diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Encoder/Argon2iPasswordEncoder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Encoder/Argon2iPasswordEncoder.php
index 53c0163976..dae682bf31 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Encoder/Argon2iPasswordEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/Core/Encoder/Argon2iPasswordEncoder.php
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ class Argon2iPasswordEncoder extends BasePasswordEncoder implements SelfSaltingE
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (class_exists('ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat') && method_exists('ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat', 'crypto_pwhash_is_available')) {
-            return \ParagonIE_Sodium_Compat::crypto_pwhash_is_available();
-        }
-
         return \function_exists('sodium_crypto_pwhash_str') || \extension_loaded('libsodium');
     }