diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
index dc09691b9fb9..c1d7b767944f 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
@@ -960,19 +960,4 @@ public function checkPHPIntlExists() {
     return $messages;
   }
 
-  public function checkWkHtmlToPDFPath() {
-    $messages = [];
-    $wkhtmltopdfPath = CRM_Core_Config::singleton()->wkhtmltopdfPath;
-    if (!empty($wkhtmltopdfPath) && !file_exists($wkhtmltopdfPath)) {
-      $messages[] = new CRM_Utils_Check_Message(
-        __FUNCTION__,
-        ts('CiviCRM is configured to use the wkhtmltopdf package to produce PDFs however it is missing, as such the system will fall back to using the DOMPDF package, this may mean that the output is different to what was expected. You should resolve this by either clearing the setting at Administer -> System Settings -> Miscellaneous or by getting your system administrator to install the wkhtmltopdf package'),
-        ts('Missing System Package: wkhtmltopdf'),
-        \Psr\Log\LogLevel::WARNING,
-        'fa-server'
-      );
-    }
-    return $messages;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/CRM/Utils/PDF/Utils.php b/CRM/Utils/PDF/Utils.php
index 526202cb7c1f..2459ce3af24d 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/PDF/Utils.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/PDF/Utils.php
@@ -213,12 +213,8 @@ public static function _html2pdf_dompdf($paper_size, $orientation, $html, $outpu
    * @param string $fileName
    */
   public static function _html2pdf_wkhtmltopdf($paper_size, $orientation, $margins, $html, $output, $fileName) {
-    $config = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
-    // if the path doesn't exist fall back on the current backup which is DOMPDF.
-    if (!file_exists($config->wkhtmltopdfPath)) {
-      return self::_html2pdf_dompdf($paper_size, $orientation, $html, $output, $fileName);
-    }
     require_once 'snappy/src/autoload.php';
+    $config = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
     $snappy = new Knp\Snappy\Pdf($config->wkhtmltopdfPath);
     $snappy->setOption("page-width", $paper_size[2] . "pt");
     $snappy->setOption("page-height", $paper_size[3] . "pt");