diff --git a/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/internal/ContentDataFlow.qll b/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/internal/ContentDataFlow.qll
index fc937b88fa99..e9cd7373975a 100644
--- a/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/internal/ContentDataFlow.qll
+++ b/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/internal/ContentDataFlow.qll
@@ -277,10 +277,6 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
     }
   }
 
-  // important to use `edges` and not `PathNode::getASuccessor()`, as the latter
-  // is not pruned for reachability
-  private predicate pathSucc = Flow::PathGraph::edges/2;
-
   /**
    * Provides a big-step flow relation, where flow stops at read/store steps that
    * must be recorded, and flow via `subpaths` such that reads/stores inside
@@ -290,10 +286,7 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
     private predicate reachesSink(Flow::PathNode node) {
       FlowConfig::isSink(node.getNode(), node.getState())
       or
-      exists(Flow::PathNode mid |
-        pathSucc(node, mid) and
-        reachesSink(mid)
-      )
+      reachesSink(node.getASuccessor())
     }
 
     /**
@@ -302,7 +295,7 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
      */
     pragma[nomagic]
     private predicate excludeStep(Flow::PathNode pred, Flow::PathNode succ) {
-      pathSucc(pred, succ) and
+      pred.getASuccessor() = succ and
       (
         // we need to record reads/stores inside summarized callables
         Flow::PathGraph::subpaths(pred, _, _, succ)
@@ -356,7 +349,7 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
 
     pragma[nomagic]
     private predicate step(Flow::PathNode pred, Flow::PathNode succ) {
-      pathSucc(pred, succ) and
+      pred.getASuccessor() = succ and
       not excludeStep(pred, succ)
     }
 
@@ -471,7 +464,7 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
     exists(Flow::PathNode mid |
       nodeReaches(source, scReads, scStores, mid, reads, stores) and
       storeStep(mid.getNode(), mid.getState(), c, node.getNode(), node.getState()) and
-      pathSucc(mid, node)
+      mid.getASuccessor() = node
     )
   }
 
@@ -483,7 +476,7 @@ module Global<ConfigSig ContentConfig> {
     exists(Flow::PathNode mid |
       nodeReaches(source, scReads, scStores, mid, reads, stores) and
       readStep(mid.getNode(), mid.getState(), c, node.getNode(), node.getState()) and
-      pathSucc(mid, node)
+      mid.getASuccessor() = node
     )
   }