diff -r 8826f95514fd -r b5b9c75a4b54 libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Thu May 15 10:16:32 2014 +0530
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Tue May 20 10:36:58 2014 +0530
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@
 	const char *username = purple_account_get_username(account);
 
 	gc = purple_account_get_connection(account);
-	purple_connection_set_flags(gc, PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_NO_NEWLINES);
+	purple_connection_set_flags(gc, PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_NO_NEWLINES |
+		PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_NO_IMAGES);
 
 	if (strpbrk(username, " \t\v\r\n") != NULL) {
 		purple_connection_error (gc,