diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
index 8244162db..75698f02c 100644
--- a/.lintr
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
-linters: linters_with_defaults(
-   commented_code_linter = NULL,
-   cyclocomp_linter = cyclocomp_linter(40),
-   fixed_regex_linter = NULL,
-   function_argument_linter = NULL,
-   indentation_linter = NULL,
-   line_length_linter(120),
-   namespace_linter = NULL,
-   nested_ifelse_linter = NULL,
-   object_name_linter = NULL,
-   object_length_linter(70),
-   object_usage_linter = NULL,
-   todo_comment_linter = NULL,
-   extraction_operator_linter = NULL,
-   nonportable_path_linter = NULL,
-   string_boundary_linter = NULL,
-   undesirable_function_linter = NULL,
-   undesirable_operator_linter = NULL,
-   defaults = linters_with_tags(tags = NULL)
- )
+linters: linters_with_tags(
+    tags = NULL,
+    commented_code_linter = NULL,
+    cyclocomp_linter = cyclocomp_linter(40),
+    fixed_regex_linter = NULL,
+    function_argument_linter = NULL,
+    indentation_linter = NULL,
+    line_length_linter(120L),
+    namespace_linter = NULL,
+    nested_ifelse_linter = NULL,
+    # TODO: remove this once the lint message is fixed
+    nzchar_linter = NULL,
+    object_name_linter = NULL,
+    object_length_linter(70L),
+    object_overwrite_linter = NULL,
+    object_usage_linter = NULL,
+    todo_comment_linter = NULL,
+    extraction_operator_linter = NULL,
+    nonportable_path_linter = NULL,
+    string_boundary_linter = NULL,
+    undesirable_function_linter = NULL,
+    undesirable_operator_linter = NULL
+  )
 exclusions: list(
-  "inst",
-  "man",
-  "tests",
-  "touchstone",
-  "vignettes"
- )
+    "inst",
+    "man",
+    "tests",
+    "touchstone",
+    "vignettes"
+  )
diff --git a/R/detect-alignment-utils.R b/R/detect-alignment-utils.R
index ead1d041e..50e1b07f7 100644
--- a/R/detect-alignment-utils.R
+++ b/R/detect-alignment-utils.R
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ alignment_drop_comments <- function(pd_by_line) {
     out <- vec_slice(x, x$token != "COMMENT")
     if (nrow(out) < 1L) {
       return(NULL)
-    } else {
-      out
     }
+    out
   }) %>%
     compact()
 }
@@ -82,22 +81,22 @@ alignment_ensure_trailing_comma <- function(pd_by_line) {
   last_pd$spaces[nrow(last_pd)] <- 0L
   if (last(last_pd$token) == "','") {
     return(pd_by_line)
-  } else {
-    tokens <- create_tokens(
-      tokens = "','",
-      texts = ",",
-      lag_newlines = 0L,
-      spaces = 0L,
-      pos_ids = NA,
-      stylerignore = last_pd$stylerignore[1L],
-      indents = last_pd$indent[1L]
-    )
-    tokens$.lag_spaces <- 0L
-
-    tokens$lag_newlines <- tokens$pos_id <- NULL
-    pd_by_line[[length(pd_by_line)]] <- rbind(last_pd, tokens)
-    pd_by_line
   }
+
+  tokens <- create_tokens(
+    tokens = "','",
+    texts = ",",
+    lag_newlines = 0L,
+    spaces = 0L,
+    pos_ids = NA,
+    stylerignore = last_pd$stylerignore[1L],
+    indents = last_pd$indent[1L]
+  )
+  tokens$.lag_spaces <- 0L
+
+  tokens$lag_newlines <- tokens$pos_id <- NULL
+  pd_by_line[[length(pd_by_line)]] <- rbind(last_pd, tokens)
+  pd_by_line
 }
 
 #' Checks if all arguments of column 1 are named
@@ -161,9 +160,8 @@ alignment_serialize <- function(pd_sub) {
   }, pd_sub$terminal, pd_sub$text, pd_sub$child, pd_sub$spaces, pd_sub$newlines)
   if (anyNA(out)) {
     return(NA)
-  } else {
-    paste0(out, collapse = "")
   }
+  paste0(out, collapse = "")
 }
 
