diff --git a/dataflowengineoss/src/main/scala/io/joern/dataflowengineoss/language/package.scala b/dataflowengineoss/src/main/scala/io/joern/dataflowengineoss/language/package.scala
index 1c6fcd163a45..842ce65d0d74 100644
--- a/dataflowengineoss/src/main/scala/io/joern/dataflowengineoss/language/package.scala
+++ b/dataflowengineoss/src/main/scala/io/joern/dataflowengineoss/language/package.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package io.joern.dataflowengineoss
 
-import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.nodes._
+import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.nodes.*
+import io.shiftleft.semanticcpg.language.*
 import io.joern.dataflowengineoss.language.dotextension.DdgNodeDot
 import io.joern.dataflowengineoss.language.nodemethods.{ExpressionMethods, ExtendedCfgNodeMethods}
+import overflowdb.traversal.help.Doc
+
+import scala.language.implicitConversions
 
 package object language {
 
@@ -21,4 +25,21 @@ package object language {
   implicit def toDdgNodeDotSingle(method: Method): DdgNodeDot =
     new DdgNodeDot(Iterator.single(method))
 
+  implicit def toExtendedPathsTrav[NodeType <: Path](traversal: IterableOnce[NodeType]): PassesExt =
+    new PassesExt(traversal.iterator)
+
+  class PassesExt(traversal: Iterator[Path]) {
+
+    @Doc(info = "Filters in paths that pass though the given paths")
+    def passes(trav: Iterator[AstNode] => Iterator[?]): Iterator[Path] = {
+      traversal.filter(_.elements.exists(_.start.where(trav).nonEmpty))
+    }
+
+    @Doc(info = "Filters out paths that pass though the given paths")
+    def passesNot(trav: Iterator[AstNode] => Iterator[?]): Iterator[Path] = {
+      traversal.filter(_.elements.forall(_.start.where(trav).isEmpty))
+    }
+
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/nodemethods/CfgNodeMethods.scala b/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/nodemethods/CfgNodeMethods.scala
index fc61285a889b..a15949550b9c 100644
--- a/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/nodemethods/CfgNodeMethods.scala
+++ b/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/nodemethods/CfgNodeMethods.scala
@@ -83,26 +83,6 @@ class CfgNodeMethods(val node: CfgNode) extends AnyVal with NodeExtension {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Using the post dominator tree, will determine if this node passes through the included set of nodes and filter it
-    * in.
-    * @param included
-    *   the nodes this node must pass through.
-    * @return
-    *   the traversal of this node if it passes through the included set.
-    */
-  def passes(included: Set[CfgNode]): Iterator[CfgNode] =
-    Iterator.single(node).filter(_.postDominatedBy.exists(included.contains))
-
-  /** Using the post dominator tree, will determine if this node passes through the excluded set of nodes and filter it
-    * out.
-    * @param excluded
-    *   the nodes this node must not pass through.
-    * @return
-    *   the traversal of this node if it does not pass through the excluded set.
-    */
-  def passesNot(excluded: Set[CfgNode]): Iterator[CfgNode] =
-    Iterator.single(node).filterNot(_.postDominatedBy.exists(excluded.contains))
-
   private def expandExhaustively(expand: CfgNode => Iterator[StoredNode]): Iterator[CfgNode] = {
     var controllingNodes = List.empty[CfgNode]
     var visited          = Set.empty + node
diff --git a/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/types/expressions/generalizations/CfgNodeTraversal.scala b/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/types/expressions/generalizations/CfgNodeTraversal.scala
index 3ac6a86b9b33..3a3d22f7840f 100644
--- a/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/types/expressions/generalizations/CfgNodeTraversal.scala
+++ b/semanticcpg/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/semanticcpg/language/types/expressions/generalizations/CfgNodeTraversal.scala
@@ -86,16 +86,4 @@ class CfgNodeTraversal[A <: CfgNode](val traversal: Iterator[A]) extends AnyVal
   def address: Iterator[Option[String]] =
     traversal.map(_.address)
 
-  @Doc(info = "Filters in paths that pass though the given traversal")
-  def passes(included: Iterator[CfgNode]): Iterator[CfgNode] = {
-    val in = included.toSet
-    traversal.flatMap(_.passes(in))
-  }
-
-  @Doc(info = "Filters out paths that pass though the given traversal")
-  def passesNot(excluded: Iterator[CfgNode]): Iterator[CfgNode] = {
-    val ex = excluded.toSet
-    traversal.flatMap(_.passesNot(ex))
-  }
-
 }