diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94542b4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { join } from "path";
+import type { BaseLogger } from "../common/logging";
+import type { QueryLanguage } from "../common/query-language";
+import type { CodeQLCliServer } from "../codeql-cli/cli";
+import type { QlPackDetails } from "./ql-pack-details";
+import { getQlPackFilePath } from "../common/ql";
+
+export async function resolveCodeScanningQueryPack(
+  logger: BaseLogger,
+  cliServer: CodeQLCliServer,
+  language: QueryLanguage,
+): Promise<QlPackDetails> {
+  // Get pack
+  void logger.log(`Downloading pack for language: ${language}`);
+  const packName = `codeql/${language}-queries`;
+  const packDownloadResult = await cliServer.packDownload([packName]);
+  const downloadedPack = packDownloadResult.packs[0];
+
+  const packDir = join(
+    packDownloadResult.packDir,
+    downloadedPack.name,
+    downloadedPack.version,
+  );
+
+  // Resolve queries
+  void logger.log(`Resolving queries for pack: ${packName}`);
+  const suitePath = join(
+    packDir,
+    "codeql-suites",
+    `${language}-code-scanning.qls`,
+  );
+  const resolvedQueries = await cliServer.resolveQueries(suitePath);
+
+  const problemQueries = await filterToOnlyProblemQueries(
+    logger,
+    cliServer,
+    resolvedQueries,
+  );
+
+  if (problemQueries.length === 0) {
+    throw Error(
+      `No problem queries found in published query pack: ${packName}.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Return pack details
+  const qlPackFilePath = await getQlPackFilePath(packDir);
+
+  const qlPackDetails: QlPackDetails = {
+    queryFiles: problemQueries,
+    qlPackRootPath: packDir,
+    qlPackFilePath,
+    language,
+  };
+
+  return qlPackDetails;
+}
+
+async function filterToOnlyProblemQueries(
+  logger: BaseLogger,
+  cliServer: CodeQLCliServer,
+  queries: string[],
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const problemQueries: string[] = [];
+  for (const query of queries) {
+    const queryMetadata = await cliServer.resolveMetadata(query);
+    if (
+      queryMetadata.kind === "problem" ||
+      queryMetadata.kind === "path-problem"
+    ) {
+      problemQueries.push(query);
+    } else {
+      void logger.log(`Skipping non-problem query ${query}`);
+    }
+  }
+  return problemQueries;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.ts
index 515551bde..3fc650f9f 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import { getQlPackFilePath } from "../common/ql";
 import { tryGetQueryMetadata } from "../codeql-cli/query-metadata";
 import { getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders } from "../common/vscode/workspace-folders";
 import { findVariantAnalysisQlPackRoot } from "./ql";
+import { resolveCodeScanningQueryPack } from "./code-scanning-pack";
 
 const maxRetryCount = 3;
 
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export class VariantAnalysisManager
   public async runVariantAnalysisFromPublishedPack(): Promise<void> {
     return withProgress(async (progress, token) => {
       progress({
-        maxStep: 8,
+        maxStep: 7,
         step: 0,
         message: "Determining query language",
       });
@@ -230,53 +231,17 @@ export class VariantAnalysisManager
       }
 
       progress({
-        maxStep: 8,
-        step: 1,
-        message: "Downloading query pack",
-      });
-
-      const packName = `codeql/${language}-queries`;
-      const packDownloadResult = await this.cliServer.packDownload([packName]);
-      const downloadedPack = packDownloadResult.packs[0];
-
-      const packDir = join(
-        packDownloadResult.packDir,
-        downloadedPack.name,
-        downloadedPack.version,
-      );
-
-      progress({
-        maxStep: 8,
+        maxStep: 7,
         step: 2,
-        message: "Resolving queries in pack",
+        message: "Downloading query pack and resolving queries",
       });
 
