diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 1906123..74ce5e1 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -7934,16 +7934,9 @@ send_autosplit_message (struct server *s,
 
 // --- Configuration dumper ----------------------------------------------------
 
-struct config_dump_level
-{
-	struct config_dump_level *next;     ///< Next print level
-	const char *name;                   ///< Name of the object
-};
-
 struct config_dump_data
 {
-	struct config_dump_level *head;     ///< The first level
-	struct config_dump_level **tail;    ///< Where to place further levels
+	struct strv path;                   ///< Levels
 	struct strv *output;                ///< Where to place new entries
 };
 
@@ -7956,23 +7949,14 @@ config_dump_children
 {
 	hard_assert (object->type == CONFIG_ITEM_OBJECT);
 
-	struct config_dump_level level;
-	level.next = NULL;
-
-	struct config_dump_level **prev_tail = data->tail;
-	*data->tail = &level;
-	data->tail = &level.next;
-
 	struct str_map_iter iter = str_map_iter_make (&object->value.object);
 	struct config_item *child;
 	while ((child = str_map_iter_next (&iter)))
 	{
-		level.name = iter.link->key;
+		strv_append_owned (&data->path, iter.link->key);
 		config_dump_item (child, data);
+		strv_steal (&data->path, data->path.len - 1);
 	}
-
-	data->tail = prev_tail;
-	*data->tail = NULL;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -7992,14 +7976,10 @@ config_dump_item (struct config_item *item, struct config_dump_data *data)
 		return;
 
 	struct str line = str_make ();
-	struct config_dump_level *iter = data->head;
-	if (iter)
-	{
-		str_append (&line, iter->name);
-		iter = iter->next;
-	}
-	for (; iter; iter = iter->next)
-		str_append_printf (&line, ".%s", iter->name);
+	if (data->path.len)
+		str_append (&line, data->path.vector[0]);
+	for (size_t i = 1; i < data->path.len; i++)
+		str_append_printf (&line, ".%s", data->path.vector[i]);
 
 	struct str value = str_make ();
 	config_item_write (item, false, &value);
@@ -8027,11 +8007,13 @@ static void
 config_dump (struct config_item *root, struct strv *output)
 {
 	struct config_dump_data data;
-	data.head = NULL;
-	data.tail = &data.head;
+	data.path = strv_make ();
 	data.output = output;
 
 	config_dump_item (root, &data);
+
+	hard_assert (!data.path.len);
+	strv_free (&data.path);
 }
 
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