diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0266c58c..f01bd52a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-# 2.3.5
+# 2.4.0
+
+**We are deprecating flags based config files (will be removed in v3.0.0). We suggest you migrate to json based config files.** One may use `-c /path/to/config.conf --gen-config` to migrate existing flag based config files.
+
+Changes:
+* All flag based presets are removed
 
 Features:
 * Improve performance of detecting rpm and pkg package count (Packages, Linux / FreeBSD)
diff --git a/presets/all.conf b/presets/all.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a424b8f8..000000000
--- a/presets/all.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use all.jsonc instead
-
---structure Title:Separator:OS:Host:Bios:Board:Chassis:Kernel:Uptime:Processes:Packages:Shell:Display:Brightness:Monitor:LM:DE:WM:WMTheme:Theme:Icons:Font:Cursor:Wallpaper:Terminal:TerminalFont:TerminalSize:CPU:CPUUsage:GPU:Memory:Swap:Disk:Battery:PowerAdapter:Player:Media:PublicIP:LocalIP:Wifi:DateTime:Locale:Vulkan:OpenGL:OpenCL:Users:Bluetooth:Sound:Gamepad:Weather:NetIO:DiskIO:PhysicalDisk:Version:Break:Colors
diff --git a/presets/btw.conf b/presets/btw.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 0868810f4..000000000
--- a/presets/btw.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use btw.jsonc instead
-
---logo arch
---os-format "Arch Linux ({12})"
---packages-format "{} (pacman)"
diff --git a/presets/examples/2.conf b/presets/examples/2.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e9638835b..000000000
--- a/presets/examples/2.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use 2.jsonc instead
-# Note that you must replace the image path to an existing image to display it.
-
---kitty /home/linus/Bilder/Gentoo.png
---logo-width 28
-
---separator "  "
-
---set-keyless HardwareStart=┌───────── \e[1mHardware Information\e[0m ─────────┐
---set-keyless SoftwareStart=├───────── \e[1mSoftware Information\e[0m ─────────┤
---set-keyless InformationEnd=└────────────────────────────────────────┘
---set-keyless Colors=    \e[38m \e[37m \e[36m \e[35m \e[34m \e[33m \e[32m \e[31m
---structure HardwareStart:Host:CPU:GPU:SoftwareStart:OS:Kernel:WM:Shell:Terminal:TerminalFont:Packages:InformationEnd:Colors
-
---host-key "  "
---cpu-key "  "
---gpu-key "  ﬙"
---os-key "  "
---kernel-key "  "
---wm-key "  "
---shell-key "  "
---terminal-key "  "
---terminalfont-key "  "
---packages-key "  "
diff --git a/presets/examples/3.conf b/presets/examples/3.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index bd3014b2d..000000000
--- a/presets/examples/3.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use 3.jsonc instead
-
---logo debian_small
---structure Vulkan:OpenGL:OpenCL:Memory:Disk:LocalIP
---binary-prefix si
---localip-show-loop false
---disk-folders /:/home:/boot:/efi
diff --git a/presets/examples/4.conf b/presets/examples/4.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 49a8f194e..000000000
--- a/presets/examples/4.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use 4.jsonc instead
-
---color blue
---logo arch_small
---logo-padding-right 1
---separator "  "
---structure DateTime:Break:Player:Media
diff --git a/presets/examples/5.conf b/presets/examples/5.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index c070a697d..000000000
--- a/presets/examples/5.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use 5.jsonc instead
-
---logo none
---color reset_magenta
---structure Theme:Icons:Font:Cursor
---theme-key T
---theme-format {7}
---icons-key I
---icons-format {5}
---font-key F
---cursor-key C
diff --git a/presets/hardware.conf b/presets/hardware.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 19ee61e6f..000000000
--- a/presets/hardware.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use hardware.jsonc instead
-
---structure Host:Display:CPU:GPU:Memory:Disk:Battery
---memory-format "{?2}{2}{?}"
---disk-format "{?2}{2}{?}"
---battery-format "{?1}{1} {?}{?2}{2} {?}{?3}({3}){?}"
diff --git a/presets/neofetch.conf b/presets/neofetch.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 14b6ed9c8..000000000
--- a/presets/neofetch.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use neofetch.jsonc instead
-
---structure "Title:Separator:OS:Host:Kernel:Uptime:Packages:Shell:Display:DE:WM:WMTheme:Theme:Icons:Terminal:TerminalFont:CPU:GPU:Memory:Break:Colors"
---host-format "{/2}{-}{/}{2}{?3} {3}{?}"
---os-format "{3} {12}"
---display-key Resolution
---display-compact-type original
---de-format "{2} {3}"
---theme-format "{?1}{1}{?3} {3}{?} [Plasma], {?}{7}"
---terminalfont-format "{/2}{-}{/}{2}{?3} {3}{?}"
---memory-format "{/1}{-}{/}{/2}{-}{/}{} / {}"
diff --git a/presets/paleofetch.conf b/presets/paleofetch.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5dcf6c9..000000000
--- a/presets/paleofetch.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use paleofetch.jsonc instead
-
---structure Title:Separator:OS:Host:Kernel:Uptime:Battery:Break:Packages:Shell:Display:Terminal:Break:CPU:GPU:Memory:Break:Colors
---host-format "{/2}{-}{/}{2}{?3} {3}{?}"
---battery-format "{/4}{-}{/}{4}%{?5} [{5}]{?}"
---display-key "Display"
---gpu-key "GPU"
diff --git a/presets/software.conf b/presets/software.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index cd1e3e3f7..000000000
--- a/presets/software.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# This file is deprecated, use software.jsonc instead
-
---structure OS:Kernel:Shell:DE:WM:WMTheme:Theme:Icons:Font:Cursor:Terminal:TerminalFont