diff -r 3302a1d08cda -r d88ae5b94191 libpurple/prefs.c
--- a/libpurple/prefs.c	Mon Jan 20 23:44:09 2014 +0530
+++ b/libpurple/prefs.c	Tue Jan 21 01:28:36 2014 +0530
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include "win32dep.h"
 #endif
 
-#define PREFS_XML_VERSION "1.1"
-
 struct pref_cb {
 	PurplePrefCallback func;
 	gpointer data;
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@
 
 	/* Create the root preference node */
 	node = purple_xmlnode_new("pref");
-	purple_xmlnode_set_attrib(node, "version", PREFS_XML_VERSION);
+	purple_xmlnode_set_attrib(node, "version", "1");
 	purple_xmlnode_set_attrib(node, "name", "/");
 
 	/* All My Children */
@@ -241,7 +239,6 @@
  *********************************************************************/
 
 static GList *prefs_stack = NULL;
-static gchar *xml_version = NULL;
 
 static void
 prefs_start_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
@@ -281,12 +278,6 @@
 				return;
 		} else if(purple_strequal(attribute_names[i], "value")) {
 			pref_value = attribute_values[i];
-		} else if(purple_strequal(attribute_names[i], "version")) {
-			g_free(xml_version);
-			xml_version = g_strdup(attribute_values[i]);
-			if (purple_version_strcmp(xml_version, PREFS_XML_VERSION) > 0)
-				purple_debug_warning("prefs", "prefs.xml on disk is for a "
-						"newer version of libpurple");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1336,8 +1327,8 @@
 	return list;
 }
 
-static void
-update_old_prefs(void)
+void
+purple_prefs_update_old()
 {
 	purple_prefs_rename("/core", "/purple");
 
@@ -1442,15 +1433,7 @@
 	purple_prefs_remove("/purple/contact/idle_score");
 
 	purple_prefs_load();
-
-	if (purple_version_strcmp(xml_version, "1.1") < 0) {
-		purple_debug_info("prefs", "Migrating prefs.xml from version %s to 1.1\n",
-				xml_version);
-		update_old_prefs();
-	}
-
-	g_free(xml_version);
-	xml_version = NULL;
+	purple_prefs_update_old();
 }
 
 void