diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/blobs.py b/scripts/west_commands/blobs.py
index d23729c9d90..2c841efac5f 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/blobs.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/blobs.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Blobs(WestCommand):
     def fetch(self, args):
         blobs = self.get_blobs(args)
         for blob in blobs:
-            if blob['status'] == 'A':
+            if blob['status'] == zephyr_module.BLOB_PRESENT:
                 log.dbg('Blob {module}: {abspath} is up to date'.format(**blob))
                 continue
             log.inf('Fetching blob {module}: {abspath}'.format(**blob))
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Blobs(WestCommand):
     def clean(self, args):
         blobs = self.get_blobs(args)
         for blob in blobs:
-            if blob['status'] == 'D':
+            if blob['status'] == zephyr_module.BLOB_NOT_PRESENT:
                 log.dbg('Blob {module}: {abspath} not in filesystem'.format(**blob))
                 continue
             log.inf('Deleting blob {module}: {status} {abspath}'.format(**blob))
diff --git a/scripts/zephyr_module.py b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
index 20955cd1c83..93928f65a1b 100755
--- a/scripts/zephyr_module.py
+++ b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def kconfig_snippet(meta, path, kconfig_file=None, blobs=False, sysbuild=False):
 
 def process_kconfig(module, meta):
     blobs = process_blobs(module, meta)
-    taint_blobs = len(tuple(filter(lambda b: b['status'] != 'D', blobs))) != 0
+    taint_blobs = any(b['status'] != BLOB_NOT_PRESENT for b in blobs)
     section = meta.get('build', dict())
     module_path = PurePath(module)
     module_yml = module_path.joinpath('zephyr/module.yml')