diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
index ddbcba85..3b493122 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--- configversion: 737cb1de0389cee32a04785691a446a2
-
 -- docs: <https://conky.cc/variables>
 -- color names are X11 colors: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names#Color_name_chart>
 -- - can also use #rrggbb syntax
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index af03c80d..02875520 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -270,14 +270,8 @@ in
         };
         sane.user.fs.".config/sxmo/profile".symlink.text = let
           mkKeyValue = key: value: ''export ${key}="${value}"'';
-          userConfig = lib.generators.toKeyValue { inherit mkKeyValue; } cfg.settings;
-        in ''
-          # configversion: 4284f96d91e9550ff8f3b25823e402ad
-          # ^ upstream adds new options every now and then, expects user config file
-          # to include the md5sum of the template it's based on.
-          # see `setup_config_version.sh`
-          ${userConfig}
-        '';
+        in
+          lib.generators.toKeyValue { inherit mkKeyValue; } cfg.settings;
 
         sane.user.fs.".config/sxmo/sway".symlink.target = pkgs.substituteAll {
           src = ./sway-config;
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/sway-config b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/sway-config
index cf17b95e..08334ee1 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/sway-config
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/sway-config
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# Default config for sway
-# configversion: 5eff902ecca36b4e75567322335cc81c
-#
-# Copy this to ~/.config/sway/config and edit it to your liking.
-#
 # Read `man 5 sway` for a complete reference.
 
 ### Variables
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
index 560adfb1..538f243a 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ let
         url = "https://git.uninsane.org/colin/sxmo-utils/commit/f99f474bf079da21a2afb5a97cbc9d52da496476.patch";
         hash = "sha256-3WGgAJqiivUyC/wLpcxoQQq8b0qw+EVSfgHdVq+Iv4g=";
       })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        name = "sxmo_migrate: add option to disable configversion checks";
+        url = "https://git.uninsane.org/colin/sxmo-utils/commit/8949c64451973212a8aa50375396ec375c676d1e.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-Okjjwa2FBJOrDVZGrfaUEPGQY749+V4w0gALIBp50hQ=";
+      })
 
       ## these might or might not be upstream-worthy
       ./0104-full-auto-rotate.patch