diff --git a/cli/command/stack/client_test.go b/cli/command/stack/client_test.go
index d4c373ce12..22be9dc06a 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/client_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/client_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/convert"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/swarm"
@@ -34,6 +35,13 @@ type fakeClient struct {
 	configRemoveFunc  func(configID string) error
 }
 
+func (cli *fakeClient) ServerVersion(ctx context.Context) (types.Version, error) {
+	return types.Version{
+		Version:    "docker-dev",
+		APIVersion: api.DefaultVersion,
+	}, nil
+}
+
 func (cli *fakeClient) ServiceList(ctx context.Context, options types.ServiceListOptions) ([]swarm.Service, error) {
 	if cli.serviceListFunc != nil {
 		return cli.serviceListFunc(options)
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/remove.go b/cli/command/stack/remove.go
index 09431dad70..b63c385a7e 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/remove.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/remove.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/swarm"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/versions"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -55,10 +56,20 @@ func runRemove(dockerCli command.Cli, opts removeOptions) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		configs, err := getStackConfigs(ctx, client, namespace)
+		var configs []swarm.Config
+
+		version, err := client.ServerVersion(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if versions.LessThan(version.APIVersion, "1.30") {
+			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Err(), `WARNING: ignoring "configs" (requires API version 1.30, but the Docker daemon API version is %s)`, version.APIVersion)
+		} else {
+			configs, err = getStackConfigs(ctx, client, namespace)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 
 		if len(services)+len(networks)+len(secrets)+len(configs) == 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Nothing found in stack: %s\n", namespace)