diff --git a/PyInstaller/__main__.py b/PyInstaller/__main__.py
index 94a906ce228..b7b66684aa8 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/__main__.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/__main__.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def generate_parser() -> _PyiArgumentParser:
     return parser
 
 
-def run(pyi_args: list | None = None, pyi_config: dict | list | None = None):
+def run(pyi_args: list | None = None, pyi_config: dict | None = None):
     """
     pyi_args     allows running PyInstaller programmatically without a subprocess
     pyi_config   allows checking configuration once when running multiple tests
diff --git a/PyInstaller/compat.py b/PyInstaller/compat.py
index 3d4096cb3f7..acf59b4ae6b 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/compat.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/compat.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 # The same logic applies to macOS 12 (Monterey).
 is_macos_11_compat = bool(_macos_ver and _macos_ver[0:2] == (10, 16))  # Big Sur or newer in compat mode
 is_macos_11_native = bool(_macos_ver and _macos_ver[0:2] >= (11, 0))  # Big Sur or newer in native mode
-is_macos_11 = bool(is_macos_11_compat or is_macos_11_native)  # Big Sur or newer
+is_macos_11 = is_macos_11_compat or is_macos_11_native  # Big Sur or newer
 
 # On different platforms is different file for dynamic python library.
 # TODO: When removing support for is_py37, the "m" variants can be
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 
 
 # Wine detection and support
-def is_wine_dll(filename: str | bytes | os.PathLike | int):
+def is_wine_dll(filename: str | os.PathLike | int):
     """
     Check if the given PE file is a Wine DLL (PE-converted built-in, or fake/placeholder one).
 
@@ -283,10 +283,7 @@ def unsetenv(name: str):
 
 
 def exec_command(
-    *cmdargs: str,
-    encoding: str | None = None,
-    raise_enoent: bool | None = None,
-    **kwargs: int | bool | Iterable | None
+    *cmdargs: str, encoding: str | None = None, raise_enoent: bool | None = None, **kwargs: int | bool | list | None
 ):
     """
     Run the command specified by the passed positional arguments, optionally configured by the passed keyword arguments.
@@ -564,7 +561,7 @@ def exec_python_rc(*args: str, **kwargs: str | None):
 # Path handling.
 
 
-def expand_path(path: str | bytes | os.PathLike):
+def expand_path(path: str | os.PathLike):
     """
     Replace initial tilde '~' in path with user's home directory, and also expand environment variables
     (i.e., ${VARNAME} on Unix, %VARNAME% on Windows).
@@ -605,7 +602,7 @@ def getsitepackages(prefixes: list | None = None):
 
 
 # Wrapper to load a module from a Python source file. This function loads import hooks when processing them.
-def importlib_load_source(name: str, pathname: bytes | str):
+def importlib_load_source(name: str, pathname: str):
     # Import module from a file.
     mod_loader = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, pathname)
     return mod_loader.load_module()
diff --git a/PyInstaller/utils/hooks/__init__.py b/PyInstaller/utils/hooks/__init__.py
index 556df17fffd..19b1184bf2a 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/utils/hooks/__init__.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/utils/hooks/__init__.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def __exec_script(script_filename, *args, env=None, capture_stdout=True):
     return __exec_python_cmd(cmd, env=env, capture_stdout=capture_stdout)
 
 
-def exec_script(script_filename: str | bytes | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | list | None = None):
+def exec_script(script_filename: str | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | None = None):
     """
     Executes a Python script in an externally spawned interpreter, and returns anything that was emitted to the standard
     output as a single string.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def exec_script(script_filename: str | bytes | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dic
     return __exec_script(script_filename, *args, env=env, capture_stdout=True)
 
 
-def exec_script_rc(script_filename: str | bytes | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | list | None = None):
+def exec_script_rc(script_filename: str | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | None = None):
     """
     Executes a Python script in an externally spawned interpreter, and returns the exit code.
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def eval_statement(statement: str):
     return eval(txt)
 
 
-def eval_script(script_filename: str | bytes | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | list | None = None):
+def eval_script(script_filename: str | os.PathLike, *args: str, env: dict | None = None):
     txt = exec_script(script_filename, *args, env=env).strip()
     if not txt:
         # Return an empty string, which is "not true" but is iterable.
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def is_module_or_submodule(name: str, mod_or_submod: str):
 ]
 
 
-def collect_dynamic_libs(package: str, destdir: object | None = None):
+def collect_dynamic_libs(package: str, destdir: str | None = None):
     """
     This function produces a list of (source, dest) of dynamic library files that reside in package. Its output can be
     directly assigned to ``binaries`` in a hook script. The package parameter must be a string which names the package.
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def collect_dynamic_libs(package: str, destdir: object | None = None):
 def collect_data_files(
     package: str,
     include_py_files: bool = False,
-    subdir: str | bytes | os.PathLike | None = None,
+    subdir: str | os.PathLike | None = None,
     excludes: list | None = None,
     includes: list | None = None,
 ):
@@ -907,9 +907,7 @@ def clude_walker(
     return datas
 
 
-def collect_system_data_files(
-    path: str, destdir: str | bytes | os.PathLike | None = None, include_py_files: bool = False
-):
+def collect_system_data_files(path: str, destdir: str | os.PathLike | None = None, include_py_files: bool = False):
     """
     This function produces a list of (source, dest) non-Python (i.e., data) files that reside somewhere on the system.
     Its output can be directly assigned to ``datas`` in a hook script.