diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67eb96fe..bb5898b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Clixon Changelog
 
+* [7.2.0](#720) Expected: October 2024
 * [7.1.0](#710) 3 July 2024
 * [7.0.1](#701) 3 April 2024
 * [7.0.0](#700) 8 March 2024
@@ -10,10 +11,14 @@
 * [6.1.0](#610) 19 Feb 2023
 * [6.0.0](#600) 29 Nov 2022
 
+## 7.2.0
+Expected: October 2024
+
 ## 7.1.0
 3 July 2024
 
-
+The 7.1.0 release features RESTCONF notifications for native mode,
+multi-datastore, and many new configure options.
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/cli_generate.c b/apps/cli/cli_generate.c
index b91d4bcb..47351382 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cli_generate.c
+++ b/apps/cli/cli_generate.c
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ yang2cli_var_identityref(yang_stmt *ys,
             if (nodeid_split(cv_name_get(cv), &prefix, &id) < 0)
                 goto done;
             /* Translate from module-name(prefix) to global prefix
-             * This is really a kludge for true identityref prefix handling
-             * IDENTITYREF_KLUDGE 
              * This is actually quite complicated: the cli needs to generate
              * a netconf statement with correct xmlns binding
              */
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d2d26942..e69ef543 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ INSTALL_DATA
 INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
 INCLUDES
+CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH
 CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR
 CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR
 CLIXON_VERSION
@@ -2811,11 +2812,11 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 # where autotool scripts are: install-sh, config.sub, config.guess
 
 
-CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="7"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="1"
-CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-# Use GIT, if this does not work, need a fallback mechanism
+# Use GIT version (what if no git?)
 CLIXON_VERSION="$(git log --pretty="format:%(describe) %ci" -n1)"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $1}')"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $2}')"
+CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $3}' | awk -F " " '{print $1}')"
 
 # Debug flag
 # Check whether --enable-debug was given.
@@ -4016,6 +4017,7 @@ test -n "$target_alias" &&
 
 
 
+
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: CLIXON version is ${CLIXON_VERSION}" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "CLIXON version is ${CLIXON_VERSION}" >&6; }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4131d74..b92006ef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/clixon/clixon.h.in])
 # where autotool scripts are: install-sh, config.sub, config.guess
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config-aux)
 
-CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="7"
-CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="1"
-CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="0"
-# Use GIT, if this does not work, need a fallback mechanism
+# Use GIT version (what if no git?)
 CLIXON_VERSION="$(git log --pretty="format:%(describe) %ci" -n1)"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $1}')"
+CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $2}')"
+CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH="$(echo $CLIXON_VERSION | awk -F "." '{print $3}' | awk -F " " '{print $1}')"
 
 # Debug flag
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug],[Build with debug symbols, default: no]),[
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AC_SUBST(CLIXON_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR)
 AC_SUBST(CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR)
+AC_SUBST(CLIXON_VERSION_PATCH)
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT(CLIXON version is ${CLIXON_VERSION})
 
diff --git a/include/clixon_custom.h b/include/clixon_custom.h
index 22b2529b..c229f77f 100644
--- a/include/clixon_custom.h
+++ b/include/clixon_custom.h
@@ -47,20 +47,6 @@
  */
 #undef RPC_USERNAME_ASSERT
 
-/*! Tag for wrong handling of identityref prefixes (XML encoding)
- *
- * See https://github.com/clicon/clixon/issues/90
- * Instead of using generic xmlns prefix bindings, the module's own prefix
- * is used.
- * In the CLI generation case, this is actually quite complicated: the cli 
- * needs to generate a netconf statement with correct xmlns binding.
- * The easy way to do this is to always generate all prefix/namespace bindings 
- * on the top-level for the modules involved in the netconf operation.
- * Update 2022-11: seems most cornercases are covered and this is now disabled.
- * I am sure there are remaining cases but undef this for now and close #90
- */
-#undef IDENTITYREF_KLUDGE
-
 /*! Optimize special list key searches in XPath finds
  *
  * Identify xpaths that search for exactly a list key, eg: "y[k='3']" and then call
@@ -198,14 +184,6 @@
  */
 #undef RESTCONF_INLINE
 
-/*! Backward compatible with 6.5 for Error, Log and Debug APIs
- *
- * Note: many(most) not covered by this constant need to GREP
- * This includes lots of clicon->clixon namechanges, see CHANGELOG for whole list
- * This constant will be removed after the 7.0 release
- */
-#define COMPAT_6_5
-
 /*! Use SHA256 (32 bytes) instead of SHA1 (20 bytes)
  *
  * Digest use is not cryptographic use, so SHA1 is enough for now
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
index 72bfe948..fb7da78d 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_err.h
@@ -119,15 +119,4 @@ int   clixon_err_exit(void);
 /* doesnt work if arg != NULL */
 #define clixon_netconf_error(h, x, f, a) clixon_err_fn((h), __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, OE_XML, 0,(x), (f)) 
 
-#if 1 /* COMPAT_6_5 */
-#define clicon_err(c,s,_fmt, args...) clixon_err_fn(NULL, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, (c), (s), NULL, _fmt , ##args)
-#define clicon_err_reset() clixon_err_reset()
-
-#define clicon_errno      clixon_err_category()
-#define clicon_suberrno   clixon_err_subnr()
-#define clicon_err_reason clixon_err_reason()
-
-#endif
-
-
 #endif  /* _CLIXON_ERR_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_handle.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_handle.h
index 0a81409e..aa8212aa 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_handle.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_handle.h
@@ -92,11 +92,4 @@ struct event_stream;
 int clicon_stream_set(clixon_handle h, struct event_stream *es);
 int clicon_stream_append(clixon_handle h, struct event_stream *es);
 
