diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Personal/ServerDevNotice.php b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Personal/ServerDevNotice.php
index 8d6b0743127..5d31eda65d2 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Personal/ServerDevNotice.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Personal/ServerDevNotice.php
@@ -78,11 +78,8 @@ class ServerDevNotice implements ISettings {
 
 		$hasInitialState = false;
 
-		// viewer is default enabled and this makes a zero-cost assertion for Psalm
-		assert(class_exists(LoadViewer::class));
-
-		// If the Reasons to use Nextcloud.pdf file is here, let's init Viewer
-		if ($userFolder->nodeExists('Reasons to use Nextcloud.pdf')) {
+		// If the Reasons to use Nextcloud.pdf file is here, let's init Viewer, also check that Viewer is there
+		if (class_exists(LoadViewer::class) && $userFolder->nodeExists('Reasons to use Nextcloud.pdf')) {
 			$this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(LoadViewer::class, new LoadViewer());
 			$hasInitialState = true;
 		}