diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/JDK.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/JDK.qll
index c0c388f9308..6372b22c8f4 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/JDK.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/JDK.qll
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import Member
 import semmle.code.java.security.ExternalProcess
-private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
 private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSteps
 
 // --- Standard types ---
@@ -203,48 +202,6 @@ class TypeFile extends Class {
   TypeFile() { this.hasQualifiedName("java.io", "File") }
 }
 
-/**
- * A taint step from an update of the `bytes[]` parameter in an override of the `InputStream.read` method
- * to a class instance expression of the type extending `InputStream`.
- *
- * This models how a subtype of `InputStream` could be tainted by the definition of its methods, which will
- * normally only happen in anonymous classes.
- */
-private class InputStreamWrapperAnonymousStep extends AdditionalTaintStep {
-  override predicate step(DataFlow::Node n1, DataFlow::Node n2) {
-    exists(Method m, AnonymousClass wrapper |
-      m.hasName("read") and
-      m.getDeclaringType() = wrapper and
-      wrapper.getASourceSupertype+() instanceof TypeInputStream
-    |
-      n1.(DataFlow::PostUpdateNode).getPreUpdateNode().asExpr() = m.getParameter(0).getAnAccess() and
-      n2.asExpr() = wrapper.getClassInstanceExpr()
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * A taint step from an `InputStream` argument of the constructor of an `InputStream` subtype
- * to the call of the constructor, only if the argument is assigned to a class field.
- *
- * This models how it's assumed that an `InputStream` wrapper is tainted by the wrapped stream,
- * and is a workaround to low `fieldFlowBranchLimit`s in dataflow configurations.
- */
-private class InputStreamWrapperConstructorStep extends AdditionalTaintStep {
-  override predicate step(DataFlow::Node n1, DataFlow::Node n2) {
-    exists(ClassInstanceExpr cc, Argument a, AssignExpr ae, int pos |
-      cc.getConstructedType().getASourceSupertype+() instanceof TypeInputStream and
-      cc.getArgument(pragma[only_bind_into](pos)) = a and
-      cc.getCallee().getParameter(pragma[only_bind_into](pos)).getAnAccess() = ae.getRhs() and
-      ae.getDest().(FieldWrite).getField().getType().(RefType).getASourceSupertype*() instanceof
-        TypeInputStream
-    |
-      n1.asExpr() = a and
-      n2.asExpr() = cc
-    )
-  }
-}
-
 // --- Standard methods ---
 /**
  * DEPRECATED: Any constructor of class `java.lang.ProcessBuilder`.
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSteps.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSteps.qll
index 1619965f0f0..fef69bec7fd 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSteps.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/FlowSteps.qll
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ private module Frameworks {
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.Guice
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.IoJsonWebToken
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.jackson.JacksonSerializability
+  private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.InputStream
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.Properties
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.Protobuf
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.ratpack.RatpackExec
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.stapler.Stapler
-  private import semmle.code.java.JDK
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/InputStream.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/InputStream.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0c524bd1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/frameworks/InputStream.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/** Provides definitions related to `java.io.InputStream`. */
+
+import java
+private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
+private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSteps
+
+/**
+ * A taint step from an update of the `bytes[]` parameter in an override of the `InputStream.read` method
+ * to a class instance expression of the type extending `InputStream`.
+ *
+ * This models how a subtype of `InputStream` could be tainted by the definition of its methods, which will
+ * normally only happen in anonymous classes.
+ */
+private class InputStreamWrapperAnonymousStep extends AdditionalTaintStep {
+  override predicate step(DataFlow::Node n1, DataFlow::Node n2) {
+    exists(Method m, AnonymousClass wrapper |
+      m.hasName("read") and
+      m.getDeclaringType() = wrapper and
+      wrapper.getASourceSupertype+() instanceof TypeInputStream
+    |
+      n1.(DataFlow::PostUpdateNode).getPreUpdateNode().asExpr() = m.getParameter(0).getAnAccess() and
+      n2.asExpr() = wrapper.getClassInstanceExpr()
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A taint step from an `InputStream` argument of the constructor of an `InputStream` subtype
+ * to the call of the constructor, only if the argument is assigned to a class field.
+ *
+ * This models how it's assumed that an `InputStream` wrapper is tainted by the wrapped stream,
+ * and is a workaround to low `fieldFlowBranchLimit`s in dataflow configurations.
+ */
+private class InputStreamWrapperConstructorStep extends AdditionalTaintStep {
+  override predicate step(DataFlow::Node n1, DataFlow::Node n2) {
+    exists(ClassInstanceExpr cc, Argument a, AssignExpr ae, int pos |
+      cc.getConstructedType().getASourceSupertype+() instanceof TypeInputStream and
+      cc.getArgument(pragma[only_bind_into](pos)) = a and
+      cc.getCallee().getParameter(pragma[only_bind_into](pos)).getAnAccess() = ae.getRhs() and
+      ae.getDest().(FieldWrite).getField().getType().(RefType).getASourceSupertype*() instanceof
+        TypeInputStream
+    |
+      n1.asExpr() = a and
+      n2.asExpr() = cc
+    )
+  }
+}