diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/checks.py b/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
index 94e700cf68..9937273c28 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import collections
+import contextlib
 from itertools import chain
 
 from django.apps import apps
@@ -21,10 +22,9 @@ def _issubclass(cls, classinfo):
     issubclass() variant that doesn't raise an exception if cls isn't a
     class.
     """
-    try:
+    with contextlib.suppress(TypeError):
         return issubclass(cls, classinfo)
-    except TypeError:
-        return False
+    return False
 
 
 def _contains_subclass(class_path, candidate_paths):
@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ def _contains_subclass(class_path, candidate_paths):
     """
     cls = import_string(class_path)
     for path in candidate_paths:
-        try:
-            candidate_cls = import_string(path)
-        except ImportError:
-            # ImportErrors are raised elsewhere.
-            continue
-        if _issubclass(candidate_cls, cls):
-            return True
+        with contextlib.suppress(ImportError, TypeError):
+            if issubclass(import_string(path), cls):
+                return True
     return False
 
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/checks.py b/django/contrib/auth/checks.py
index f2f9a74a6c..61da4f293a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/checks.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/checks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import contextlib
 from itertools import chain
 from types import MethodType
 
@@ -15,13 +16,10 @@ def _subclass_index(class_path, candidate_paths):
     list of candidate paths. If it does not exist, return -1.
     """
     cls = import_string(class_path)
-    for index, path in enumerate(candidate_paths):
-        try:
-            candidate_cls = import_string(path)
-            if issubclass(candidate_cls, cls):
-                return index
-        except (ImportError, TypeError):
-            continue
+    for i, path in enumerate(candidate_paths):
+        with contextlib.suppress(ImportError, TypeError):
+            if issubclass(import_string(path), cls):
+                return i
     return -1