diff --git a/infer/src/backend/prover.ml b/infer/src/backend/prover.ml
index 9af6014d9..d260cc19f 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/prover.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/prover.ml
@@ -824,9 +824,8 @@ let check_inconsistency_base prop =
           Sil.pvar_is_seed pv
       | _ -> false in
     list_exists do_hpred sigma in
-  let inconsistent_self () = (* "self" cannot be null in ObjC, outside of initializers *)
+  let inconsistent_self () = (* "self" cannot be null in ObjC *)
     let procdesc = Cfg.Node.get_proc_desc (State.get_node ()) in
-    let procname = Cfg.Procdesc.get_proc_name procdesc in
     let procedure_attr = Cfg.Procdesc.get_attributes procdesc in
     let do_hpred = function
       | Sil.Hpointsto (Sil.Lvar pv, Sil.Eexp (e, _), _) ->
@@ -834,8 +833,7 @@ let check_inconsistency_base prop =
           Sil.exp_equal e Sil.exp_zero &&
           Sil.pvar_is_seed pv &&
           Sil.pvar_get_name pv = Mangled.from_string "self" &&
-          procedure_attr.ProcAttributes.is_objc_instance_method &&
-          not (Procname.is_constructor procname)
+          procedure_attr.ProcAttributes.is_objc_instance_method
       | _ -> false in
     list_exists do_hpred sigma in
   let inconsistent_atom = function
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/symExec.ml b/infer/src/backend/symExec.ml
index ebbf8e484..d3d4be075 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/symExec.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/symExec.ml
@@ -788,13 +788,6 @@ let handle_special_cases_call tenv cfg pname actual_params =
   else pname, actual_params
 
 let handle_objc_method_call actual_pars actual_params pre tenv cfg ret_ids pdesc callee_pname loc path =
-  let receiver_self receiver prop =
-    list_exists (fun hpred ->
-        match hpred with
-        | Sil.Hpointsto (Sil.Lvar pv, Sil.Eexp (e, _), _) ->
-            Sil.exp_equal e receiver && Sil.pvar_is_seed pv &&
-            Sil.pvar_get_name pv = Mangled.from_string "self"
-        | _ -> false) (Prop.get_sigma prop) in
   let path_description = "Message "^(Procname.to_simplified_string callee_pname)^" with receiver nil returns nil." in
   let receiver = (match actual_pars with
       | (e, _):: _ -> e
@@ -804,10 +797,6 @@ let handle_objc_method_call actual_pars actual_params pre tenv cfg ret_ids pdesc
     match actual_pars with
     | (e, _):: _ when Sil.exp_equal e Sil.exp_zero || Option.is_some (Prop.get_objc_null_attribute pre e) -> true
     | _ -> false in
-  let prop_null =
-    match ret_ids with
-    | [ret_id] -> Prop.conjoin_eq (Sil.Var ret_id) Sil.exp_zero pre
-    | _ -> pre in
   let add_objc_null_attribute_or_nullify_result prop =
     match ret_ids with
     | [ret_id] ->
@@ -830,17 +819,12 @@ let handle_objc_method_call actual_pars actual_params pre tenv cfg ret_ids pdesc
       | _ -> false in
     if !Config.footprint && not is_undef then
       let res_null = (* returns: (objc_null(res) /\ receiver=0) or an empty list of results *)
-        let is_receiver_self = receiver_self receiver pre in
-        let pre_with_attr_or_null =
-          if is_receiver_self then prop_null
-          else add_objc_null_attribute_or_nullify_result pre in
+        let pre_with_attr_or_null = add_objc_null_attribute_or_nullify_result pre in
         let propset = prune_ne tenv false receiver Sil.exp_zero pre_with_attr_or_null in
         if Propset.is_empty propset then []
         else
           let prop = list_hd (Propset.to_proplist propset) in
-          let path =
-            if is_receiver_self then path
-            else Paths.Path.add_description path path_description in
+          let path = Paths.Path.add_description path path_description in
           [(prop, path)] in
       res_null @ res
     else res (* Not known if receiver = 0 and not footprint. Standard tabulation *)
diff --git a/infer/tests/endtoend/objc/NPESelfTest.java b/infer/tests/endtoend/objc/NPESelfTest.java
index 777277acb..69054ddf2 100644
--- a/infer/tests/endtoend/objc/NPESelfTest.java
+++ b/infer/tests/endtoend/objc/NPESelfTest.java
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public class NPESelfTest {
       throws InterruptedException, IOException, InferException {
     InferResults inferResults = InferRunner.runInferObjC(inferCmdNPD);
     assertThat(
-        "NPE should be found", inferResults,
-        contains(
+        "NPE should not be found", inferResults,
+        doesNotContain(
             NULL_DEREFERENCE,
             NPE_FILE,
             "init"));