diff -r a6ddc53d1c84 -r 2b602f67f875 pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Sun Aug 04 06:08:57 2013 -0400
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Sun Aug 04 16:32:26 2013 -0400
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@
 		gtk_widget_show(sep);
 	}
 
-	webview = gtk_webview_new();
-	gtk_webview_set_editable(GTK_WEBVIEW(webview), editable);
+	webview = gtk_webview_new(editable);
 	if (editable && purple_prefs_get_bool(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/spellcheck"))
 		pidgin_webview_set_spellcheck(GTK_WEBVIEW(webview), TRUE);
 	gtk_widget_show(webview);