diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/commons/Buffer.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/commons/Buffer.qll
index e641e50532f..405eb44c7a9 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/commons/Buffer.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/commons/Buffer.qll
@@ -120,12 +120,8 @@ private int isSource(Expr bufferExpr, Element why) {
   exists(Variable bufferVar | bufferVar = bufferExpr.(VariableAccess).getTarget() |
     // buffer is a fixed size array
     exists(bufferVar.getUnspecifiedType().(ArrayType).getSize()) and
-    result =
-      unique(int size | // more generous than .getSize() itself, when the array is a class field or similar.
-        size = getSize(bufferExpr)
-      |
-        size
-      ) and
+    // more generous than .getSize() itself, when the array is a class field or similar.
+    result = getSize(bufferExpr) and
     why = bufferVar and
     not memberMayBeVarSize(_, bufferVar) and
     not exists(BuiltInOperationBuiltInOffsetOf offsetof | offsetof.getAChild*() = bufferExpr) and