diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 2fa07e76..70297d1e 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -3338,9 +3338,9 @@ def makeurl(baseurl, l, query=[]):
     if conf.config['debug']:
         print('makeurl:', baseurl, l, query)
 
-    if isinstance(query, type(list())):
+    if isinstance(query, list):
         query = '&'.join(query)
-    elif isinstance(query, type(dict())):
+    elif isinstance(query, dict):
         query = urlencode(query)
 
     scheme, netloc, path = urlsplit(baseurl)[0:3]