diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/SqlInjectionQuery.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/SqlInjectionQuery.qll
index 245c9146b2d..88e811f16be 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/SqlInjectionQuery.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/SqlInjectionQuery.qll
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSources
 import semmle.code.java.security.QueryInjection
 
 /**
+ * DEPRECATED: Use `QueryInjectionFlow` instead.
+ *
  * A taint-tracking configuration for unvalidated user input that is used in SQL queries.
  */
-class QueryInjectionFlowConfig extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+deprecated class QueryInjectionFlowConfig extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
   QueryInjectionFlowConfig() { this = "SqlInjectionLib::QueryInjectionFlowConfig" }
 
   override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node src) { src instanceof RemoteFlowSource }
@@ -31,12 +33,34 @@ class QueryInjectionFlowConfig extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * A taint-tracking configuration for unvalidated user input that is used in SQL queries.
+ */
+private module QueryInjectionFlowConfig implements DataFlow::ConfigSig {
+  predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node src) { src instanceof RemoteFlowSource }
+
+  predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) { sink instanceof QueryInjectionSink }
+
+  predicate isBarrier(DataFlow::Node node) {
+    node.getType() instanceof PrimitiveType or
+    node.getType() instanceof BoxedType or
+    node.getType() instanceof NumberType
+  }
+
+  predicate isAdditionalFlowStep(DataFlow::Node node1, DataFlow::Node node2) {
+    any(AdditionalQueryInjectionTaintStep s).step(node1, node2)
+  }
+}
+
+/** Tracks flow of unvalidated user input that is used in SQL queries. */
+module QueryInjectionFlow = TaintTracking::Make<QueryInjectionFlowConfig>;
+
 /**
  * Implementation of `SqlTainted.ql`. This is extracted to a QLL so that it
  * can be excluded from `SqlConcatenated.ql` to avoid overlapping results.
  */
 predicate queryTaintedBy(
-  QueryInjectionSink query, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink
+  QueryInjectionSink query, QueryInjectionFlow::PathNode source, QueryInjectionFlow::PathNode sink
 ) {
-  exists(QueryInjectionFlowConfig conf | conf.hasFlowPath(source, sink) and sink.getNode() = query)
+  QueryInjectionFlow::hasFlowPath(source, sink) and sink.getNode() = query
 }
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-089/SqlTainted.ql b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-089/SqlTainted.ql
index 963a927bf93..628d469bac7 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-089/SqlTainted.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-089/SqlTainted.ql
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 import java
 import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSources
 import semmle.code.java.security.SqlInjectionQuery
-import DataFlow::PathGraph
+import QueryInjectionFlow::PathGraph
 
-from QueryInjectionSink query, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink
+from
+  QueryInjectionSink query, QueryInjectionFlow::PathNode source, QueryInjectionFlow::PathNode sink
 where queryTaintedBy(query, source, sink)
 select query, source, sink, "This query depends on a $@.", source.getNode(), "user-provided value"