diff -r 8f0364b2e49a -r bff56dfca65d libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Tue Oct 08 10:10:15 2013 +0530
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	Tue Oct 08 20:30:51 2013 +0530
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 
 	type = purple_status_type_new_with_attrs(
 		PURPLE_STATUS_AWAY, NULL, NULL, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE,
-		"message", _("Message"), purple_g_value_new(G_TYPE_STRING),
+		"message", _("Message"), purple_value_new(G_TYPE_STRING),
 		NULL);
 	types = g_list_append(types, type);