diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
index 994876c32..239318cde 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def generate(self, creator):
         generated = self._generate(replacements, self.templates(), dest_folder, creator)
         if self.flag_prompt is not None:
             creator.pyenv_cfg["prompt"] = self.flag_prompt
-        return generated  # noqa: RET504
+        return generated
 
     def replacements(self, creator, dest_folder):  # noqa: ARG002
         return {
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
index 598abfaa8..42c191fcb 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def sources(cls, interpreter):
     @property
     def reload_code(self):
         result = super().reload_code
-        result = dedent(
+        return dedent(
             f"""
         # the bundled site.py always adds the global site package if we're on python framework build, escape this
         import sys
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ def reload_code(self):
             sys._framework = before
         """,
         )
-        return result
 
 
 def fix_mach_o(exe, current, new, max_size):
diff --git a/tests/unit/discovery/py_info/test_py_info.py b/tests/unit/discovery/py_info/test_py_info.py
index d1f707ed0..89c98dfc4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/discovery/py_info/test_py_info.py
+++ b/tests/unit/discovery/py_info/test_py_info.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def test_py_info_cached_error(mocker, tmp_path, session_app_data):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not fs_supports_symlink(), reason="symlink is not supported")
-@pytest.mark.xfail(IS_PYPY and IS_WIN and sys.version_info[0:2] == (3, 9), reason="symlink is not supported")
 def test_py_info_cached_symlink_error(mocker, tmp_path, session_app_data):
     spy = mocker.spy(cached_py_info, "_run_subprocess")
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@ def test_py_info_cache_clear(mocker, session_app_data):
     assert spy.call_count >= 2 * count
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(IS_PYPY and IS_WIN and sys.version_info[0:2] == (3, 9), reason="symlink is not supported")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not fs_supports_symlink(), reason="symlink is not supported")
 def test_py_info_cached_symlink(mocker, tmp_path, session_app_data):
     spy = mocker.spy(cached_py_info, "_run_subprocess")