diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginCustomizations.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginCustomizations.qll
index 710e87ae026..b3e2057336e 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginCustomizations.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginCustomizations.qll
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ module UnsafeJQueryPlugin {
    */
   abstract class Sanitizer extends DataFlow::Node { }
 
+  /**
+   * The receiver of a function, seen as a sanitizer.
+   *
+   * Plugins often do `$(this)` to coerce an existing DOM element to a jQuery object.
+   */
+  private class ThisSanitizer extends Sanitizer instanceof DataFlow::ThisNode { }
+
   /**
    * An argument that may act as an HTML fragment rather than a CSS selector, as a sink for remote unsafe jQuery plugins.
    */
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginQuery.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginQuery.qll
index 7e87da2ee42..1c82f7ff0c6 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginQuery.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/security/dataflow/UnsafeJQueryPluginQuery.qll
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ class Configuration extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
     node instanceof DomBasedXss::Sanitizer
     or
     node instanceof Sanitizer
-    or
-    // Plugins usually do `$(this)` to coerce an existing DOM element to a jQuery object.
-    node instanceof DataFlow::ThisNode
   }
 
   override predicate isAdditionalTaintStep(DataFlow::Node src, DataFlow::Node sink) {