diff --git a/RKTabView/RKTabView.m b/RKTabView/RKTabView.m
index f7dcb0c..49b905d 100644
--- a/RKTabView/RKTabView.m
+++ b/RKTabView/RKTabView.m
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ - (void)setTabContent:(UIControl *)tab withTabItem:(RKTabItem *)tabItem {
         titleLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
         titleLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
         titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
-        titleLabel.adjustsLetterSpacingToFitWidth = YES;
         titleLabel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
         
         UIFont *font = nil;
@@ -263,7 +262,11 @@ - (void)setTabContent:(UIControl *)tab withTabItem:(RKTabItem *)tabItem {
         titleLabel.textColor = textColor;
         titleLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
         
-        titleSize = [tabItem.titleString sizeWithFont:titleLabel.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(tab.bounds.size.width, MAXFLOAT) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
+        titleSize = [tabItem.titleString boundingRectWithSize:CGSizeMake(tab.bounds.size.width, MAXFLOAT)
+                                             options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
+                                          attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:titleLabel.font}
+                                             context:nil].size;
+        
         titleLabel.text = tabItem.titleString;
     }