diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb7e9390601..000000000000
--- a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-09-20-CompilationUnit-getATypeInScope.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-category: feature
----
-* Added the predicate `CompilationUnit.getATypeInScope()`.
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
index 74396e7086b4..9b4b58e9a9bd 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/CompilationUnit.qll
@@ -31,38 +31,5 @@ class CompilationUnit extends Element, File {
    */
   Module getModule() { cumodule(this, result) }
 
-  /**
-   * Gets a type which is available in the top-level scope of this compilation unit.
-   * This can be a type:
-   * - declared in this compilation unit as top-level type
-   * - imported with an `import` declaration
-   * - declared in the same package as this compilation unit
-   * - declared in the package `java.lang`
-   *
-   * This predicate not consider "shadowing", it can have types as result whose simple name is
-   * shadowed by another type in scope.
-   */
-  ClassOrInterface getATypeInScope() {
-    // See "Shadowing", https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se17/html/jls-6.html#jls-6.4.1
-    // Currently shadowing is not considered
-    result.(TopLevelType).getCompilationUnit() = this
-    or
-    exists(Import importDecl | importDecl.getCompilationUnit() = this |
-      result =
-        [
-          importDecl.(ImportStaticTypeMember).getATypeImport(),
-          importDecl.(ImportType).getImportedType(),
-          importDecl.(ImportStaticOnDemand).getATypeImport(),
-          importDecl.(ImportOnDemandFromType).getAnImport(),
-          importDecl.(ImportOnDemandFromPackage).getAnImport(),
-        ]
-    )
-    or
-    // From same package or java.lang, see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se17/html/jls-7.html
-    result.(TopLevelType).getPackage() = this.getPackage()
-    or
-    result.(TopLevelType).getPackage().hasName("java.lang")
-  }
-
   override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "CompilationUnit" }
 }
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql b/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
index 42fd2049289c..7f8f4d4f983d 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Advisory/Documentation/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.ql
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 import java
 
-ClassOrInterface getTaggedType(ThrowsTag tag) {
+RefType getTaggedType(ThrowsTag tag) {
   result.hasName(tag.getExceptionName()) and
-  result = tag.getFile().(CompilationUnit).getATypeInScope()
+  exists(ImportType i | i.getFile() = tag.getFile() | i.getImportedType() = result)
 }
 
 // Uses ClassOrInterface as type for thrownType to also cover case where erroneously an interface
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.expected b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.expected
index 5b031604e567..f94a6f61f33a 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.expected
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.expected
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 | ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java:9:5:9:12 | @throws | Javadoc for bad1 claims to throw InterruptedException but this is impossible. |
 | ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java:16:5:16:15 | @exception | Javadoc for bad2 claims to throw Exception but this is impossible. |
-| ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java:23:5:23:12 | @throws | Javadoc for bad3 claims to throw Runnable but this is impossible. |
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java
index b0b27397359b..7ba8988c38be 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Javadoc/ImpossibleJavadocThrows.java
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ public void bad1() {
 	public void bad2() {
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * 
-	 * @throws Runnable
-	 */
-	public void bad3() {
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 * @throws InterruptedException