diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b38873f5..8d6562096 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@ BUG FIXES:
 - Graceful handling/recovery for apps that have non-determinism or fail to halt
 - Graceful handling/recovery for violations of safety, or liveness
 
-## 0.19.1 (TBD)
+## 0.19.1 (April 27th, 2018)
+
+BREAKING (MINOR)
+
+- [config] Removed `wal_light` setting. If you really needed this, let us know
+
+FEATURES:
+
+- [cmd] Added `gen_node_key` command
 
 BUG FIXES
 
@@ -45,10 +53,6 @@ See github.com/tendermint/go-amino for details on the new format.
 See `scripts/wire2amino.go` for a tool to upgrade
 genesis/priv_validator/node_key JSON files.
 
-FEATURES:
-- [cmd] added `gen_node_key` command
-
-
 ## 0.18.0 (April 6th, 2018)
 
 BREAKING:
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e83e9e51d..b76f5ed19 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -367,10 +367,9 @@ func (cfg *MempoolConfig) WalDir() string {
 // ConsensusConfig defines the confuguration for the Tendermint consensus service,
 // including timeouts and details about the WAL and the block structure.
 type ConsensusConfig struct {
-	RootDir  string `mapstructure:"home"`
-	WalPath  string `mapstructure:"wal_file"`
-	WalLight bool   `mapstructure:"wal_light"`
-	walFile  string // overrides WalPath if set
+	RootDir string `mapstructure:"home"`
+	WalPath string `mapstructure:"wal_file"`
+	walFile string // overrides WalPath if set
 
 	// All timeouts are in milliseconds
 	TimeoutPropose        int `mapstructure:"timeout_propose"`
@@ -401,7 +400,6 @@ type ConsensusConfig struct {
 func DefaultConsensusConfig() *ConsensusConfig {
 	return &ConsensusConfig{
 		WalPath:                     filepath.Join(defaultDataDir, "cs.wal", "wal"),
-		WalLight:                    false,
 		TimeoutPropose:              3000,
 		TimeoutProposeDelta:         500,
 		TimeoutPrevote:              1000,
diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index f1c869355..a19fb3158 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ wal_dir = "{{ .Mempool.WalPath }}"
 [consensus]
 
 wal_file = "{{ .Consensus.WalPath }}"
-wal_light = {{ .Consensus.WalLight }}
 
 # All timeouts are in milliseconds
 timeout_propose = {{ .Consensus.TimeoutPropose }}
diff --git a/consensus/replay_test.go b/consensus/replay_test.go
index 75f208bb6..c706cef0c 100644
--- a/consensus/replay_test.go
+++ b/consensus/replay_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/abci/example/kvstore"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/abci/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
+	crypto "github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
 	auto "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/autofile"
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/common"
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/db"
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ func testHandshakeReplay(t *testing.T, nBlocks int, mode uint) {
 
 	privVal := pvm.LoadFilePV(config.PrivValidatorFile())
 
-	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile, false)
+	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 2e97c4953..bd069f70c 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) Wait() {
 
 // OpenWAL opens a file to log all consensus messages and timeouts for deterministic accountability
 func (cs *ConsensusState) OpenWAL(walFile string) (WAL, error) {
-	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile, cs.config.WalLight)
+	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		cs.Logger.Error("Failed to open WAL for consensus state", "wal", walFile, "err", err)
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/consensus/wal.go b/consensus/wal.go
index 694e2516e..d22c3ea1f 100644
--- a/consensus/wal.go
+++ b/consensus/wal.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
+	amino "github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	auto "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/autofile"
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/common"
@@ -67,12 +67,11 @@ type baseWAL struct {
 	cmn.BaseService
 
 	group *auto.Group
-	light bool // ignore block parts
 
 	enc *WALEncoder
 }
 
-func NewWAL(walFile string, light bool) (*baseWAL, error) {
+func NewWAL(walFile string) (*baseWAL, error) {
 	err := cmn.EnsureDir(filepath.Dir(walFile), 0700)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to ensure WAL directory is in place")
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ func NewWAL(walFile string, light bool) (*baseWAL, error) {
 	}
 	wal := &baseWAL{
 		group: group,
-		light: light,
 		enc:   NewWALEncoder(group),
 	}
 	wal.BaseService = *cmn.NewBaseService(nil, "baseWAL", wal)
@@ -117,15 +115,6 @@ func (wal *baseWAL) Save(msg WALMessage) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if wal.light {
-		// in light mode we only write new steps, timeouts, and our own votes (no proposals, block parts)
-		if mi, ok := msg.(msgInfo); ok {
-			if mi.PeerID != "" {
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Write the wal message
 	if err := wal.enc.Encode(&TimedWALMessage{time.Now(), msg}); err != nil {
 		cmn.PanicQ(cmn.Fmt("Error writing msg to consensus wal: %v \n\nMessage: %v", err, msg))
diff --git a/consensus/wal_test.go b/consensus/wal_test.go
index 45af36e12..eebbc85a2 100644
--- a/consensus/wal_test.go
+++ b/consensus/wal_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestWALSearchForEndHeight(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	walFile := tempWALWithData(walBody)
 
-	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile, false)
+	wal, err := NewWAL(walFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/specification/configuration.rst b/docs/specification/configuration.rst
index 2a9ad794e..6b52dbd1e 100644
--- a/docs/specification/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/specification/configuration.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ like the file below, however, double check by inspecting the
     [consensus]
 
     wal_file = "data/cs.wal/wal"
-    wal_light = false
 
     # All timeouts are in milliseconds
     timeout_propose = 3000