpcsLinter extends ArcanistExternalLinter {
   public function getDefaultBinary() {
     // TODO: Deprecation warnings.
     $config = $this->getEngine()->getConfigurationManager();
-    $bin = $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.phpcs.bin');
-    if ($bin) {
-      return $bin;
-    }
-
-    return 'phpcs';
+    return $config->getConfigFromAnySource('lint.phpcs.bin', 'phpcs');
   }
 
   public function shouldExpectCommandErrors() {
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhutilLibraryLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhutilLibraryLinter.php
index d48c9dfc..f67b8fe4 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhutilLibraryLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPhutilLibraryLinter.php
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ final class ArcanistPhutilLibraryLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
     return 'PHL';
   }
 
-  public function getLintSeverityMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
   public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
     if (!xhpast_is_available()) {
       throw new Exception(xhpast_get_build_instructions());
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
index da6a10b2..25674364 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyFlakesLinter.php
@@ -7,23 +7,10 @@
  */
 final class ArcanistPyFlakesLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
 
-  public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'PyFlakes';
   }
 
-  public function getLintSeverityMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
-  public function getLintNameMap() {
-    return array(
-    );
-  }
-
   public function getPyFlakesOptions() {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyLintLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyLintLinter.php
index 6bdca57f..c0fc82e3 100644
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyLintLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistPyLintLinter.php
@@ -187,22 +187,10 @@ final class ArcanistPyLintLinter extends ArcanistLinter {
     return implode(" ", $options);
   }
 
-  public function willLintPaths(array $paths) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   public function getLinterName() {
     return 'PyLint';
   }
 
-  public function getLintSeverityMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
-  public function getLintNameMap() {
-    return array();
-  }
-
   public function lintPath($path) {
     $pylint_bin = $this->getPyLintPath();
     $python_path = $this->getPyLintPythonPath();