-      const suitePath = join(
-        packDir,
-        "codeql-suites",
-        `${language}-code-scanning.qls`,
-      );
-      const resolvedQueries = await this.cliServer.resolveQueries(suitePath);
-
-      const problemQueries =
-        await this.filterToOnlyProblemQueries(resolvedQueries);
-
-      if (problemQueries.length === 0) {
-        void this.app.logger.showErrorMessage(
-          `Unable to trigger variant analysis. No problem queries found in published query pack: ${packName}.`,
-        );
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const qlPackFilePath = await getQlPackFilePath(packDir);
-
       // Build up details to pass to the functions that run the variant analysis.
-      const qlPackDetails: QlPackDetails = {
-        queryFiles: problemQueries,
-        qlPackRootPath: packDir,
-        qlPackFilePath,
+      const qlPackDetails = await resolveCodeScanningQueryPack(
+        this.app.logger,
+        this.cliServer,
         language,
-      };
+      );
 
       await this.runVariantAnalysis(
         qlPackDetails,
@@ -291,24 +256,6 @@ export class VariantAnalysisManager
     });
   }
 
-  private async filterToOnlyProblemQueries(
-    queries: string[],
-  ): Promise<string[]> {
-    const problemQueries: string[] = [];
-    for (const query of queries) {
-      const queryMetadata = await this.cliServer.resolveMetadata(query);
-      if (
-        queryMetadata.kind === "problem" ||
-        queryMetadata.kind === "path-problem"
-      ) {
-        problemQueries.push(query);
-      } else {
-        void this.app.logger.log(`Skipping non-problem query ${query}`);
-      }
-    }
-    return problemQueries;
-  }
-
   private async runVariantAnalysisCommand(queryFiles: Uri[]): Promise<void> {
     if (queryFiles.length === 0) {
       throw new Error("Please select a .ql file to run as a variant analysis");
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3836f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { CodeQLCliServer } from "../../../../src/codeql-cli/cli";
+import type { App } from "../../../../src/common/app";
+import { QueryLanguage } from "../../../../src/common/query-language";
+import { ExtensionApp } from "../../../../src/common/vscode/vscode-app";
+import { resolveCodeScanningQueryPack } from "../../../../src/variant-analysis/code-scanning-pack";
+import { getActivatedExtension } from "../../global.helper";
+
+describe("Code Scanning pack", () => {
+  let cli: CodeQLCliServer;
+  let app: App;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    const extension = await getActivatedExtension();
+    cli = extension.cliServer;
+    app = new ExtensionApp(extension.ctx);
+  });
+
+  it("should download pack for correct language and identify problem queries", async () => {
+    const pack = await resolveCodeScanningQueryPack(
+      app.logger,
+      cli,
+      QueryLanguage.Javascript,
+    );
+    // Should include queries. Just check that at least one known query exists.
+    // It doesn't particularly matter which query we check for.
+    expect(
+      pack.queryFiles.some((q) => q.includes("PostMessageStar.ql")),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    // Should not include non-problem queries.
+    expect(
+      pack.queryFiles.some((q) => q.includes("LinesOfCode.ql")),
+    ).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
index e8539c3eb..fdb9e6356 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/cli-integration/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-manager.test.ts
@@ -477,41 +477,4 @@ describe("Variant Analysis Manager", () => {
       }
     }
   });
-
-  describe("runVariantAnalysisFromPublishedPack", () => {
-    // Temporarily disabling this until we add a way to receive multiple queries in the
-    // runVariantAnalysis function.
-    it("should download pack for correct language and identify problem queries", async () => {
-      const showQuickPickSpy = jest
-        .spyOn(window, "showQuickPick")
-        .mockResolvedValue(
-          mockedQuickPickItem({
-            label: "JavaScript",
-            description: "javascript",
-            language: "javascript",
-          }),
-        );
-
-      const runVariantAnalysisMock = jest.fn();
-      variantAnalysisManager.runVariantAnalysis = runVariantAnalysisMock;
-
-      await variantAnalysisManager.runVariantAnalysisFromPublishedPack();
-
-      expect(showQuickPickSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(runVariantAnalysisMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-
-      console.log(runVariantAnalysisMock.mock.calls[0][0]);
-      const queries: string[] =
-        runVariantAnalysisMock.mock.calls[0][0].queryFiles;
-      // Should include queries. Just check that at least one known query exists.
-      // It doesn't particularly matter which query we check for.
-      expect(
-        queries.find((q) => q.includes("PostMessageStar.ql")),
-      ).toBeDefined();
-      // Should not include non-problem queries.
-      expect(
-        queries.find((q) => q.includes("LinesOfCode.ql")),
-      ).not.toBeDefined();
-    });
-  });
 });