diff -r 4663f9da17aa -r 061e91dd78d4 pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c	Fri Sep 30 09:50:21 2016 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/gtkstatusbox.c	Mon Sep 12 23:56:39 2016 -0500
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 		PurpleImage *img = NULL;
 
 		if (filename && *filename)
-			img = purple_image_new_from_file(filename, TRUE);
+			img = purple_image_new_from_file(filename);
 
 		pidgin_status_box_set_buddy_icon(status_box, img);
 		if (img)
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@
 
 		/* Even if no accounts were processed, load the icon that was set. */
 		if (filename != NULL)
-			img = purple_image_new_from_file(filename, TRUE);
+			img = purple_image_new_from_file(filename);
 	}
 
 	pidgin_status_box_set_buddy_icon(box, img);