diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
index 3cbfbd7..4b57f76 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_hledger.bash
@@ -70,30 +70,11 @@ function lib_hledger::hledger-web()
 # Constructor
 function lib_hledger::__hledger()
 {
-  # Base arguments to hledger before end-user added
+  # Base arguments to hledger suite before end-user added
+  [ -z "$global_conf_hledger" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
   [ -z "$global_child_profile_journal" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
-  declare -g global_base_args=("-f" "$global_child_profile_journal")
-
-  #
-  # Apply features to given hledger version.
-  #
-  # CLI version formats:
-  #
-  #  hledger 1.34, linux-x86_64
-  #  hledger 1.34.99-gcf0c7c2ef-20240702, linux-x86_64
-  #
-
-  # TODO: remove now that 1.40 is guaranteed minimum
-  # 1.34.99 and above
-  hledger --version \
-    | gawk '{ if ($2 !~ /^1.3(4.99|([5-9][\.[0-99]?))/) { exit 1 } }' FS=' '
-
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    # --conf is supported
-    [ -z "$global_conf_hledger" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal
-    global_base_args+=("--conf" "$global_conf_hledger")
-  fi
 
+  declare -g global_base_args=("--conf" "$global_conf_hledger" "-f" "$global_child_profile_journal")
   lib_utils::print_debug "${global_base_args[*]}" "$@"
 }