diff --git a/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.c b/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.c
index 3ff6262c..d42f83ba 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.c
@@ -128,18 +128,18 @@ thunar_pango_attr_list_bold (void)
  * Return value: a #PangoAttrList for not inserting hyphens at intra-word line
  *               breaks.
  **/
+#if PANGO_VERSION_CHECK (1, 44, 0)
 PangoAttrList*
 thunar_pango_attr_disable_hyphens (void)
 {
   static PangoAttrList *attr_list = NULL;
 
-#ifdef PANGO_VERSION_1_44
   if (G_UNLIKELY (attr_list == NULL))
     attr_list = thunar_pango_attr_list_wrap (pango_attr_insert_hyphens_new (FALSE), NULL);
-#endif
 
   return attr_list;
 }
+#endif
 
 
 
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.h b/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.h
index aa0e515b..a2300faa 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.h
+++ b/thunar/thunar-pango-extensions.h
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ PangoAttrList *thunar_pango_attr_disable_hyphens        (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 PangoAttrList *thunar_pango_attr_list_italic            (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 PangoAttrList *thunar_pango_attr_list_small_italic      (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 PangoAttrList *thunar_pango_attr_list_small             (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+#if PANGO_VERSION_CHECK (1, 44, 0)
 PangoAttrList *thunar_pango_attr_list_underline_single  (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+#endif
 
 G_END_DECLS;
 
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c b/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
index bebfdeb5..7cd99060 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-standard-view.c
@@ -729,7 +729,9 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
   /* setup the name renderer */
   standard_view->name_renderer = g_object_new (GTK_TYPE_CELL_RENDERER_TEXT,
+#if PANGO_VERSION_CHECK (1, 44, 0)
                                                "attributes", thunar_pango_attr_disable_hyphens (),
+#endif
                                                "alignment", PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER,
                                                "xalign", 0.5,
                                                FALSE);