diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/Factory.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/Factory.php
index 70dab59171abed5e0715f6166873d3e9206e7485..3d5750a3668070ea8f1f8dcedcd6026cd9486a61 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/Factory.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/Factory.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Factory
 
         // Load up the handler if a legal name has been supplied.
         $className = 'VuFind\\Auth\\' . $authNHandler;
-        if (@class_exists($className)) {
+        if (class_exists($className)) {
             return new $className($config);
         } else {
             throw new AuthException(