--- a/pidgin/gtkaccount.c Thu Dec 09 23:19:53 2021 -0600 +++ b/pidgin/gtkaccount.c Thu Dec 09 23:27:34 2021 -0600 @@ -2779,23 +2779,12 @@ void pidgin_accounts_init(void) { - char *default_avatar = NULL; purple_prefs_add_none(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts"); purple_prefs_add_none(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts/dialog"); purple_prefs_add_int(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts/dialog/width", 520); purple_prefs_add_int(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts/dialog/height", 321); - default_avatar = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".face.icon", NULL); - if (!g_file_test(default_avatar, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) { - g_free(default_avatar); - default_avatar = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".face", NULL); - if (!g_file_test(default_avatar, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) { - g_free(default_avatar); - default_avatar = NULL; - } - } - - purple_prefs_add_path(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts/buddyicon", default_avatar); - g_free(default_avatar); + + purple_prefs_add_path(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/accounts/buddyicon", NULL); purple_signal_register(pidgin_accounts_get_handle(), "account-modified", purple_marshal_VOID__POINTER, G_TYPE_NONE, 1,