diff --git a/framework/web/widgets/captcha/CCaptcha.php b/framework/web/widgets/captcha/CCaptcha.php
index 86da837033..e6f2ac16ff 100644
--- a/framework/web/widgets/captcha/CCaptcha.php
+++ b/framework/web/widgets/captcha/CCaptcha.php
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ public static function checkRequirements($extension=null)
 	{
 		if(extension_loaded('imagick'))
 		{
-			$imagick=new Imagick();
-			$imagickFormats=$imagick::queryFormats('PNG');
+			$imagickFormats=Imagick::queryFormats('PNG');
 		}
 		if(extension_loaded('gd'))
 		{