diff --git a/Core.lua b/Core.lua
index 948de8a..b4fb8e4 100644
--- a/Core.lua
+++ b/Core.lua
@@ -1933,6 +1933,9 @@ function CleveRoids.ParseMsg(msg)
                 -- e.g., distance:30:facing>1 → condition="distance", args="30:facing>1")
                 local conditionGroup = CleveRoids.splitStringIgnoringQuotes(conditionGroups, ":")
                 local condition = conditionGroup[1]
+                -- Rewrite deprecated names (e.g. mouseuse -> cursor) so old macros
+                -- keep working and only the current keyword exists downstream.
+                condition = CleveRoids.conditionalAliases[condition] or condition
                 local args = conditionGroup[2]
                 for _cgi = 3, table.getn(conditionGroup) do
                     args = (args or "") .. ":" .. conditionGroup[_cgi]
@@ -2586,22 +2589,6 @@ function CleveRoids.DoWithConditionals(msg, hook, fixEmptyTargetFunc, targetBefo
         end
     end
 
-    -- [mouseuse] modifier: auto-click the AOE targeting circle at cursor position
-    if conditionals.mouseuse and SpellIsTargeting() then
-        local wasAttacking = CleveRoids.CurrentSpell.autoAttack
-        CameraOrSelectOrMoveStart()
-        CameraOrSelectOrMoveStop()
-        -- CameraOrSelectOrMoveStart can start auto-attack as a side effect.
-        -- Stop it immediately if it wasn't active before.
-        if not wasAttacking then
-            local slot = CleveRoids.GetProxyActionSlot(CleveRoids.Localized.Attack)
-            if slot and CleveRoids.Hooks.IsCurrentAction(slot) then
-                AttackTarget()
-                CleveRoids.CurrentSpell.autoAttack = false
-            end
-        end
-    end
-
     if needRetarget then
         TargetLastTarget()
     end
diff --git a/Init.lua b/Init.lua
index e254c6b..0cdd1bd 100644
--- a/Init.lua
+++ b/Init.lua
@@ -187,11 +187,19 @@ CleveRoids.ignoreKeywords = {
     _operators    = true,  -- Metadata for AND/OR operator tracking
     _groups       = true,  -- Grouped conditional values for AND/OR evaluation
     multiscan     = true,  -- Processed before Keywords loop (target resolution)
-    mouseuse      = true,  -- Post-cast modifier: auto-click AOE targeting circle at cursor
     cursor        = true,  -- Modifier: place ground-target spell/item at cursor (CastAtCursor)
     stopattack    = true,  -- Post-cast modifier: stop autoattack after cast (CheapShot pattern)
 }
 
+-- Deprecated conditional names, rewritten to their current keyword in ParseMsg
+-- before anything downstream (evaluation, _groups) sees them. This is the path
+-- for renamed *modifiers* -- ignoreKeywords entries, which have no Keywords
+-- predicate that an alias could just point at the way [stl] does for [stealth].
+-- MacroErrorChecker also reads this table, so the old names stay valid syntax.
+CleveRoids.conditionalAliases = {
+    mouseuse = "cursor",  -- pre-ClassicAPI name, back when it clicked the AoE reticle
+}
+
 -- TODO: Localize?
 CleveRoids.countedItemTypes = {
     ["Consumable"]  = true,
diff --git a/MacroErrorChecker.lua b/MacroErrorChecker.lua
index e39797d..4074ebb 100644
--- a/MacroErrorChecker.lua
+++ b/MacroErrorChecker.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ if CleveRoids.ignoreKeywords then
     end
 end
 
+-- Deprecated names still valid in macros; ParseMsg rewrites them to the current
+-- keyword, so they never reach Keywords/ignoreKeywords under their old name.
+if CleveRoids.conditionalAliases then
+    for alias, _ in pairs(CleveRoids.conditionalAliases) do
+        VALID_CONDITIONALS[alias] = true
+    end
+end
+
 -- Known valid commands
 local VALID_COMMANDS = {
     -- Core commands NOT registered via SlashCmdList (so not auto-discoverable):