diff --git a/src/FBDialog.m b/src/FBDialog.m
index 887de3971e..2df5005fec 100644
--- a/src/FBDialog.m
+++ b/src/FBDialog.m
@@ -317,12 +317,15 @@ - (id)init {
     [_closeButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
     [_closeButton addTarget:self action:@selector(cancel)
       forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
-	if ([_closeButton respondsToSelector:@selector(titleLabel)]) {
-		_closeButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
-	} else { // This triggers a deprecation warning but at least it will work on OS 2.x
-		_closeButton.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
-	}
-	_closeButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
+    
+    // To be compatible with OS 2.x
+    #if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED <= __IPHONE_2_2
+      _closeButton.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
+    #else
+      _closeButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
+    #endif
+    
+    _closeButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
     _closeButton.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin
       | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin;
     [self addSubview:_closeButton];
diff --git a/src/FBRequest.m b/src/FBRequest.m
index dd6a2fbbe0..a2dafedb5e 100644
--- a/src/FBRequest.m
+++ b/src/FBRequest.m
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ - (void)connect {
     [request setHTTPBody:[self generatePostBody]];
   }
   
-  _connection = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self]  retain];
+  _connection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self];
   
 }