diff --git a/modules/product/message.xml b/modules/product/message.xml
index 06c383774d..8ebae7225d 100644
--- a/modules/product/message.xml
+++ b/modules/product/message.xml
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ this repository contains the full copyright notices and license terms. -->
         <record model="ir.message" id="msg_category_code_unique">
             <field name="text">The code on product category must be unique.</field>
         </record>
+        <record model="ir.message" id="msg_product_change_template">
+            <field name="text">You cannot change the template of the product "%(product)s".</field>
+        </record>
     </data>
 </tryton>
diff --git a/modules/product/product.py b/modules/product/product.py
index f76b2b3d76..c1e89e89ee 100644
--- a/modules/product/product.py
+++ b/modules/product/product.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from trytond.i18n import gettext
 from trytond.model import (
     DeactivableMixin, Exclude, Index, Model, ModelSQL, ModelView, UnionMixin,
     fields, sequence_ordered, tree)
+from trytond.model.exceptions import AccessError
 from trytond.modules.company.model import (
     CompanyMultiValueMixin, CompanyValueMixin)
 from trytond.pool import Pool
@@ -717,6 +718,17 @@ class Product(
         if mode in {'create', 'write'}:
             cls.sync_code(products)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def check_modification(cls, mode, products, values=None, external=False):
+        super().check_modification(
+            mode, products, values=values, external=external)
+        if mode == 'write' and 'template' in values:
+            for product in products:
+                if product.template.id != values.get('template'):
+                    raise AccessError(gettext(
+                            'product.msg_product_change_template',
+                            product=product.rec_name))
+
     @classmethod
     def copy(cls, products, default=None):
         if default is None:
diff --git a/modules/web_shop_shopify/message.xml b/modules/web_shop_shopify/message.xml
index c07f399053..43003a2779 100644
--- a/modules/web_shop_shopify/message.xml
+++ b/modules/web_shop_shopify/message.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ this repository contains the full copyright notices and license terms. -->
         <record model="ir.message" id="msg_product_shopify_uom_digits">
             <field name="text">To update product "%(product)s" on Shopify, you must use an unit of measure without digits.</field>
         </record>
-        <record model="ir.message" id="msg_product_change_template">
-            <field name="text">To change the template of product "%(product)s" you must unpublish it from the Shopify web shops.</field>
-        </record>
         <record model="ir.message" id="msg_custom_collection_fail">
             <field name="text">Failed to save custom collection "%(category)s" with error:
 %(error)s</field>
diff --git a/modules/web_shop_shopify/product.py b/modules/web_shop_shopify/product.py
index 1653df4a4a..b500e64532 100644
--- a/modules/web_shop_shopify/product.py
+++ b/modules/web_shop_shopify/product.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from sql.operators import Equal
 
 from trytond.i18n import gettext
 from trytond.model import Exclude, ModelSQL, ModelView, fields
-from trytond.model.exceptions import AccessError
 from trytond.modules.product.exceptions import TemplateValidationError
 from trytond.pool import Pool, PoolMeta
 from trytond.pyson import Bool, Eval, If
@@ -310,18 +309,6 @@ class Product(IdentifiersMixin, metaclass=PoolMeta):
             self.default_uom, quantity, self.shopify_uom, round=True,
             factor=self.shopify_uom_factor, rate=self.shopify_uom_rate)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def check_modification(cls, mode, products, values=None, external=False):
-        super().check_modification(
-            mode, products, values=values, external=external)
-        if mode == 'write' and 'template' in values:
-            for product in products:
-                if (product.template.id != values.get('template')
-                        and product.shopify_identifiers):
-                    raise AccessError(gettext(
-                            'web_shop_shopify.msg_product_change_template',
-                            product=product.rec_name))
-
 
 class ProductURL(metaclass=PoolMeta):
     __name__ = 'product.web_shop_url'