diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SMB.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SMB.php
index 066d0d08f5b52..d3b06e2e4a953 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SMB.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SMB.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 use OCP\Files\Storage\INotifyStorage;
 use OCP\Files\StorageAuthException;
 use OCP\Files\StorageNotAvailableException;
+use OCP\IBinaryFinder;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class SMB extends Common implements INotifyStorage {
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ public function isDeletable($path) {
 	 */
 	public static function checkDependencies() {
 		return (
-			(bool)\OC_Helper::findBinaryPath('smbclient')
+			(bool) \OCP\Server::get(IBinaryFinder::class)->findBinaryPath('smbclient')
 			|| NativeServer::available(new System())
 		) ? true : ['smbclient'];
 	}