diff --git a/includes/CommentFormatter/CommentFormatter.php b/includes/CommentFormatter/CommentFormatter.php
index 8ff7e64de29..017cb0d59fc 100644
--- a/includes/CommentFormatter/CommentFormatter.php
+++ b/includes/CommentFormatter/CommentFormatter.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MediaWiki\CommentFormatter;
 
+use MediaWiki\Linker\Linker;
 use MediaWiki\Linker\LinkTarget;
 use MediaWiki\Permissions\Authority;
 use MediaWiki\Revision\RevisionRecord;
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ class CommentFormatter {
 			$block = " <span class=\"comment\">" . wfMessage( 'rev-deleted-comment' )->escaped() . "</span>";
 		}
 		if ( $revRecord->isDeleted( RevisionRecord::DELETED_COMMENT ) ) {
-			$class = \MediaWiki\Linker\Linker::getRevisionDeletedClass( $revRecord );
+			$class = Linker::getRevisionDeletedClass( $revRecord );
 			return " <span class=\"$class comment\">$block</span>";
 		}
 		return $block;