diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php
index d38ee6fd631ee..eac302d7ceb9a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php
@@ -775,9 +775,8 @@ public function save( $destfilename = null, $mime_type = null ) {
 	 * @since 6.4.0
 	 */
 	protected function remove_pdf_alpha_channel() {
-		$version = Imagick::getVersion();
 		// Remove alpha channel if possible to avoid black backgrounds for Ghostscript >= 9.14. RemoveAlphaChannel added in ImageMagick 6.7.5.
-		if ( $version['versionNumber'] >= 0x675 ) {
+		if ( version_compare( phpversion( 'imagick' ), '9.14', '>=' ) ) {
 			try {
 				// Imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_REMOVE mapped to RemoveAlphaChannel in PHP imagick 3.2.0b2.
 				$this->image->setImageAlphaChannel( defined( 'Imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_REMOVE' ) ? Imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_REMOVE : 12 );