-/* COMPAT_6_5 */
-#if 1
-typedef void *clicon_handle; 
-#define clicon_handle_init() clixon_handle_init()
-#define clicon_handle_exit(h) clixon_handle_exit(h)
-#endif
-
 #endif  /* _CLIXON_HANDLE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
index df7de5b4..a831c97d 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
@@ -83,19 +83,4 @@ int clixon_get_logflags(void);
 int clixon_log_str(int level, char *msg);
 int clixon_log_fn(clixon_handle h, int user, int level, cxobj *x, const char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 5, 6)));
 
-#if 1 /* COMPAT_6_5 */
-#define CLICON_LOG_SYSLOG CLIXON_LOG_SYSLOG
-#define CLICON_LOG_STDERR CLIXON_LOG_STDERR
-#define CLICON_LOG_STDOUT CLIXON_LOG_STDOUT
-#define CLICON_LOG_FILE   CLIXON_LOG_FILE
-
-#define clicon_log(l, f, args...) clixon_log(NULL, (l), (f), ##args)
-#define clicon_log_exit() clixon_log_exit()
-#define clicon_log_opt(c) clixon_log_opt((c))
-#define clicon_log_file(f) clixon_log_file((f)) 
-
-int clicon_log_init(char *ident, int upto, int flags);
-
-#endif /* COMPAT_6_5 */
-
 #endif  /* _CLIXON_LOG_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
index 27df19fd..0f3543bc 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
@@ -238,20 +238,6 @@ check_body_namespace(cxobj     *x0,
     }
 #endif
     else{ /* Namespace does not exist in x0: error */
-#ifdef IDENTITYREF_KLUDGE
-        int ret;
-        if (ns1 == NULL){
-            if ((ret = yang_find_namespace_by_prefix(y, prefix, &ns0)) < 0)
-                goto done;
-            if (ret == 0){ /* no such namespace in yang */
-                ;
-            }
-            else{ /* Add it according to the kludge,... */
-                if (xml_add_attr(x0, prefix, ns0, "xmlns", NULL) == NULL)
-                    goto done;
-            }
-        }
-#else
         if ((cberr = cbuf_new()) == NULL){
             clixon_err(OE_UNIX, errno, "cbuf_new");
             goto done;
@@ -260,7 +246,6 @@ check_body_namespace(cxobj     *x0,
         if (netconf_invalid_value(cbret, "application", cbuf_get(cberr)) < 0)
             goto done;
         goto fail;
-#endif
     }
  ok:
     retval = 1;
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_json.c b/lib/src/clixon_json.c
index 490fef1c..06bbf825 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_json.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_json.c
@@ -481,31 +481,15 @@ xml2json_encode_identityref(cxobj     *xb,
     if (xml2ns(xb, prefix, &namespace) < 0)
         goto done;
     /* We got the namespace, now get the module */
-    //    clixon_debug(CLIXON_DBG_DEFAULT, "body:%s prefix:%s namespace:%s", body, prefix, namespace);
-#ifdef IDENTITYREF_KLUDGE
-    if (namespace == NULL){
-        /* If we dont find namespace here, we assume it is because of a missing
-         * xmlns that should be there, as a kludge we search for its (own)
-         * prefix in mymodule.
-         */
-        if ((ymod = yang_find_module_by_prefix_yspec(yspec, prefix)) != NULL)
-            cprintf(cb, "%s:%s", yang_argument_get(ymod), id);
-        else
+    if ((ymod = yang_find_module_by_namespace(yspec, namespace)) != NULL){
+        if (ymod == my_ymod)
             cprintf(cb, "%s", id);
+        else{
+            cprintf(cb, "%s:%s", yang_argument_get(ymod), id);
+        }
     }
     else
-#endif
-        {
-            if ((ymod = yang_find_module_by_namespace(yspec, namespace)) != NULL){
-                if (ymod == my_ymod)
-                    cprintf(cb, "%s", id);
-                else{
-                    cprintf(cb, "%s:%s", yang_argument_get(ymod), id);
-                }
-            }
-            else
-                cprintf(cb, "%s", id);
-        }
+        cprintf(cb, "%s", id);
     retval = 0;
  done:
     if (prefix)
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_log.c b/lib/src/clixon_log.c
index 86e45796..6b1c5f12 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_log.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_log.c
@@ -161,19 +161,6 @@ clixon_log_init(clixon_handle h,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef COMPAT_6_5
-/* Required for clixon-example autoconf
- */
-int
-clicon_log_init(char         *ident,
-                int           upto, 
-                int           flags)
-{
-    return clixon_log_init(NULL, ident, upto, flags);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 int
 clixon_log_exit(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_yang_module.c b/lib/src/clixon_yang_module.c
index f56a39e6..51683160 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_yang_module.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_yang_module.c
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@ yang_find_module_by_prefix(yang_stmt *ys,
 
 /*! Get module from its own prefix 
  *
- * This is really not a valid usecase, a kludge for the identityref derived
- * list workaround (IDENTITYREF_KLUDGE)
- * Actually, for canonical prefixes it is!
  */
 yang_stmt *
 yang_find_module_by_prefix_yspec(yang_stmt *yspec,