diff --git a/fsspec/asyn.py b/fsspec/asyn.py
index a040efc4b..f203fa0a4 100644
--- a/fsspec/asyn.py
+++ b/fsspec/asyn.py
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ async def flush(self, force=False):
             self.offset = 0
             try:
                 await self._initiate_upload()
-            except:  # noqa: E722
+            except:
                 self.closed = True
                 raise
 
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/arrow.py b/fsspec/implementations/arrow.py
index f9fea70d2..530df901a 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/arrow.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/arrow.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def cp_file(self, path1, path2, **kwargs):
                 with self.open(tmp_fname, "wb") as rstream:
                     shutil.copyfileobj(lstream, rstream)
                 self.fs.move(tmp_fname, path2)
-            except BaseException:  # noqa
+            except BaseException:
                 with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
                     self.fs.delete_file(tmp_fname)
                 raise
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/dbfs.py b/fsspec/implementations/dbfs.py
index 19f2ffc19..30c2947b0 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/dbfs.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/dbfs.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def ls(self, path, detail=True, **kwargs):
                 if e.error_code == "RESOURCE_DOES_NOT_EXIST":
                     raise FileNotFoundError(e.message) from e
 
-                raise e
+                raise
             files = r["files"]
             out = [
                 {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def makedirs(self, path, exist_ok=True):
             if e.error_code == "RESOURCE_ALREADY_EXISTS":
                 raise FileExistsError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
         self.invalidate_cache(self._parent(path))
 
     def mkdir(self, path, create_parents=True, **kwargs):
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def rm(self, path, recursive=False, **kwargs):
                 # Using the same exception as the os module would use here
                 raise OSError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
         self.invalidate_cache(self._parent(path))
 
     def mv(
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def mv(
             elif e.error_code == "RESOURCE_ALREADY_EXISTS":
                 raise FileExistsError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
         self.invalidate_cache(self._parent(source_path))
         self.invalidate_cache(self._parent(destination_path))
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def _create_handle(self, path, overwrite=True):
             if e.error_code == "RESOURCE_ALREADY_EXISTS":
                 raise FileExistsError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
 
     def _close_handle(self, handle):
         """
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def _close_handle(self, handle):
             if e.error_code == "RESOURCE_DOES_NOT_EXIST":
                 raise FileNotFoundError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
 
     def _add_data(self, handle, data):
         """
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def _add_data(self, handle, data):
             elif e.error_code == "MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_EXCEEDED":
                 raise ValueError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
 
     def _get_data(self, path, start, end):
         """
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def _get_data(self, path, start, end):
             elif e.error_code in ["INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE", "MAX_READ_SIZE_EXCEEDED"]:
                 raise ValueError(e.message) from e
 
-            raise e
+            raise
 
     def invalidate_cache(self, path=None):
         if path is None:
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/reference.py b/fsspec/implementations/reference.py
index 5340aaf1c..6904d7b60 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/reference.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/reference.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def open_refs(field, record):
             path = self.url.format(field=field, record=record)
             data = io.BytesIO(self.fs.cat_file(path))
             df = self.pd.read_parquet(data, engine="fastparquet")
-            refs = {c: df[c].values for c in df.columns}
+            refs = {c: df[c].to_numpy() for c in df.columns}
             return refs
 
         self.open_refs = open_refs
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/smb.py b/fsspec/implementations/smb.py
index a3c2d1b2d..db6b3f5c3 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/smb.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/smb.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def _connect(self):
                 else:
                     # All another ValueError exceptions should be raised, as they are not
                     # related to network issues.
-                    raise exc
+                    raise
             except Exception as exc:
                 # Save the exception and retry to connect. This except might be dropped
                 # in the future, once all exceptions suited for retry are identified.
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_arrow.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_arrow.py
index af706c530..b9cbb2137 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_arrow.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_arrow.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pyarrow_fs = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow.fs")
 FileSystem = pyarrow_fs.FileSystem
 
-from fsspec.implementations.arrow import ArrowFSWrapper, HadoopFileSystem  # noqa
+from fsspec.implementations.arrow import ArrowFSWrapper, HadoopFileSystem  # noqa: E402
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_reference.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_reference.py
index d980cd139..09ea3eb33 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_reference.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_reference.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from fsspec.tests.conftest import data, realfile, reset_files, server, win  # noqa: F401
 