 #' Check if spacing around comma is correct
diff --git a/R/detect-alignment.R b/R/detect-alignment.R
index 970ab6ffd..bf8ffbe7c 100644
--- a/R/detect-alignment.R
+++ b/R/detect-alignment.R
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ token_is_on_aligned_line <- function(pd_flat) {
   if (length(pd_by_line) < 1L) {
     return(TRUE)
   }
-  pd_by_line <- alignment_drop_last_expr(pd_by_line) %>%
+  pd_by_line <- pd_by_line %>%
+    alignment_drop_last_expr() %>%
     alignment_ensure_no_closing_brace(last_line_is_closing_brace_only)
 
-  pd_by_line <- pd_by_line %>%
-    alignment_ensure_trailing_comma()
+  pd_by_line <- alignment_ensure_trailing_comma(pd_by_line)
   # now, pd only contains arguments separated by values, ideal for iterating
   # over columns.
   n_cols <- map_int(pd_by_line, ~ sum(.x$token == "','"))
diff --git a/R/io.R b/R/io.R
index 565afb400..26ad6d9fe 100644
--- a/R/io.R
+++ b/R/io.R
@@ -31,30 +31,30 @@ transform_utf8_one <- function(path, fun, dry) {
       identical_content <- identical(file_with_info$text, new)
       identical <- identical_content && !file_with_info$missing_EOF_line_break
       if (!identical) {
-        if (dry == "fail") {
-          rlang::abort(
+        switch(dry,
+          fail = rlang::abort(
             paste0(
               "File `", path, "` would be modified by styler and argument dry",
               " is set to 'fail'."
             ),
             class = "dryError"
-          )
-        } else if (dry == "on") {
-          # don't do anything
-        } else if (dry == "off") {
-          write_utf8(new, path)
-        } else {
-          # not implemented
-        }
+          ),
+          on = {
+            # don't do anything
+          },
+          off = write_utf8(new, path),
+          {
+            # not implemented
+          }
+        )
       }
       !identical
     },
     error = function(e) {
       if (inherits(e, "dryError")) {
         rlang::abort(conditionMessage(e))
-      } else {
-        warn(paste0("When processing ", path, ": ", conditionMessage(e)))
       }
+      warn(paste0("When processing ", path, ": ", conditionMessage(e)))
       NA
     }
   )
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ read_utf8_bare <- function(con, warn = TRUE) {
         "The file ", con, " is not encoded in UTF-8. ",
         "These lines contain invalid UTF-8 characters: "
       ),
-      toString(c(utils::head(i), if (n > 6L) "..."))
+      toString(c(utils::head(i), if (n > 6L) "...")),
+      call. = FALSE
     )
   }
   x
diff --git a/R/nested-to-tree.R b/R/nested-to-tree.R
index c51445140..90787fecd 100644
--- a/R/nested-to-tree.R
+++ b/R/nested-to-tree.R
@@ -66,13 +66,8 @@ create_node_from_nested <- function(pd_nested, parent, structure_only) {
   if (is.null(pd_nested)) {
     return()
   }
-
   node_info <- create_node_info(pd_nested, structure_only)
-
-  child_nodes <-
-    node_info %>%
-    map(parent$AddChild)
-
+  child_nodes <- map(node_info, parent$AddChild)
   map2(pd_nested$child, child_nodes, create_node_from_nested, structure_only)
 }
 
diff --git a/R/parse.R b/R/parse.R
index 4ddbb72db..629203934 100644
--- a/R/parse.R
+++ b/R/parse.R
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ get_parse_data <- function(text, include_text = TRUE, ...) {
       ))
     }
   }
-  pd <- pd %>%
-    add_id_and_short()
+  pd <- add_id_and_short(pd)
 
   pd
 }
diff --git a/R/roxygen-examples.R b/R/roxygen-examples.R
index 242d422e1..588006df8 100644
--- a/R/roxygen-examples.R
+++ b/R/roxygen-examples.R
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ style_roxygen_code_example_one <- function(example_one,
       }
     )
   }
-  unmasked %>%
-    add_roxygen_mask(example_one, bare$example_type)
+  add_roxygen_mask(unmasked, example_one, bare$example_type)
 }
 
