diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3101f26adff..1232f180b6d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20210405164556-e8a0a408d6af // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.15
+	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.16
 	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/denis-tingaikin/go-header v0.4.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0da80e4d66c..251be8a4bb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.4 h1:GRjpQLmz/78I4+nBQpGMFrRa9yrL157AUTrA
 github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.2.4/go.mod h1:BRq8Une6ckFneYXZQ+kO7p1ZZP3I2fzVzf28JxrIkBc=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2 h1:zlfutDS+5XG40AOxcHDSThxKzns8Tnr9jnr6VqkYlkM=
 github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2/go.mod h1:wieWwecHVzsidg2CsUnFinW1faVN4+kq+TDlRJQ0Wbk=
-github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.15 h1:g/qlpwSFIXEngyz8gcTEGZtvdGBLHODwV+Z0BFILVxw=
-github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.15/go.mod h1:gvtfnSZLa+YNQD28vaPq0Nk12bRxEhmUdBzAWn+EGF4=
+github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.16 h1:PDNxgDjeeiNk1cyFfliIVQmagh1jPbDMabOw9yfSKLk=
+github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.16/go.mod h1:gvtfnSZLa+YNQD28vaPq0Nk12bRxEhmUdBzAWn+EGF4=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.2/go.mod h1:FpkQEhXnPnOthhzymB7CGsFk2G9VLXONKD9G7QGMM+4=
diff --git a/scripts/confix/confix.go b/scripts/confix/confix.go
index d77950e7f4c..7a1f2267078 100644
--- a/scripts/confix/confix.go
+++ b/scripts/confix/confix.go
@@ -131,9 +131,13 @@ var plan = transform.Plan{
 		ErrorOK: true,
 	},
 	{
-		// Since https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6396.
-		Desc:    "Remove vestigial mempool.wal-dir setting",
-		T:       transform.Remove(parser.Key{"mempool", "wal-dir"}),
+		// Removed wal-dir: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/6396.
+		// Removed version: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/7171.
+		Desc: "Remove vestigial mempool.wal-dir settings",
+		T: transform.Remove(
+			parser.Key{"mempool", "wal-dir"},
+			parser.Key{"mempool", "version"},
+		),
 		ErrorOK: true,
 	},
 	{