diff -r 185f05b59f3f -r 1fe2f250ff9e libpurple/protocols/mxit/markup.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/mxit/markup.c	Tue Dec 18 10:49:11 2012 +0200
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/mxit/markup.c	Tue Dec 18 15:57:47 2012 +0200
@@ -1005,11 +1005,8 @@
 
 	if ( msgflags & CP_MSG_FAREWELL ) {
 		/* this is a farewell message */
-		GString* premsg = g_string_sized_new( 36 );
-		g_string_append_printf( premsg, "<font color=\"%s\"><i>", MXIT_FAREWELL_MSG_COLOR );
-		g_string_prepend( mx->msg, premsg->str );
+		g_string_prepend( mx->msg, "<font color=\""MXIT_FAREWELL_MSG_COLOR"\"><i>" );
 		g_string_append( mx->msg, "</i></font>" );
-		g_string_free( premsg, TRUE );
 	}
 }