 
-def test_simple(server):  # noqa: F811
+def test_simple(server):
     # The dictionary in refs may be dumped with a different separator
     # depending on whether json or ujson is imported
     from fsspec.implementations.reference import json as json_impl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def test_simple(server):  # noqa: F811
         assert f.read(2) == "he"
 
 
-def test_simple_ver1(server):  # noqa: F811
+def test_simple_ver1(server):
     # The dictionary in refs may be dumped with a different separator
     # depending on whether json or ujson is imported
     from fsspec.implementations.reference import json as json_impl
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def test_target_options(m):
     assert fs.cat("a") == b"hello"
 
 
-def test_ls(server):  # noqa: F811
+def test_ls(server):
     refs = {"a": b"data", "b": (realfile, 0, 5), "c/d": (realfile, 1, 6)}
     h = fsspec.filesystem("http")
     fs = fsspec.filesystem("reference", fo=refs, fs=h)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_nested_dirs_ls():
     assert {e["name"] for e in fs.ls("B")} == {"B/C", "B/_"}
 
 
-def test_info(server):  # noqa: F811
+def test_info(server):
     refs = {
         "a": b"data",
         "b": (realfile, 0, 5),
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_put_get_single(tmpdir):
     assert fs.cat("hi") == b"data"
 
 
-def test_defaults(server):  # noqa: F811
+def test_defaults(server):
     refs = {"a": b"data", "b": (None, 0, 5)}
     fs = fsspec.filesystem(
         "reference",
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
index 68b595725..a83e3cc91 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def smb_params(request):
     cfg = "-p -u 'testuser;testpass' -s 'home;/share;no;no;no;testuser'"
     port = request.param if request.param is not None else default_port
     img = (
-        f"docker run --name {container} --detach -p 139:139 -p {port}:445 dperson/samba"  # noqa: E231 E501
+        f"docker run --name {container} --detach -p 139:139 -p {port}:445 dperson/samba"
     )
     cmd = f"{img} {cfg}"
     try:
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/webhdfs.py b/fsspec/implementations/webhdfs.py
index 4bac5d51a..300bb9cdf 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/webhdfs.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/webhdfs.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def __init__(
         if self._cached:
             return
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self.url = f"{'https' if use_https else 'http'}://{host}:{port}/webhdfs/v1"  # noqa
+        self.url = f"{'https' if use_https else 'http'}://{host}:{port}/webhdfs/v1"
         self.kerb = kerberos
         self.kerb_kwargs = kerb_kwargs or {}
         self.pars = {}
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def cp_file(self, lpath, rpath, **kwargs):
                 with self.open(tmp_fname, "wb") as rstream:
                     shutil.copyfileobj(lstream, rstream)
                 self.mv(tmp_fname, rpath)
-            except BaseException:  # noqa
+            except BaseException:
                 with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
                     self.rm(tmp_fname)
                 raise
diff --git a/fsspec/spec.py b/fsspec/spec.py
index 1463a4499..8229170e2 100644
--- a/fsspec/spec.py
+++ b/fsspec/spec.py
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ def flush(self, force=False):
             self.offset = 0
             try:
                 self._initiate_upload()
-            except:  # noqa: E722
+            except:
                 self.closed = True
                 raise
 
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/abstract/__init__.py b/fsspec/tests/abstract/__init__.py
index 45d081921..44181420f 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/abstract/__init__.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/abstract/__init__.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import pytest
 
 from fsspec.implementations.local import LocalFileSystem
-from fsspec.tests.abstract.copy import AbstractCopyTests  # noqa
-from fsspec.tests.abstract.get import AbstractGetTests  # noqa
-from fsspec.tests.abstract.put import AbstractPutTests  # noqa
+from fsspec.tests.abstract.copy import AbstractCopyTests  # noqa: F401
+from fsspec.tests.abstract.get import AbstractGetTests  # noqa: F401
+from fsspec.tests.abstract.put import AbstractPutTests  # noqa: F401
 
 
 class BaseAbstractFixtures:
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_async.py b/fsspec/tests/test_async.py
index e1a29420f..aa3c9bd4f 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_async.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_async.py
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ async def _upload_chunk(self, final=False):
     async def get_data(self):
         return self.temp_buffer.getbuffer().tobytes()
 
