diff -r 183f2f03e1ee -r 05ca719b901b libpurple/protocols/jabber/buddy.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/jabber/buddy.c	Wed May 13 18:13:03 2009 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/jabber/buddy.c	Wed May 13 20:29:03 2009 +0000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	if (js->buddies == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if(!(realname = jabber_normalize(js->gc->account, name)))
+	if(!(realname = jabber_get_bare_jid(name)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	jb = g_hash_table_lookup(js->buddies, realname);