diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index a8308f4400..056ee6d841 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ disable=
     useless-object-inheritance, # TODO: Remove unnecessary imports
     cyclic-import, # TODO: Resolve cyclic imports
     no-self-use, # TODO: Convert methods to functions where appropriate
-    consider-using-in, # TODO: Consider merging comparisons with "in"
     too-many-public-methods, # TODO: Resolve
     consider-using-ternary, # TODO: Consider ternary expressions
     chained-comparison, # TODO: Simplify chained comparison between operands
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/session.py b/src/sagemaker/session.py
index b39e0be055..1e904d58d6 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/session.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/session.py
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ def _check_job_status(self, job, desc, status_key_name):
         # If the status is capital case, then convert it to Camel case
         status = _STATUS_CODE_TABLE.get(status, status)
 
-        if status != "Completed" and status != "Stopped":
+        if status not in ("Completed", "Stopped"):
             reason = desc.get("FailureReason", "(No reason provided)")
             job_type = status_key_name.replace("JobStatus", " job")
             raise ValueError("Error for {} {}: {} Reason: {}".format(job_type, job, status, reason))
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ def logs_for_job(  # noqa: C901 - suppress complexity warning for this method
         client = self.boto_session.client("logs", config=config)
         log_group = "/aws/sagemaker/TrainingJobs"
 
-        job_already_completed = status == "Completed" or status == "Failed" or status == "Stopped"
+        job_already_completed = status in ("Completed", "Failed", "Stopped")
 
         state = LogState.TAILING if wait and not job_already_completed else LogState.COMPLETE
         dot = False
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ def logs_for_job(  # noqa: C901 - suppress complexity warning for this method
 
                 status = description["TrainingJobStatus"]
 
-                if status == "Completed" or status == "Failed" or status == "Stopped":
+                if status in ("Completed", "Failed", "Stopped"):
                     print()
                     state = LogState.JOB_COMPLETE