diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
index 78cf1fed..4a0bb710 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Encoder.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Encoder extends \Intervention\Image\AbstractEncoder
         $imagick = $this->image->getCore();
         $imagick->setImageBackgroundColor('white');
         $imagick->setBackgroundColor('white');
-        $imagick = $imagick->flattenImages();
+        $imagick = $imagick->mergeImageLayers(\Imagick::LAYERMETHOD_FLATTEN);
         $imagick->setFormat($format);
         $imagick->setImageFormat($format);
         $imagick->setCompression($compression);
diff --git a/tests/EncoderTest.php b/tests/EncoderTest.php
index b70c6bd0..a9220391 100644
--- a/tests/EncoderTest.php
+++ b/tests/EncoderTest.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class EncoderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagecompressionquality');
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setimagebackgroundcolor');
         $imagick->shouldReceive('setbackgroundcolor');
-        $imagick->shouldReceive('flattenimages')->andReturn($imagick);
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('mergeimagelayers')->andReturn($imagick);
         $imagick->shouldReceive('__toString')->once()->andReturn(sprintf('mock-%s', $type));
         return $imagick;
     }