diff -r 46c34a4f99df -r eb604c9feee9 pidgin/gtkpluginpref.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkpluginpref.c	Mon Jan 26 06:04:01 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkpluginpref.c	Fri Jan 30 18:21:16 2009 +0000
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@
 				if (purple_plugin_pref_get_masked(pref))
 				{
 					gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(entry), FALSE);
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,16,0)
 					if (gtk_entry_get_invisible_char(GTK_ENTRY(entry)) == '*')
 						gtk_entry_set_invisible_char(GTK_ENTRY(entry), PIDGIN_INVISIBLE_CHAR);
+#endif /* Less than GTK+ 2.16 */
 				}
 				g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(entry), "changed",
 								 G_CALLBACK(entry_cb),