diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.ml
index 55570635d..f3b53803a 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.ml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *)
 open! IStd
 
-type violation = {nullability: Nullability.t} [@@deriving compare]
+type violation = {nullability: InferredNullability.t} [@@deriving compare]
 
 module ReportableViolation = struct
   type t = {nullsafe_mode: NullsafeMode.t; violation: violation}
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ module ReportableViolation = struct
   [@@deriving compare]
 
   let from nullsafe_mode ({nullability} as violation) =
-    if Nullability.is_considered_nonnull ~nullsafe_mode nullability then None
+    if
+      Nullability.is_considered_nonnull ~nullsafe_mode
+        (InferredNullability.get_nullability nullability)
+    then None
     else Some {nullsafe_mode; violation}
 
 
@@ -96,14 +99,16 @@ module ReportableViolation = struct
 
 
   let get_description {nullsafe_mode; violation= {nullability}} ~dereference_location
-      dereference_type ~nullable_object_descr ~nullable_object_origin =
+      dereference_type ~nullable_object_descr =
     let user_friendly_nullable =
-      ErrorRenderingUtils.UserFriendlyNullable.from_nullability nullability
+      ErrorRenderingUtils.UserFriendlyNullable.from_nullability
+        (InferredNullability.get_nullability nullability)
       |> IOption.if_none_eval ~f:(fun () ->
              Logging.die InternalError
                "get_description:: Dereference violation should not be possible for non-nullable \
                 values" )
     in
+    let nullable_object_origin = InferredNullability.get_origin nullability in
     match user_friendly_nullable with
     | ErrorRenderingUtils.UserFriendlyNullable.UntrustedNonnull untrusted_kind ->
         (* Attempt to dereference a value which is not explictly declared as nullable,
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ module ReportableViolation = struct
 end
 
 let check nullability =
-  match nullability with
+  match InferredNullability.get_nullability nullability with
   (* StrictNonnull is the only "real" value that is not null according to type system rules.
      Other values can not be fully trusted.
   *)
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.mli b/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.mli
index 41d5d88e7..7bf4b5bde 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.mli
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/DereferenceRule.mli
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ open! IStd
 
 type violation [@@deriving compare]
 
-val check : Nullability.t -> (unit, violation) result
+val check : InferredNullability.t -> (unit, violation) result
 (** violation of Dereference rule reflects possibility of dereferencing of `null`. Note that this
     might or might not be severe enough to be reported to the user, depending on the mode
     agreements. *)
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ module ReportableViolation : sig
     -> dereference_location:Location.t
     -> dereference_type
     -> nullable_object_descr:string option
-    -> nullable_object_origin:TypeOrigin.t
     -> string * IssueType.t * Location.t
   (** Given context around violation, return error message together with the info where to put this
       message *)
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
index f5f991563..bf8f9071a 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/eradicateChecks.ml
@@ -28,18 +28,11 @@ let is_virtual = function
 
 let check_object_dereference ({IntraproceduralAnalysis.tenv; _} as analysis_data) ~nullsafe_mode
     find_canonical_duplicate node instr_ref object_exp dereference_type inferred_nullability loc =
-  Result.iter_error
-    (DereferenceRule.check (InferredNullability.get_nullability inferred_nullability))
-    ~f:(fun dereference_violation ->
-      let nullable_object_origin = InferredNullability.get_origin inferred_nullability in
+  Result.iter_error (DereferenceRule.check inferred_nullability) ~f:(fun dereference_violation ->
       let nullable_object_descr = explain_expr tenv node object_exp in
       let type_error =
         TypeErr.Nullable_dereference
-          { dereference_violation
-          ; dereference_location= loc
-          ; nullable_object_descr
-          ; dereference_type
-          ; nullable_object_origin }
+          {dereference_violation; dereference_location= loc; nullable_object_descr; dereference_type}
       in
       TypeErr.register_error analysis_data find_canonical_duplicate type_error (Some instr_ref)
         ~nullsafe_mode loc )
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.ml
index ba7058c0c..4cba41c43 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.ml
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ type err_instance =
       { dereference_violation: DereferenceRule.violation
       ; dereference_location: Location.t
       ; dereference_type: DereferenceRule.ReportableViolation.dereference_type
-      ; nullable_object_descr: string option
-      ; nullable_object_origin: TypeOrigin.t }
+      ; nullable_object_descr: string option }
   | Bad_assignment of
       { assignment_violation: AssignmentRule.violation
       ; assignment_location: Location.t
@@ -269,11 +268,7 @@ let get_error_info_if_reportable_lazy ~nullsafe_mode err_instance =
          let severity = AssignmentRule.ReportableViolation.get_severity reportable_violation in
          (description, issue_type, Some error_location, severity) )
   | Nullable_dereference
-      { dereference_violation
-      ; dereference_location
-      ; nullable_object_descr
-      ; dereference_type
-      ; nullable_object_origin } ->
+      {dereference_violation; dereference_location; nullable_object_descr; dereference_type} ->
       (* If violation is reportable, create tuple, otherwise None *)
       let+ reportable_violation =
         DereferenceRule.ReportableViolation.from nullsafe_mode dereference_violation
@@ -281,7 +276,7 @@ let get_error_info_if_reportable_lazy ~nullsafe_mode err_instance =
       lazy
         (let description, issue_type, error_location =
            DereferenceRule.ReportableViolation.get_description reportable_violation
-             ~dereference_location dereference_type ~nullable_object_descr ~nullable_object_origin
+             ~dereference_location dereference_type ~nullable_object_descr
          in
          let severity = DereferenceRule.ReportableViolation.get_severity reportable_violation in
          (description, issue_type, Some error_location, severity) )
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.mli b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.mli
index bce876caa..e43321365 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.mli
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeErr.mli
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ type err_instance =
       { dereference_violation: DereferenceRule.violation
       ; dereference_location: Location.t
       ; dereference_type: DereferenceRule.ReportableViolation.dereference_type
-      ; nullable_object_descr: string option
-      ; nullable_object_origin: TypeOrigin.t }
+      ; nullable_object_descr: string option }
   | Bad_assignment of
       { assignment_violation: AssignmentRule.violation
       ; assignment_location: Location.t