diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/internal/Variable.qll b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/internal/Variable.qll
index 3119576a06b..51e5d4b5630 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/internal/Variable.qll
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/internal/Variable.qll
@@ -368,20 +368,8 @@ private module Cached {
     exists(Scope scope1, CfgScope scope2 |
       scope1 = access.getVariable().getDeclaringScope() and
       scope2 = access.getCfgScope() and
-      scope1 != scope2
-    |
-      if access instanceof SelfVariableAccess
-      then
-        // ```
-        // class C
-        //   def self.m // not a captured access
-        //   end
-        //
-        //   self.foo // not a captured access
-        // end
-        // ```
-        not scope2 instanceof Toplevel
-      else any()
+      scope1 != scope2 and
+      not scope2 instanceof Toplevel
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/ssa.expected b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/ssa.expected
index 962cd733a08..0a0c59a322b 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/ssa.expected
+++ b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/ssa.expected
@@ -103,13 +103,9 @@ definition
 | scopes.rb:26:1:26:12 | self (A) | scopes.rb:26:1:26:12 | self |
 | scopes.rb:27:1:27:1 | x | scopes.rb:27:1:27:1 | x |
 | scopes.rb:28:1:30:3 | self (B) | scopes.rb:28:1:30:3 | self |
-| scopes.rb:29:3:29:3 | x | scopes.rb:29:3:29:3 | x |
-| scopes.rb:32:3:32:3 | x | scopes.rb:32:3:32:3 | x |
 | scopes.rb:34:1:36:3 | self (C) | scopes.rb:34:1:36:3 | self |
-| scopes.rb:35:3:35:3 | x | scopes.rb:35:3:35:3 | x |
 | scopes.rb:41:1:49:3 | self (M) | scopes.rb:41:1:49:3 | self |
 | scopes.rb:42:2:42:4 | var | scopes.rb:42:2:42:4 | var |
-| scopes.rb:43:2:43:4 | foo | scopes.rb:43:2:43:4 | foo |
 | scopes.rb:46:5:46:8 | var2 | scopes.rb:46:5:46:8 | var2 |
 | ssa.rb:1:1:16:3 | self (m) | ssa.rb:1:1:16:3 | self |
 | ssa.rb:1:7:1:7 | b | ssa.rb:1:7:1:7 | b |
diff --git a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/varaccess.expected b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/varaccess.expected
index cb643bb4233..deead16a654 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/varaccess.expected
+++ b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/variables/varaccess.expected
@@ -619,18 +619,8 @@ readAccess
 captureAccess
 | instance_variables.rb:28:3:28:4 | self |
 | instance_variables.rb:32:12:32:13 | self |
-| nested_scopes.rb:5:3:5:3 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:7:5:7:5 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:9:7:9:7 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:11:9:11:9 | a |
 | nested_scopes.rb:18:29:18:34 | self |
 | nested_scopes.rb:18:34:18:34 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:25:14:25:14 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:31:11:31:11 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:32:16:32:16 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:34:12:34:12 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:36:10:36:10 | a |
-| nested_scopes.rb:38:8:38:8 | a |
 | parameters.rb:3:4:3:9 | self |
 | parameters.rb:4:4:4:9 | self |
 | parameters.rb:17:5:17:28 | self |
@@ -653,14 +643,6 @@ captureAccess
 | scopes.rb:15:4:15:9 | self |
 | scopes.rb:16:4:16:9 | self |
 | scopes.rb:17:4:17:9 | self |
-| scopes.rb:29:3:29:3 | x |
-| scopes.rb:32:3:32:3 | x |
-| scopes.rb:35:3:35:3 | x |
-| scopes.rb:42:2:42:4 | var |
-| scopes.rb:43:2:43:4 | foo |
-| scopes.rb:44:5:44:7 | var |
-| scopes.rb:46:5:46:8 | var2 |
-| scopes.rb:47:5:47:8 | var2 |
 | ssa.rb:26:7:26:10 | elem |
 | ssa.rb:27:5:27:13 | self |
 | ssa.rb:27:10:27:13 | elem |