1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/appservice.py b/synapse/config/appservice.py
index 919f81a9b7..a70dfbf41f 100644
--- a/synapse/config/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/config/appservice.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class AppServiceConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.app_service_config_files = config.get("app_service_config_files", [])
         if not isinstance(self.app_service_config_files, list) or not all(
-            type(x) is str for x in self.app_service_config_files
+            isinstance(x, str) for x in self.app_service_config_files
         ):
             raise ConfigError(
                 "Expected '%s' to be a list of AS config files:"