diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e0a524..1f5f8a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ minitor-go:
 check_interval: 1m30s
 ```
 
-For the time being, legacy configs for the Python version of Minitor should be compatible if you apply the `-py-compat` flag when running Minitor. Eventually, this flag will go away when later breaking changes are introduced.
+The `-py-compat` flag has been removed. Any existing Python oriented configuration needs to be migrated to the new templates.
 
 ## Future
 
diff --git a/alert.go b/alert.go
index 4935216..740463b 100644
--- a/alert.go
+++ b/alert.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
@@ -45,26 +44,12 @@ func (alert Alert) IsValid() bool {
 
 // BuildTemplates compiles command templates for the Alert
 func (alert *Alert) BuildTemplates() error {
-	// TODO: Remove legacy template support later after 1.0
-	legacy := strings.NewReplacer(
-		"{alert_count}", "{{.AlertCount}}",
-		"{alert_message}", "{{.MonitorName}} check has failed {{.FailureCount}} times",
-		"{failure_count}", "{{.FailureCount}}",
-		"{last_output}", "{{.LastCheckOutput}}",
-		"{last_success}", "{{.LastSuccess}}",
-		"{monitor_name}", "{{.MonitorName}}",
-	)
-
 	slog.Debugf("Building template for alert %s", alert.Name)
 
 	switch {
 	case alert.commandTemplate == nil && alert.Command.Command != nil:
 		alert.commandTemplate = []*template.Template{}
 		for i, cmdPart := range alert.Command.Command {
-			if PyCompat {
-				cmdPart = legacy.Replace(cmdPart)
-			}
-
 			alert.commandTemplate = append(alert.commandTemplate, template.Must(
 				template.New(alert.Name+fmt.Sprint(i)).Parse(cmdPart),
 			))
@@ -72,10 +57,6 @@ func (alert *Alert) BuildTemplates() error {
 	case alert.commandShellTemplate == nil && alert.Command.ShellCommand != "":
 		shellCmd := alert.Command.ShellCommand
 
-		if PyCompat {
-			shellCmd = legacy.Replace(shellCmd)
-		}
-
 		alert.commandShellTemplate = template.Must(
 			template.New(alert.Name).Parse(shellCmd),
 		)
diff --git a/alert_test.go b/alert_test.go
index 18c4bdc..ff15a5d 100644
--- a/alert_test.go
+++ b/alert_test.go
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ func TestAlertSend(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		log.Printf("Testing case %s", c.name)
-		// Set PyCompat to value of compat flag
-		PyCompat = c.pyCompat
 
 		err := c.alert.BuildTemplates()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -121,9 +119,6 @@ func TestAlertSend(t *testing.T) {
 			log.Printf("Case failed: %s", c.name)
 		}
 
-		// Set PyCompat back to default value
-		PyCompat = false
-
 		log.Println("-----")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 0e3c7d6..64cf410 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -182,18 +182,6 @@ func LoadConfig(filePath string) (config Config, err error) {
 
 	slog.Debugf("Config values:\n%v\n", config)
 
-	// Add log alert if not present
-	if PyCompat {
-		// Initialize alerts list if not present
-		if config.Alerts == nil {
-			config.Alerts = map[string]*Alert{}
-		}
-
-		if _, ok := config.Alerts["log"]; !ok {
-			config.Alerts["log"] = NewLogAlert()
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Finish initializing configuration
 	if err = config.Init(); err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index 1f023c7..2a20bad 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"./test/valid-config.yml", false, "Valid config file", false},
 		{"./test/valid-config-default-values.yml", false, "Valid config file with default values", false},
-		{"./test/valid-default-log-alert.yml", false, "Valid config file with default log alert PyCompat", true},
 		{"./test/valid-default-log-alert.yml", true, "Invalid config file no log alert", false},
 		{"./test/does-not-exist", true, "Invalid config path", false},
 		{"./test/invalid-config-type.yml", true, "Invalid config type for key", false},
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		log.Printf("Testing case %s", c.name)
-		// Set PyCompat based on compatibility mode
-		PyCompat = c.pyCompat
 		_, err := LoadConfig(c.configPath)
 		hasErr := (err != nil)
 
@@ -34,9 +31,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("LoadConfig(%v), expected_error=%v actual=%v", c.name, c.expectErr, err)
 			log.Printf("Case failed: %s", c.name)
 		}
-
-		// Set PyCompat to default value
-		PyCompat = false
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 97249e2..39f8e14 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ var (
 	// Metrics contains all active metrics
 	Metrics = NewMetrics()
 
-	// PyCompat enables support for legacy Python templates
-	PyCompat = false
-
 	// version of minitor being run
 	version = "dev"
 
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&slog.DebugLevel, "debug", false, "Enables debug logs (default: false)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&ExportMetrics, "metrics", false, "Enables prometheus metrics exporting (default: false)")
-	flag.BoolVar(&PyCompat, "py-compat", false, "Enables support for legacy Python Minitor config. Will eventually be removed. (default: false)")
 	flag.IntVar(&MetricsPort, "metrics-port", MetricsPort, "The port that Prometheus metrics should be exported on, if enabled. (default: 8080)")
 	flag.Parse()