diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 10e7ca73018..ae0afe8a72a 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ omit =
 [report]
 show_missing = True
 precision = 2
-fail_under = 98.26
+fail_under = 98.27
 skip_covered = True
diff --git a/h/services/annotation_read.py b/h/services/annotation_read.py
index 37e123e7e71..56ecb293665 100644
--- a/h/services/annotation_read.py
+++ b/h/services/annotation_read.py
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ def get_annotations_by_id(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _annotation_search_query(
-        ids: Optional[List[str]] = None, eager_load: Optional[List] = None
+        ids: List[str] = None, eager_load: Optional[List] = None
     ) -> Query:
         """Create a query for searching for annotations."""
 
         query = select(Annotation)
-
-        if ids:
-            query = query.where(Annotation.id.in_(ids))
+        query = query.where(Annotation.id.in_(ids))
 
         if eager_load:
             query = query.options(*(subqueryload(prop) for prop in eager_load))
diff --git a/tests/h/activity/query_test.py b/tests/h/activity/query_test.py
index 0abba14929c..3d1a6432818 100644
--- a/tests/h/activity/query_test.py
+++ b/tests/h/activity/query_test.py
@@ -389,12 +389,12 @@ def test_it_returns_each_annotation_presented(self, annotations, pyramid_request
             for bucket in timeframe.document_buckets.values():
                 presented_annotations.extend(bucket.presented_annotations)
 
-        for annotation in annotations:
-            for presented_annotation in presented_annotations:
-                if presented_annotation["annotation"].annotation == annotation:
-                    break
-            else:
-                assert False
+        assert set(annotations).intersection(
+            {
+                presented_anno["annotation"].annotation
+                for presented_anno in presented_annotations
+            }
+        )
 
     def test_it_returns_each_annotations_group(self, _fetch_groups, pyramid_request):
         result = execute(pyramid_request, MultiDict(), self.PAGE_SIZE)