diff --git a/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-10-1/OperandsOfAnInappropriateEssentialType.ql b/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-10-1/OperandsOfAnInappropriateEssentialType.ql
index 6fdde80119..005b7c6cf5 100644
--- a/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-10-1/OperandsOfAnInappropriateEssentialType.ql
+++ b/c/misra/src/rules/RULE-10-1/OperandsOfAnInappropriateEssentialType.ql
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import cpp
 import codingstandards.c.misra
 import codingstandards.c.misra.EssentialTypes
-import codingstandards.cpp.Bitwise
 
 /**
  * Holds if the operator `operator` has an operand `child` that is of an inappropriate essential type
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ predicate isInappropriateEssentialType(
     child =
       [
         operator.(BinaryBitwiseOperation).getAnOperand(),
-        operator.(Bitwise::AssignBitwiseOperation).getAnOperand()
+        operator.(AssignBitwiseOperation).getAnOperand()
       ] and
     not operator instanceof LShiftExpr and
     not operator instanceof RShiftExpr and
diff --git a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-20/BitwiseOperatorOperandsHaveDifferentUnderlyingType.ql b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-20/BitwiseOperatorOperandsHaveDifferentUnderlyingType.ql
index 9e85a15e50..6d0554bf11 100644
--- a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-20/BitwiseOperatorOperandsHaveDifferentUnderlyingType.ql
+++ b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-20/BitwiseOperatorOperandsHaveDifferentUnderlyingType.ql
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import cpp
 import codingstandards.cpp.autosar
-import codingstandards.cpp.Bitwise
 import codingstandards.cpp.Conversion
 
 predicate isBinaryBitwiseOperation(Operation o, VariableAccess l, VariableAccess r) {
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ predicate isBinaryBitwiseOperation(Operation o, VariableAccess l, VariableAccess
     l = bbo.getLeftOperand() and r = bbo.getRightOperand()
   )
   or
-  exists(Bitwise::AssignBitwiseOperation abo | abo = o |
+  exists(AssignBitwiseOperation abo | abo = o |
     l = abo.getLValue() and
     r = abo.getRValue()
   )
diff --git a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-21/BitwiseOperatorAppliedToSignedTypes.ql b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-21/BitwiseOperatorAppliedToSignedTypes.ql
index d000155189..02bb5314cd 100644
--- a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-21/BitwiseOperatorAppliedToSignedTypes.ql
+++ b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-0-21/BitwiseOperatorAppliedToSignedTypes.ql
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import cpp
 import codingstandards.cpp.autosar
-import codingstandards.cpp.Bitwise
 
 from Operation o, VariableAccess va
 where
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ where
   (
     o instanceof UnaryBitwiseOperation or
     o instanceof BinaryBitwiseOperation or
-    o instanceof Bitwise::AssignBitwiseOperation
+    o instanceof AssignBitwiseOperation
   ) and
   o.getAnOperand() = va and
   va.getTarget().getUnderlyingType().(IntegralType).isSigned()
diff --git a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-8-1/RightBitShiftOperandIsNegativeOrTooWide.ql b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-8-1/RightBitShiftOperandIsNegativeOrTooWide.ql
index 38da7115f3..b94d76fd94 100644
--- a/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-8-1/RightBitShiftOperandIsNegativeOrTooWide.ql
+++ b/cpp/autosar/src/rules/M5-8-1/RightBitShiftOperandIsNegativeOrTooWide.ql
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import cpp
 import codingstandards.cpp.autosar
-import codingstandards.cpp.Bitwise
 
 class ShiftOperation extends Operation {
   Expr leftOperand;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class ShiftOperation extends Operation {
       rightOperand = o.getRightOperand()
     )
     or
-    exists(Bitwise::AssignBitwiseOperation o | this = o |
+    exists(AssignBitwiseOperation o | this = o |
       (
         o instanceof AssignLShiftExpr
         or
diff --git a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/Bitwise.qll b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/Bitwise.qll
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e19cae29d..0000000000
--- a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/Bitwise.qll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * A library for addressing issues in bitwise operator modelling in our database schema.
- */
-
-private import cpp as cpp
-
-module Bitwise {
-  /**
-   * A binary bitwise assign operation, excluding += and -= on pointers, which seem to be erroneously
-   * included.
-   */
-  class AssignBitwiseOperation extends cpp::AssignBitwiseOperation {
-    AssignBitwiseOperation() {
-      // exclude += and -= on pointers, which seem to be erroneously included
-      // in the database schema
-      not this instanceof cpp::AssignPointerAddExpr and
-      not this instanceof cpp::AssignPointerSubExpr
-    }
-  }
-}