diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/discourse-post-event/chat-channel.gjs b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/discourse-post-event/chat-channel.gjs
index 90668d0d..c1740da8 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/discourse-post-event/chat-channel.gjs
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/discourse-post-event/chat-channel.gjs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { LinkTo } from "@ember/routing";
-import ChannelTitle from "discourse/plugins/chat/discourse/components/channel-title";
+import { and } from "truth-helpers";
+import { optionalRequire } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
+
+const ChannelTitle = optionalRequire(
+  "discourse/plugins/chat/discourse/components/channel-title"
+);
 
 const DiscoursePostEventChatChannel = <template>
-  {{#if @event.channel}}
+  {{#if (and @event.channel ChannelTitle)}}
     <section class="event__section event-chat-channel">
       <span></span>
       <LinkTo @route="chat.channel" @models={{@event.channel.routeModels}}>
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/discourse-post-event-event.js b/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/discourse-post-event-event.js
index 6f8c5693..fa7849a4 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/discourse-post-event-event.js
+++ b/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/discourse-post-event-event.js
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 import { TrackedArray } from "@ember-compat/tracked-built-ins";
 import { bind } from "discourse/lib/decorators";
+import { optionalRequire } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
 import User from "discourse/models/user";
-import ChatChannel from "discourse/plugins/chat/discourse/models/chat-channel";
 import DiscoursePostEventEventStats from "./discourse-post-event-event-stats";
 import DiscoursePostEventInvitee from "./discourse-post-event-invitee";
 
+const ChatChannel = optionalRequire(
+  "discourse/plugins/chat/discourse/models/chat-channel"
+);
+
 const DEFAULT_REMINDER = {
   type: "notification",
   value: 15,
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ export default class DiscoursePostEventEvent {
     this.stats = args.stats;
     this.reminders = args.reminders;
     this.customFields = EmberObject.create(args.custom_fields || {});
-    if (args.channel) {
+    if (args.channel && ChatChannel) {
       this.channel = ChatChannel.create(args.channel);
     }
   }