diff --git a/src/bin/e_int_menus.c b/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
index 0d1522471..9deeb3b49 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_int_menus.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,11 @@ _e_int_menus_clients_title_abbrv(const char *title)
    /* Advance to the end of the first half of the string. */
    len = 0;
    for (len2 = (max_len / 2); len2; len2--)
+#if (EINA_VERSION_MAJOR > 1) || (EINA_VERSION_MINOR >= 8)
      eina_unicode_utf8_next_get(title, &len);
+#else
+     eina_unicode_utf8_get_next(title, &len);
+#endif
 
    strncat(abbvptr, title, len);
    abbvptr += len;