diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/CallGraphs.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/CallGraphs.qll
index 0e4db6a9a6e..4420faacbfe 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/CallGraphs.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/CallGraphs.qll
@@ -263,34 +263,20 @@ module CallGraph {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Holds if `node` has methods but appears in a position where it might be an object
-   * with callbacks pased in via "named parmaeters". This avoid false flow, we do not allow
-   * such objects to be tracked into calls.
+   * Gets a step summary for tracking object literals.
+   *
+   * To avoid false flow from callbacks passed in via "named parameters", we only track object
+   * literals out of returns, not into calls.
    */
-  pragma[nomagic]
-  private predicate isNamedParameterArgument(DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode node) {
-    shouldTrackObjectWithMethods(node) and
-    node = any(DataFlow::InvokeNode invoke).getAnArgument()
-  }
-
-  /** Gets a node that refers to the given object, via a limited form of type tracking. */
-  private DataFlow::SourceNode getAnAllocationSiteRef(
-    DataFlow::SourceNode node, DataFlow::TypeTracker t
-  ) {
-    shouldTrackObjectWithMethods(node) and
-    result = node and
-    t.start()
-    or
-    exists(DataFlow::TypeTracker t2 |
-      result = getAnAllocationSiteRef(node, t2).track(t2, t) and
-      (if isNamedParameterArgument(node) then t.hasCall() = false else any())
-    )
-  }
+  private StepSummary objectWithMethodsStep() { result = LevelStep() or result = ReturnStep() }
 
   /** Gets a node that refers to the given object, via a limited form of type tracking. */
   cached
   DataFlow::SourceNode getAnAllocationSiteRef(DataFlow::SourceNode node) {
-    result = getAnAllocationSiteRef(node, DataFlow::TypeTracker::end())
+    shouldTrackObjectWithMethods(node) and
+    result = node
+    or
+    StepSummary::step(getAnAllocationSiteRef(node), result, objectWithMethodsStep())
   }
 
   /**