diff --git a/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/style/RedundantOverrideQuery.qll b/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/style/RedundantOverrideQuery.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d8abd4e170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/ql/src/codeql_ql/style/RedundantOverrideQuery.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import ql
+
+/** Holds if `pred` overrides super predicate `sup` by forwarding via `mc`. */
+private predicate forwardingOverride(ClassPredicate pred, MemberCall mc, ClassPredicate sup) {
+  pred.overrides(sup) and
+  mc.getBase() instanceof Super and
+  mc.getTarget() = sup and
+  not exists(pred.getQLDoc()) and
+  forall(int i, VarDecl p | p = pred.getParameter(i) | mc.getArgument(i) = p.getAnAccess()) and
+  (
+    pred.getBody() =
+      any(ComparisonFormula comp |
+        comp.getOperator() = "=" and
+        comp.getAnOperand() instanceof ResultAccess and
+        comp.getAnOperand() = mc and
+        pred.getReturnType() = sup.getReturnType()
+      )
+    or
+    pred.getBody() = mc
+  )
+}
+
+private predicate forwardingOverrideProj(ClassPredicate pred, ClassPredicate sup) {
+  forwardingOverride(pred, _, sup)
+}
+
+private ClassPredicate getUltimateDef(ClassPredicate p) {
+  forwardingOverrideProj*(p, result) and
+  not forwardingOverrideProj(result, _)
+}
+
+predicate redundantOverride(ClassPredicate pred, ClassPredicate sup) {
+  exists(MemberCall mc |
+    forwardingOverride(pred, mc, sup) and
+    // overridden to provide more precise QL doc
+    not exists(pred.getQLDoc()) and
+    // overridden to disambiguate
+    not exists(ClassPredicate other |
+      getUltimateDef(sup) != getUltimateDef(other) and
+      pred.getDeclaringType().getASuperType+() = other.getDeclaringType() and
+      not sup.overrides*(other) and
+      other.getName() = pred.getName() and
+      other.getArity() = pred.getArity()
+    )
+  )
+}
diff --git a/ql/ql/src/queries/style/RedundantOverride.ql b/ql/ql/src/queries/style/RedundantOverride.ql
index e95df3cf8a3..53b17be1992 100644
--- a/ql/ql/src/queries/style/RedundantOverride.ql
+++ b/ql/ql/src/queries/style/RedundantOverride.ql
@@ -9,51 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import ql
-
-/** Holds if `pred` overrides super predicate `sup` by forwarding via `mc`. */
-private predicate forwardingOverride(ClassPredicate pred, MemberCall mc, ClassPredicate sup) {
-  pred.overrides(sup) and
-  mc.getBase() instanceof Super and
-  mc.getTarget() = sup and
-  not exists(pred.getQLDoc()) and
-  forall(int i, VarDecl p | p = pred.getParameter(i) | mc.getArgument(i) = p.getAnAccess()) and
-  (
-    pred.getBody() =
-      any(ComparisonFormula comp |
-        comp.getOperator() = "=" and
-        comp.getAnOperand() instanceof ResultAccess and
-        comp.getAnOperand() = mc and
-        pred.getReturnType() = sup.getReturnType()
-      )
-    or
-    pred.getBody() = mc
-  )
-}
-
-private predicate forwardingOverrideProj(ClassPredicate pred, ClassPredicate sup) {
-  forwardingOverride(pred, _, sup)
-}
-
-private ClassPredicate getUltimateDef(ClassPredicate p) {
-  forwardingOverrideProj*(p, result) and
-  not forwardingOverrideProj(result, _)
-}
-
-private predicate redundantOverride(ClassPredicate pred, ClassPredicate sup) {
-  exists(MemberCall mc |
-    forwardingOverride(pred, mc, sup) and
-    // overridden to provide more precise QL doc
-    not exists(pred.getQLDoc()) and
-    // overridden to disambiguate
-    not exists(ClassPredicate other |
-      getUltimateDef(sup) != getUltimateDef(other) and
-      pred.getDeclaringType().getASuperType+() = other.getDeclaringType() and
-      not sup.overrides*(other) and
-      other.getName() = pred.getName() and
-      other.getArity() = pred.getArity()
-    )
-  )
-}
+import codeql_ql.style.RedundantOverrideQuery
 
 from ClassPredicate pred, ClassPredicate sup
 where redundantOverride(pred, sup)