diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/codeql-suites/cpp-code-scanning.qls b/cpp/ql/src/codeql-suites/cpp-code-scanning.qls
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+- description: Standard Code Scanning queries for C and C++
+- qlpack: codeql-cpp
+- apply: code-scanning-selectors.yml
+  from: codeql-suite-helpers
diff --git a/csharp/ql/src/codeql-suites/csharp-code-scanning.qls b/csharp/ql/src/codeql-suites/csharp-code-scanning.qls
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+- description: Standard Code Scanning queries for C#
+- qlpack: codeql-csharp
+- apply: code-scanning-selectors.yml
+  from: codeql-suite-helpers
diff --git a/java/ql/src/codeql-suites/java-code-scanning.qls b/java/ql/src/codeql-suites/java-code-scanning.qls
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+- description: Standard Code Scanning queries for Java
+- qlpack: codeql-java
+- apply: code-scanning-selectors.yml
+  from: codeql-suite-helpers
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/codeql-suites/javascript-code-scanning.qls b/javascript/ql/src/codeql-suites/javascript-code-scanning.qls
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+- description: Standard Code Scanning queries for JavaScript
+- qlpack: codeql-javascript
+- apply: code-scanning-selectors.yml
+  from: codeql-suite-helpers
diff --git a/misc/suite-helpers/code-scanning-selectors.yml b/misc/suite-helpers/code-scanning-selectors.yml
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+- description: Selectors for selecting the Code-Scanning-relevant queries for a language
+- include:
+    kind:
+    - problem
+    - path-problem
+    precision:
+    - high
+    - very-high
+    problem.severity:
+    - error
+    - warning
+    tags contain:
+    - security
+- exclude:
+    deprecated: //
+
diff --git a/python/ql/src/codeql-suites/python-code-scanning.qls b/python/ql/src/codeql-suites/python-code-scanning.qls
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+- description: Standard Code Scanning queries for Python
+- qlpack: codeql-python
+- apply: code-scanning-selectors.yml
+  from: codeql-suite-helpers