diff --git a/datadog_lambda/extension.py b/datadog_lambda/extension.py
index 159048d7..79c0031a 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/extension.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/extension.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from os import path
+import os
 
 AGENT_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8124"
 FLUSH_PATH = "/lambda/flush"
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def is_extension_present():
-    if path.exists(EXTENSION_PATH):
-        return True
-    return False
+    return os.path.exists(EXTENSION_PATH)
 
 
 def flush_extension():
diff --git a/datadog_lambda/metric.py b/datadog_lambda/metric.py
index ca23ed96..b90830e1 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/metric.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/metric.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
     flush_in_thread = os.environ.get("DD_FLUSH_IN_THREAD", "").lower() == "true"
     lambda_stats = ThreadStatsWriter(flush_in_thread)
 
+enhanced_metrics_enabled = (
+    os.environ.get("DD_ENHANCED_METRICS", "true").lower() == "true"
+)
+
 
 def lambda_metric(metric_name, value, timestamp=None, tags=None, force_async=False):
     """
@@ -89,16 +93,6 @@ def flush_stats():
     lambda_stats.flush()
 
 
-def are_enhanced_metrics_enabled():
-    """Check env var to find if enhanced metrics should be submitted
-
-    Returns:
-        boolean for whether enhanced metrics are enabled
-    """
-    # DD_ENHANCED_METRICS defaults to true
-    return os.environ.get("DD_ENHANCED_METRICS", "true").lower() == "true"
-
-
 def submit_enhanced_metric(metric_name, lambda_context):
     """Submits the enhanced metric with the given name
 
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ def submit_enhanced_metric(metric_name, lambda_context):
         metric_name (str): metric name w/o enhanced prefix i.e. "invocations" or "errors"
         lambda_context (dict): Lambda context dict passed to the function by AWS
     """
-    if not are_enhanced_metrics_enabled():
+    if not enhanced_metrics_enabled:
         logger.debug(
             "Not submitting enhanced metric %s because enhanced metrics are disabled",
             metric_name,
diff --git a/tests/test_wrapper.py b/tests/test_wrapper.py
index bb26b661..525416ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_wrapper.py
+++ b/tests/test_wrapper.py
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
         )
 
     def test_no_enhanced_metrics_without_env_var(self):
-        os.environ["DD_ENHANCED_METRICS"] = "false"
+        patcher = patch("datadog_lambda.metric.enhanced_metrics_enabled", False)
+        patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
 
         @wrapper.datadog_lambda_wrapper
         def lambda_handler(event, context):
@@ -478,8 +480,6 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
 
         self.mock_write_metric_point_to_stdout.assert_not_called()
 
-        del os.environ["DD_ENHANCED_METRICS"]
-
     def test_only_one_wrapper_in_use(self):
         patcher = patch("datadog_lambda.wrapper.submit_invocations_metric")
         self.mock_submit_invocations_metric = patcher.start()