diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ThirdPartyLibHelper.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ThirdPartyLibHelper.java
index 899236b693..475bf899ea 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ThirdPartyLibHelper.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ThirdPartyLibHelper.java
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ public boolean usesActionBarSherlock(TypeElement typeElement) {
 				return true;
 			}
 			if (qName.startsWith("org.holoeverywhere")) {
-				/*
-				 * HoloEverywhere depends on ABS and uses its own provided
-				 * activity classes
-				 */
-				return true;
+				// Since 2.0.0, HoloEverywhere no longer depends on ABS so we
+				// had to find a way to to detect the version in classpath.
+				// Since org.holoeverywhere.addon.AddonSherlock has been removed
+				// during ABS to ABC migration, we're checking if this class is
+				// in the classpath. If so, we're using HEW < 2.0
+				// See issue #776
+				return annotationHelper.typeElementFromQualifiedName("org.holoeverywhere.addon.AddonSherlock") != null;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;