diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/email_check.rb b/app/interactions/actions/email_check.rb
index 27d2315a6..9c6dbfe88 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/email_check.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/email_check.rb
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ module Actions
         output_a_and_aaaa_validation_results(email: @email,
                                              result: result_validation,
                                              type: 'AAAA')
-
-        result_validation.present? ? result.success = true : result.success = false
+        result.success = result_validation.present?
       end
 
       contacts.find_in_batches(batch_size: 500) do |contact_batches|
diff --git a/app/jobs/verify_emails_job.rb b/app/jobs/verify_emails_job.rb
index 9582cce40..7274fcad4 100644
--- a/app/jobs/verify_emails_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/verify_emails_job.rb
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ class VerifyEmailsJob < ApplicationJob
     data = contact.validation_events.order(created_at: :asc).last
     return true if data.successful? && data.created_at < (Time.zone.now - ValidationEvent::VALIDATION_PERIOD)
 
-    if data.failed?
-      return false if data.event_data['check_level'] == 'regex'
-
-      return true
-    end
-
-    false
+    !(data.failed? && data.event_data['check_level'] == 'regex')
   end
 end