 #' Style a roxygen code example segment
@@ -118,8 +117,9 @@ style_roxygen_example_snippet <- function(code_snippet,
     )
   )
   if (!is_cached || !cache_is_active) {
-    code_snippet <- code_snippet %>%
+    code_snippet <-
       parse_transform_serialize_r(
+        code_snippet,
         transformers,
         base_indention = base_indention,
         warn_empty = FALSE,
diff --git a/R/rules-spaces.R b/R/rules-spaces.R
index f9dbb293f..580a0cdc7 100644
--- a/R/rules-spaces.R
+++ b/R/rules-spaces.R
@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@ style_space_around_math_token <- function(strict, zero, one, pd_flat) {
   # We remove spaces for zero (e.g., around ^ in the tidyverse style guide)
   # even for strict = FALSE to be consistent with the : operator
   if (any(pd_flat$token %in% zero)) {
-    pd_flat <- pd_flat %>%
+    pd_flat <-
       style_space_around_token(
+        pd_flat,
         strict = TRUE, tokens = zero, level_before = 0L, level_after = 0L
       )
   }
   if (any(pd_flat$token %in% one)) {
-    pd_flat <- pd_flat %>%
+    pd_flat <-
       style_space_around_token(
+        pd_flat,
         strict = strict, tokens = one, level_before = 1L, level_after = 1L
       )
   }
diff --git a/R/rules-tokens.R b/R/rules-tokens.R
index f36ba289a..1a2e857a4 100644
--- a/R/rules-tokens.R
+++ b/R/rules-tokens.R
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ wrap_if_else_while_for_fun_multi_line_in_curly <- function(pd, indent_by = 2L) {
       )
   }
   if (is_conditional_expr(pd)) {
-    pd <- pd %>%
-      wrap_else_multiline_curly(indent_by, space_after = 0L)
+    pd <- wrap_else_multiline_curly(pd, indent_by, space_after = 0L)
   }
   pd
 }
diff --git a/R/transform-files.R b/R/transform-files.R
index a79c4a61b..c49c54cc6 100644
--- a/R/transform-files.R
+++ b/R/transform-files.R
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ make_transformer <- function(transformers,
     if (use_cache) {
       text
     } else {
-      transformed_code <- text %>%
+      transformed_code <-
         parse_transform_serialize_r(
+          text,
           transformers,
           base_indention = base_indention,
           warn_empty = warn_empty
diff --git a/R/utils-cache.R b/R/utils-cache.R
index 2465a51a2..6b57fb788 100644
--- a/R/utils-cache.R
+++ b/R/utils-cache.R
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ cache_make_key <- function(text, transformers, more_specs) {
     text = hash_standardize(text),
     style_guide_name = transformers$style_guide_name,
     style_guide_version = transformers$style_guide_version,
-    more_specs_style_guide = as.character(transformers$more_specs_style_guide) %>%
-      set_names(names(transformers$more_specs_style_guide)),
+    more_specs_style_guide = set_names(
+      as.character(transformers$more_specs_style_guide),
+      names(transformers$more_specs_style_guide)
+    ),
     more_specs = more_specs
   )
 }
@@ -157,8 +159,7 @@ cache_by_expression <- function(text,
   expressions <- parse(text = text, keep.source = TRUE) %>%
     utils::getParseData(includeText = TRUE)
   if (env_current$any_stylerignore) {
-    expressions <- expressions %>%
-      add_stylerignore()
+    expressions <- add_stylerignore(expressions)
   } else {
     expressions$stylerignore <- rep(FALSE, length(expressions$text))
   }
@@ -169,8 +170,11 @@ cache_by_expression <- function(text,
   # which the indention
   # was removed via parse, same as it is in cache_by_expression) and add the
   # base indention.
-  expressions[expressions$parent == 0L & expressions$token != "COMMENT" & !expressions$stylerignore, "text"] %>%
-    map(cache_write, transformers = transformers, more_specs)
+  map(
+    expressions[expressions$parent == 0L & expressions$token != "COMMENT" & !expressions$stylerignore, "text"],
+    cache_write,
+    transformers = transformers, more_specs
+  )
 }
 
 
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index e1a235469..6602efd75 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -117,11 +117,10 @@ calls_sys <- function(sys_call, ...) {
 #'   option was not set.
 #' @keywords internal
 option_read <- function(x, default = NULL, error_if_not_found = TRUE) {
-  if (x %in% names(options()) || !error_if_not_found) {
-    getOption(x, default)
-  } else {
+  if (!(x %in% names(options())) && error_if_not_found) {
     rlang::abort(paste("R option", x, "must be set."))
   }
+  getOption(x, default)
 }
 
 #' @keywords internal
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index 1e14ad162..9302ce870 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ NONINFRINGEMENT
 nonportable
 nph
 NUM
+nzchar
 oldrel
 oneliner
 ORCID