-    async def get_data(self):
-        return self.temp_buffer.getbuffer().tobytes()
-
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_streamed_file_write():
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_downstream.py b/fsspec/tests/test_downstream.py
index 172b2a7a7..1f0a0bc0e 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_downstream.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_downstream.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 pytest.importorskip("moto")
 
 try:
-    from s3fs.tests.test_s3fs import (  # noqa: E402,F401
+    from s3fs.tests.test_s3fs import (  # noqa: F401
         endpoint_uri,
         s3,
         s3_base,
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_fuse.py b/fsspec/tests/test_fuse.py
index db627ffc9..5222d2fd9 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_fuse.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_fuse.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 import pytest
 
 try:
-    pytest.importorskip("fuse")  # noqa: E402
+    pytest.importorskip("fuse")
 except OSError:
     # can succeed in importing fuse, but fail to load so
-    pytest.importorskip("nonexistent")  # noqa: E402
+    pytest.importorskip("nonexistent")
 
 from fsspec.fuse import main, run
 from fsspec.implementations.memory import MemoryFileSystem
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_registry.py b/fsspec/tests/test_registry.py
index 0664912a1..fae72368f 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_registry.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_registry.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def test_entry_points_registered_on_import(clear_registry, clean_imports):
     import_location = "importlib.metadata.entry_points"
     with patch(import_location, return_value={"fsspec.specs": [mock_ep]}):
         assert "test" not in registry
-        import fsspec  # noqa
+        import fsspec  # noqa: F401
 
         get_filesystem_class("test")
         assert "test" in registry
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def test_filesystem_warning_arrow_hdfs_deprecated(clear_registry, clean_imports)
     mock_ep.value = "fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem"
     import_location = "importlib.metadata.entry_points"
     with patch(import_location, return_value={"fsspec.specs": [mock_ep]}):
-        import fsspec  # noqa
+        import fsspec  # noqa: F401
 
         with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
             filesystem("arrow_hdfs")
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_spec.py b/fsspec/tests/test_spec.py
index e11b7abdd..3927c6550 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_spec.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_spec.py
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ def glob_files_folder(tmp_path):
     local_fake_dir = str(tmp_path)
     for path_info in PATHS_FOR_GLOB_TESTS:
         if path_info["type"] == "file":
-            local_fs.touch(path=f"{str(tmp_path)}/{path_info['name']}")
+            local_fs.touch(path=f"{tmp_path}/{path_info['name']}")
     return local_fake_dir
 
 
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_utils.py b/fsspec/tests/test_utils.py
index b9167b5d2..1eeee912b 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ def test_common_prefix(paths, out):
     (
         (["/path1"], "/path2", False, ["/path2"]),
         (["/path1"], "/path2", True, ["/path2/path1"]),
-        (["/path1"], "/path2", False, ["/path2"]),
         (["/path1"], "/path2/", True, ["/path2/path1"]),
         (["/path1"], ["/path2"], False, ["/path2"]),
         (["/path1"], ["/path2"], True, ["/path2"]),
@@ -279,18 +278,6 @@ def test_common_prefix(paths, out):
             True,
             ["/path2/more/path1", "/path2/more/path2"],
         ),
-        (
-            ["/more/path1", "/more/path2"],
-            "/path2",
-            False,
-            ["/path2/path1", "/path2/path2"],
-        ),
-        (
-            ["/more/path1", "/more/path2"],
-            "/path2",
-            True,
-            ["/path2/more/path1", "/path2/more/path2"],
-        ),
         (
             ["/more/path1", "/more/path2"],
             "/path2/",
diff --git a/fsspec/utils.py b/fsspec/utils.py
index 703d55f4e..faa63937f 100644
--- a/fsspec/utils.py
+++ b/fsspec/utils.py
@@ -427,10 +427,7 @@ def is_exception(obj: Any) -> bool:
 
 
 def isfilelike(f: Any) -> TypeGuard[IO[bytes]]:
-    for attr in ["read", "close", "tell"]:
-        if not hasattr(f, attr):
-            return False
-    return True
+    return all(hasattr(f, attr) for attr in ["read", "close", "tell"])
 
 
 def get_protocol(url: str) -> str:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 945ecdabd..48368711f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -192,9 +192,6 @@ ignore = [
 	"B026",
 	# No explicit `stacklevel` keyword argument found
 	"B028",
-	# Within an `except` clause, raise exceptions with `raise ... from err` or
-	# `raise ... from None` to distinguish them from errors in exception handling
-	"B904",
     # Assigning lambda expression
     "E731",
     # Ambiguous variable names