diff --git a/channeldb/db.go b/channeldb/db.go
index 146c07449..7515d1ae5 100644
--- a/channeldb/db.go
+++ b/channeldb/db.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration27"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration29"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration30"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration31"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration_01_to_11"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/clock"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
@@ -276,6 +277,14 @@ var (
 			number:    29,
 			migration: migration29.MigrateChanID,
 		},
+		{
+			// Removes the "sweeper-last-tx" bucket. Although we
+			// do not have a mandatory version 30 we skip this
+			// version because its naming is already used for the
+			// first optional migration.
+			number:    31,
+			migration: migration31.DeleteLastPublishedTxTLB,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// optionalVersions stores all optional migrations that are applied
diff --git a/channeldb/log.go b/channeldb/log.go
index 2e2703ccd..a53d662cd 100644
--- a/channeldb/log.go
+++ b/channeldb/log.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration16"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration24"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration30"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration31"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migration_01_to_11"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
 )
@@ -40,5 +41,6 @@ func UseLogger(logger btclog.Logger) {
 	migration16.UseLogger(logger)
 	migration24.UseLogger(logger)
 	migration30.UseLogger(logger)
+	migration31.UseLogger(logger)
 	kvdb.UseLogger(logger)
 }
diff --git a/channeldb/migration31/log.go b/channeldb/migration31/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a863b7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channeldb/migration31/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package migration31
+
+import (
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btclog"
+)
+
+// log is a logger that is initialized as disabled.  This means the package will
+// not perform any logging by default until a logger is set.
+var log = btclog.Disabled
+
+// UseLogger uses a specified Logger to output package logging info.
+func UseLogger(logger btclog.Logger) {
+	log = logger
+}
diff --git a/channeldb/migration31/migration.go b/channeldb/migration31/migration.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4392d8508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channeldb/migration31/migration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package migration31
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
+)
+
+// DeleteLastPublishedTxTLB deletes the top level bucket with the key
+// "sweeper-last-tx".
+func DeleteLastPublishedTxTLB(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+	log.Infof("Deleting top-level bucket: %x ...", lastTxBucketKey)
+
+	err := tx.DeleteTopLevelBucket(lastTxBucketKey)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, walletdb.ErrBucketNotFound) {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("Deleted top-level bucket: %x", lastTxBucketKey)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/channeldb/migration31/migration_test.go b/channeldb/migration31/migration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3290736f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channeldb/migration31/migration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package migration31
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/migtest"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var (
+	hexStr = migtest.Hex
+
+	// lastTxBefore is the "sweeper-last-tx" bucket before the migration.
+	// We fill the last-tx value with a dummy hex string because the actual
+	// value is not important when deleting the bucket.
+	lastTxBefore = map[string]interface{}{
+		"sweeper-last-tx": hexStr("0000"),
+	}
+)
+
+// TestDeleteLastPublishTxTLP asserts that the sweeper-last-tx bucket is
+// properly deleted.
+func TestDeleteLastPublishTxTLP(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Prime the database with the populated sweeper-last-tx bucket.
+	before := func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+		return migtest.RestoreDB(tx, lastTxBucketKey, lastTxBefore)
+	}
+
+	// After the migration, ensure that the sweeper-last-tx bucket was
+	// properly deleted.
+	after := func(tx kvdb.RwTx) error {
+		err := migtest.VerifyDB(tx, lastTxBucketKey, nil)
+		require.ErrorContains(
+			t, err,
+			fmt.Sprintf("bucket %s not found", lastTxBucketKey),
+		)
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	migtest.ApplyMigration(
+		t, before, after, DeleteLastPublishedTxTLB, false,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/channeldb/migration31/store.go b/channeldb/migration31/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f5d7a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/channeldb/migration31/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package migration31
+
+var (
+	// lastTxBucketKey is the key that points to a bucket containing a
+	// single item storing the last published sweep tx.
+	//
+	// maps: lastTxKey -> serialized_tx
+	lastTxBucketKey = []byte("sweeper-last-tx")
+)