diff --git a/python/ql/src/Functions/SignatureOverriddenMethod.ql b/python/ql/src/Functions/SignatureOverriddenMethod.ql
index e695f2385eae..85f1f0c2eb10 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/Functions/SignatureOverriddenMethod.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/Functions/SignatureOverriddenMethod.ql
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ where
   not derived.getScope().isSpecialMethod() and
   derived.getName() != "__init__" and
   derived.isNormalMethod() and
-  not derived.getScope().isSpecialMethod() and
   // call to overrides distributed for efficiency
   (
     derived.overrides(base) and derived.minParameters() > base.maxParameters()