diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/models.py b/common/djangoapps/student/models.py
index f6f757a72cd2a6d04f913f44b9318db48e459077..77bcd5abd1fd170a4131b023a813624ad62fd550 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/models.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/models.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def anonymous_id_for_user(user, course_id, save=True):
     # This part is for ability to get xblock instance in xblock_noauth handlers, where user is unauthenticated.
     assert user
 
-    if user.is_anonymous():
+    if user.is_anonymous:
         return None
 
     cached_id = getattr(user, '_anonymous_id', {}).get(course_id)
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ class CourseEnrollment(models.Model):
         """
         assert user
 
-        if user.is_anonymous():
+        if user.is_anonymous:
             return None
         try:
             return cls.objects.get(
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ class CourseEnrollment(models.Model):
         """
         assert user
 
-        if user.is_anonymous():
+        if user.is_anonymous:
             return None
 
         cache_key = cls.enrollment_status_hash_cache_key(user)
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ class CourseEnrollment(models.Model):
         """
         assert user
 
-        if user.is_anonymous():
+        if user.is_anonymous:
             return CourseEnrollmentState(None, None)
         enrollment_state = cls._get_enrollment_in_request_cache(user, course_key)
         if not enrollment_state:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/email_marketing/signals.py b/lms/djangoapps/email_marketing/signals.py
index 3d8720e199788c2c1a1c1c5d854b3d1affe8bac2..d8b5e297a7a1e3fceaa9fefbcf857c673bcc086e 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/email_marketing/signals.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/email_marketing/signals.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def email_marketing_register_user(sender, user, registration,
         return
 
     # ignore anonymous users
-    if user.is_anonymous():
+    if user.is_anonymous:
         return
 
     # perform update asynchronously
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def email_marketing_user_field_changed(sender, user=None, table=None, setting=No
     """
 
     # ignore anonymous users
-    if user.is_anonymous():
+    if user.is_anonymous:
         return
 
     # ignore anything but User, Profile or UserPreference tables