diff --git a/Classes/Utility/SvgUtility.php b/Classes/Utility/SvgUtility.php
index 92fb142f4..5bf8b7898 100644
--- a/Classes/Utility/SvgUtility.php
+++ b/Classes/Utility/SvgUtility.php
@@ -55,14 +55,7 @@ public static function getInlineSvg(
             }
 
             // Disables the functionality to allow external entities to be loaded when parsing the XML, must be kept
-            $previousValueOfEntityLoader = false;
-            if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 8) {
-                $previousValueOfEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
-            }
             $svgElement = simplexml_load_string($svgContent);
-            if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 8) {
-                libxml_disable_entity_loader($previousValueOfEntityLoader);
-            }
             if (!$svgElement instanceof \SimpleXMLElement) {
                 return '';
             }
@@ -78,8 +71,7 @@ public static function getInlineSvg(
 
             // remove xml version tag
             $domXml = dom_import_simplexml($svgElement);
-            /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
-            if (!$domXml instanceof \DOMElement || !$domXml->ownerDocument instanceof \DOMDocument) {
+            if (!$domXml->ownerDocument instanceof \DOMDocument) {
                 return '';
             }