diff --git a/filter.go b/filter.go
index 938b28b..1120c79 100644
--- a/filter.go
+++ b/filter.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package netlink
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink/nl"
 )
 
 type Filter interface {
@@ -184,14 +182,6 @@ func NewMirredAction(redirIndex int) *MirredAction {
 	}
 }
 
-// Constants used in TcU32Sel.Flags.
-const (
-	TC_U32_TERMINAL  = nl.TC_U32_TERMINAL
-	TC_U32_OFFSET    = nl.TC_U32_OFFSET
-	TC_U32_VAROFFSET = nl.TC_U32_VAROFFSET
-	TC_U32_EAT       = nl.TC_U32_EAT
-)
-
 // Sel of the U32 filters that contains multiple TcU32Key. This is the copy
 // and the frontend representation of nl.TcU32Sel. It is serialized into canonical
 // nl.TcU32Sel with the appropriate endianness.
diff --git a/filter_linux.go b/filter_linux.go
index 8531122..5025bd5 100644
--- a/filter_linux.go
+++ b/filter_linux.go
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink/nl"
 )
 
+// Constants used in TcU32Sel.Flags.
+const (
+	TC_U32_TERMINAL  = nl.TC_U32_TERMINAL
+	TC_U32_OFFSET    = nl.TC_U32_OFFSET
+	TC_U32_VAROFFSET = nl.TC_U32_VAROFFSET
+	TC_U32_EAT       = nl.TC_U32_EAT
+)
+
 // Fw filter filters on firewall marks
 // NOTE: this is in filter_linux because it refers to nl.TcPolice which
 //       is defined in nl/tc_linux.go