diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/LanguageFeatures/TemplateSyntaxInStringLiteral.ql b/javascript/ql/src/LanguageFeatures/TemplateSyntaxInStringLiteral.ql
index 566a513bca0..4dd91b143dc 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/src/LanguageFeatures/TemplateSyntaxInStringLiteral.ql
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/LanguageFeatures/TemplateSyntaxInStringLiteral.ql
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ class CandidateStringLiteral extends StringLiteral {
  * ```
  */
 predicate hasObjectProvidingTemplateVariables(CandidateStringLiteral lit) {
-  exists(DataFlow::CallNode call, DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode obj, DataFlow::Node stringArg |
-    stringArg = [StringConcatenation::getRoot(lit.flow()), lit.flow()] and
-    stringArg = call.getAnArgument() and
+  exists(DataFlow::CallNode call, DataFlow::ObjectLiteralNode obj |
+    call.getAnArgument() = [lit.flow(), StringConcatenation::getRoot(lit.flow())] and
     obj.flowsTo(call.getAnArgument()) and
     forex(string name | name = lit.getAReferencedVariable() | exists(obj.getAPropertyWrite(name)))
   )