diff --git a/Classes/Core/ViewHelpers/AbstractTypeViewHelper.php b/Classes/Core/ViewHelpers/AbstractTypeViewHelper.php
index fce0b3a7..00fe44c6 100644
--- a/Classes/Core/ViewHelpers/AbstractTypeViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/Core/ViewHelpers/AbstractTypeViewHelper.php
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ protected function checkIsMainEntityOfWebPage(): void
 
     protected function getType(): string
     {
-        $classNameParts = \explode('\\', static::class);
-
-        return \str_replace('ViewHelper', '', \end($classNameParts));
+        return \substr(\strrchr(static::$typeModel, '\\') ?: '', 1);
     }
 
     protected function assignArgumentsToItem(): void