diff --git a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
index 1048dda82d1..22e9f1deb40 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ func (c *Config) CompileConfig() error {
 	}
 	disabledKinds := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, kind := range c.DisableKinds {
-		disabledKinds[strings.ToLower(kind)] = true
+		kind = strings.ToLower(kind)
+		if kind == "taxonomyterm" {
+			// Legacy config.
+			kind = "term"
+		}
+		disabledKinds[kind] = true
 	}
 	kindOutputFormats := make(map[string]output.Formats)
 	isRssDisabled := disabledKinds["rss"]
diff --git a/hugolib/config_test.go b/hugolib/config_test.go
index 994734ce6e3..1d4372e41f5 100644
--- a/hugolib/config_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/config_test.go
@@ -897,3 +897,32 @@ mainSections: []
 `)
 
 }
+
+func TestConfigLegacyValues(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+# taxonomyTerm was renamed to term in Hugo 0.60.0.
+disableKinds = ["taxonomyTerm"]
+
+-- layouts/index.html --
+Home
+
+`
+
+	b, err := NewIntegrationTestBuilder(
+		IntegrationTestConfig{
+			T:           t,
+			TxtarString: files,
+		},
+	).BuildE()
+
+	b.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", `		
+Home
+`)
+
+	conf := b.H.Configs.Base
+	b.Assert(conf.IsKindEnabled("term"), qt.Equals, false)
+}