diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.rule.runtime/src/org/openhab/core/model/rule/runtime/internal/RuleEvaluationContext.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.rule.runtime/src/org/openhab/core/model/rule/runtime/internal/RuleEvaluationContext.java
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--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.rule.runtime/src/org/openhab/core/model/rule/runtime/internal/RuleEvaluationContext.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Contributors to the openHAB project
- *
- * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
- * information.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- */
-package org.openhab.core.model.rule.runtime.internal;
-
-import org.eclipse.xtext.naming.QualifiedName;
-import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.interpreter.IEvaluationContext;
-import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.interpreter.impl.DefaultEvaluationContext;
-
-public class RuleEvaluationContext extends DefaultEvaluationContext {
-
-    private IEvaluationContext globalContext = null;
-
-    public RuleEvaluationContext() {
-        super(new DefaultEvaluationContext());
-    }
-
-    public void setGlobalContext(IEvaluationContext context) {
-        this.globalContext = context;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object getValue(QualifiedName qualifiedName) {
-        Object value = super.getValue(qualifiedName);
-        if (value == null && this.globalContext != null) {
-            value = globalContext.getValue(qualifiedName);
-        }
-        return value;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void assignValue(QualifiedName qualifiedName, Object value) {
-        try {
-            super.assignValue(qualifiedName, value);
-        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
-            if (globalContext != null) {
-                globalContext.assignValue(qualifiedName, value);
-            } else {
-                throw e;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}