diff --git a/src/Bridges/ApplicationLatte/TemplateFactory.php b/src/Bridges/ApplicationLatte/TemplateFactory.php
index 9fc483394..d058457c6 100644
--- a/src/Bridges/ApplicationLatte/TemplateFactory.php
+++ b/src/Bridges/ApplicationLatte/TemplateFactory.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 use Nette;
 use Nette\Application\UI;
-use function class_exists, is_a, preg_replace, property_exists, rtrim;
+use function is_a, preg_replace, property_exists, rtrim;
 
 
 /**
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		private readonly ?Nette\Security\User $user = null,
 		$templateClass = null,
 	) {
-		if ($templateClass && (!class_exists($templateClass) || !is_a($templateClass, Template::class, allow_string: true))) {
+		if ($templateClass && !is_a($templateClass, Template::class, allow_string: true)) {
 			throw new Nette\InvalidArgumentException("Class $templateClass does not implement " . Template::class . ' or it does not exist.');
 		}