diff --git a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.qll b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.qll
index 91d9720c8..d5d8a0d93 100644
--- a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.qll
+++ b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.qll
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import codingstandards.cpp.Customizations
 import codingstandards.cpp.Exclusions
 import codingstandards.cpp.Scope
 import codingstandards.cpp.ConstHelpers
-import codingstandards.cpp.Expr
 
 abstract class IdentifierHiddenSharedQuery extends Query { }
 
@@ -59,11 +58,11 @@ predicate hiddenInLambda(UserVariable outerDecl, UserVariable innerDecl) {
       or
       //it is a reference that has been initialized with a constant expression.
       outerDecl.getType().stripTopLevelSpecifiers() instanceof ReferenceType and
-      isCompileTimeEvaluatedExpression(outerDecl.getInitializer().getExpr())
+      outerDecl.getInitializer().getExpr() instanceof Literal
       or
-      //it const non-volatile integral or enumeration type and has been initialized with a constant expression
+      // //it const non-volatile integral or enumeration type and has been initialized with a constant expression
       outerDecl instanceof NonVolatileConstIntegralOrEnumVariable and
-      isCompileTimeEvaluatedExpression(outerDecl.getInitializer().getExpr())
+      outerDecl.getInitializer().getExpr() instanceof Literal
       or
       //it is constexpr and has no mutable members
       outerDecl.isConstexpr() and
diff --git a/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.expected b/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.expected
index 3ed0ce6f9..1b0d94d83 100644
--- a/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.expected
+++ b/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/IdentifierHidden.expected
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@
 | test.cpp:142:9:142:10 | a1 | Declaration is hiding declaration $@. | test.cpp:140:14:140:15 | a1 | a1 |
 | test.cpp:147:9:147:10 | a2 | Declaration is hiding declaration $@. | test.cpp:145:20:145:21 | a2 | a2 |
 | test.cpp:152:9:152:10 | a3 | Declaration is hiding declaration $@. | test.cpp:150:17:150:18 | a3 | a3 |
-| test.cpp:158:9:158:10 | a4 | Declaration is hiding declaration $@. | test.cpp:156:14:156:15 | a4 | a4 |
 | test.cpp:164:9:164:10 | a5 | Declaration is hiding declaration $@. | test.cpp:162:13:162:14 | a5 | a5 |
diff --git a/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/test.cpp b/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/test.cpp
index 946063e6b..ede4bb24d 100644
--- a/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/common/test/rules/identifierhidden/test.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void f8() {
 
   const int &a4 = a3;
   auto lambda4 = []() {
-    int a4 = a4 + 1; // NON_COMPLIANT - Lambda can access
+    int a4 = a4 + 1; // NON_COMPLIANT[FALSE_NEGATIVE] - Lambda can access
                      // reference initialized with constant expression.
   };