diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/CliUtils.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/CliUtils.php
index 53d5c2147..dc77e9927 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/CliUtils.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/CliUtils.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ final class CliUtils
         if ($in_phar) {
             // require this before anything else
             $stringable_path = __DIR__ . '/../../../vendor/symfony/polyfill-php80/Resources/stubs/Stringable.php';
-            if (\file_exists($stringable_path)) {
+            if (file_exists($stringable_path)) {
                 require_once $stringable_path;
             }
             require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../vendor/autoload.php';