Block Editor Cleanup for WordPress 5.9 and Classic Editor (mu-plugin)

block-editor-cleanup.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Block Editor Cleanup
 * Plugin URI:  https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/38299#issuecomment-1025520487
 * Version:     1.0.1
 * Description: Remove WP 5.9 default block editor styles when using Classic Editor
 * Author:      joshuafredrickson
 * Author URI:  https://joshuafredrickson.com
 * License:     GNU General Public License v2
 * License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 */

add_action('after_setup_theme', function () {
    if (! function_exists('is_plugin_active')) {
        require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php';
    }
    
    // Return early if Classic Editor isn't enabled
    if (! is_plugin_active('classic-editor/classic-editor.php')) {
        return;
    }

    // Remove SVG and global styles
    remove_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wp_enqueue_global_styles');
  
    // @link https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/38299#issuecomment-1049011521
    remove_action('wp_body_open', 'wp_global_styles_render_svg_filters');

    // Remove wp_footer actions which add global inline styles
    remove_action('wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_global_styles', 1);

    // Remove render_block filters which add unnecessary stuff
    remove_filter('render_block', 'wp_render_duotone_support');
    remove_filter('render_block', 'wp_restore_group_inner_container');
    remove_filter('render_block', 'wp_render_layout_support_flag');
});

add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    if (! function_exists('is_plugin_active')) {
        require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php';
    }
    
    if (is_plugin_active('classic-editor/classic-editor.php')) {
        // Dequeue block library styles
        wp_dequeue_style('wp-block-library');
    }
}, 10);

Getting Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() on a blank Bedrock install, no plugins active, Twenty Twenty-Two or Twenty Twenty-One theme active.

Two potential solutions:

1. The way WP Core does it.

if (!function_exists('is_plugin_active')) {
    require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php';
}
if (is_plugin_active('classic-editor/classic-editor.php')) {
    // Dequeue block library styles

2. Riskier as Classic_Editor might be an entirely different class

if (class_exists( 'Classic_Editor')) {
    // Dequeue block library styles

Thank you and updated!