diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1bc7e1f0de9e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-25-19-04-10.gh-issue-127072.-c284K.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove outdated ``socket.NETLINK_*`` constants not present in Linux kernels beyond 2.6.17.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 2764bd6e2b2a47..52f04f0f9bd245 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -7591,36 +7591,20 @@ socket_exec(PyObject *m)
     /*  */
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, AF_NETLINK);
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ROUTE);
-#ifdef NETLINK_SKIP
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_SKIP);
-#endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_W1
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_W1);
-#endif
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_USERSOCK);
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_FIREWALL);
-#ifdef NETLINK_TCPDIAG
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_TCPDIAG);
-#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_NFLOG
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_NFLOG);
 #endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_XFRM
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_XFRM);
 #endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_ARPD
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ARPD);
-#endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_ROUTE6
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_ROUTE6);
-#endif
+#ifdef NETLINK_IP6_FW
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_IP6_FW);
+#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_DNRTMSG
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_DNRTMSG);
 #endif
-#ifdef NETLINK_TAPBASE
-    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_TAPBASE);
-#endif
 #ifdef NETLINK_CRYPTO
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, NETLINK_CRYPTO);
 #endif