diff -r fe562503e212 -r 3703a6de528a pidgin/gtkprefs.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Thu Aug 23 01:41:12 2012 -0400
+++ b/pidgin/gtkprefs.c	Tue Aug 28 03:25:57 2012 -0400
@@ -1663,10 +1663,8 @@
 
 	pidgin_prefs_checkbox(_("_Notify buddies that you are typing to them"),
 			"/purple/conversations/im/send_typing", vbox);
-#ifdef USE_GTKSPELL
 	pidgin_prefs_checkbox(_("Highlight _misspelled words"),
 			PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/spellcheck", vbox);
-#endif
 
 	pidgin_prefs_checkbox(_("Use smooth-scrolling"), PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/use_smooth_scrolling", vbox);