diff -r cb3c2ebadbf1 -r bf243e3394a7 pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Sat Jan 26 17:40:31 2013 -0800
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Sat Jan 26 18:12:03 2013 -0800
@@ -5771,9 +5771,6 @@
 	gtkconv->send_history = g_list_append(NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Setup some initial variables. */
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
-	gtkconv->tooltips = gtk_tooltips_new();
-#endif
 	gtkconv->unseen_state = PIDGIN_UNSEEN_NONE;
 	gtkconv->unseen_count = 0;
 	theme_name = purple_prefs_get_string(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/theme");
@@ -5992,10 +5989,6 @@
 		g_free(gtkconv->u.chat);
 	}
 
-#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
-	gtk_object_sink(GTK_OBJECT(gtkconv->tooltips));
-#endif
-
 	gtkconv->send_history = g_list_first(gtkconv->send_history);
 	g_list_foreach(gtkconv->send_history, (GFunc)g_free, NULL);
 	g_list_free(gtkconv->send_history);