diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index f1b7e6d0e7e..ad625119b99 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ ValueFlow::Value ValueFlow::getLifetimeObjValue(const Token *tok, bool inconclus
 template<class Predicate>
 static std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> getLifetimeTokens(const Token* tok,
                                                                bool escape,
-                                                               ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath errorPath,
+                                                               ErrorPath errorPath,
                                                                Predicate pred,
                                                                const Settings& settings,
                                                                int depth = 20)
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ static std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> getLifetimeTokens(const Token* tok,
     return {{tok, std::move(errorPath)}};
 }
 
-std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> ValueFlow::getLifetimeTokens(const Token* tok, const Settings& settings, bool escape, ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath errorPath)
+std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> ValueFlow::getLifetimeTokens(const Token* tok, const Settings& settings, bool escape, ErrorPath errorPath)
 {
     return getLifetimeTokens(tok, escape, std::move(errorPath), [](const Token*) {
         return false;
@@ -2130,14 +2130,14 @@ std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> ValueFlow::getLifetimeTokens(const Token*
 bool ValueFlow::hasLifetimeToken(const Token* tok, const Token* lifetime, const Settings& settings)
 {
     bool result = false;
-    getLifetimeTokens(tok, false, ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath{}, [&](const Token* tok2) {
+    getLifetimeTokens(tok, false, ErrorPath{}, [&](const Token* tok2) {
         result = tok2->exprId() == lifetime->exprId();
         return result;
     }, settings);
     return result;
 }
 
-static const Token* getLifetimeToken(const Token* tok, ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf = nullptr)
+static const Token* getLifetimeToken(const Token* tok, ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf = nullptr)
 {
     std::vector<ValueFlow::LifetimeToken> lts = ValueFlow::getLifetimeTokens(tok, settings);
     if (lts.size() != 1)
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ static const Token* getLifetimeToken(const Token* tok, ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPa
     return lts.front().token;
 }
 
-const Variable* ValueFlow::getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf)
+const Variable* ValueFlow::getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf)
 {
     const Token* tok2 = getLifetimeToken(tok, errorPath, settings, addressOf);
     if (tok2 && tok2->variable())
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ const Variable* ValueFlow::getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, ValueFlow::Valu
 
 const Variable* ValueFlow::getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, const Settings& settings)
 {
-    ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPath errorPath;
+    ErrorPath errorPath;
     return getLifetimeVariable(tok, errorPath, settings, nullptr);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/valueflow.h b/lib/valueflow.h
index 01633367461..1f7554048ef 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.h
+++ b/lib/valueflow.h
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ namespace ValueFlow {
 
     struct LifetimeToken {
         const Token* token{};
-        Value::ErrorPath errorPath;
+        ErrorPath errorPath;
         bool addressOf{};
         bool inconclusive{};
 
         LifetimeToken() = default;
 
-        LifetimeToken(const Token* token, Value::ErrorPath errorPath)
+        LifetimeToken(const Token* token, ErrorPath errorPath)
             : token(token), errorPath(std::move(errorPath))
         {}
 
-        LifetimeToken(const Token* token, bool addressOf, Value::ErrorPath errorPath)
+        LifetimeToken(const Token* token, bool addressOf, ErrorPath errorPath)
             : token(token), errorPath(std::move(errorPath)), addressOf(addressOf)
         {}
 
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ namespace ValueFlow {
     std::vector<LifetimeToken> getLifetimeTokens(const Token* tok,
                                                  const Settings& settings,
                                                  bool escape = false,
-                                                 Value::ErrorPath errorPath = Value::ErrorPath{});
+                                                 ErrorPath errorPath = ErrorPath{});
 
     bool hasLifetimeToken(const Token* tok, const Token* lifetime, const Settings& settings);
 
-    const Variable* getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, Value::ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf = nullptr);
+    const Variable* getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, ErrorPath& errorPath, const Settings& settings, bool* addressOf = nullptr);
 
     const Variable* getLifetimeVariable(const Token* tok, const Settings& settings);
 
     bool isLifetimeBorrowed(const Token *tok, const Settings &settings);
 
-    std::string lifetimeMessage(const Token *tok, const Value *val, Value::ErrorPath &errorPath);
+    std::string lifetimeMessage(const Token *tok, const Value *val, ErrorPath &errorPath);
 
     CPPCHECKLIB Value getLifetimeObjValue(const Token *tok, bool inconclusive = false);
 
diff --git a/lib/vfvalue.h b/lib/vfvalue.h
index c39a6a6af68..7671c3e3aed 100644
--- a/lib/vfvalue.h
+++ b/lib/vfvalue.h
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "errortypes.h"
 #include "mathlib.h"
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
-#include <list>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ namespace ValueFlow
 {
     class CPPCHECKLIB Value {
     public:
-        using ErrorPathItem = std::pair<const Token *, std::string>;
-        using ErrorPath = std::list<ErrorPathItem>;
         enum class Bound : std::uint8_t { Upper, Lower, Point };
 
         explicit Value(long long val = 0, Bound b = Bound::Point) :
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index bc13f92f112..33eab3b875d 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class TestValueFlow : public TestFixture {
 
             std::ostringstream ostr;
             for (const ValueFlow::Value &v : tok->values()) {
-                for (const ValueFlow::Value::ErrorPathItem &ep : v.errorPath) {
+                for (const ErrorPathItem &ep : v.errorPath) {
                     const Token *eptok = ep.first;
                     const std::string &msg = ep.second;
                     ostr << eptok->linenr() << ',' << msg << '\n';