diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 2cbaf221a59dea..727b0e75f03595 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ def send_fds(sock, buffers, fds, flags=0, address=None):
         import array
 
         return sock.sendmsg(buffers, [(_socket.SOL_SOCKET,
-            _socket.SCM_RIGHTS, array.array("i", fds))], flags, address)
+            _socket.SCM_RIGHTS, array.array("i", fds))])
     __all__.append("send_fds")
 
 if hasattr(_socket.socket, "recvmsg"):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 04dfb682ec6831..03c54151a2218f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -7366,30 +7366,6 @@ def close_fds(fds):
             data = os.read(rfd, 100)
             self.assertEqual(data,  str(index).encode())
 
-    def testSendAndRecvFdsByAddress(self):
-        rfd, wfd = os.pipe()
-        self.addCleanup(os.close, rfd)
-        self.addCleanup(os.close, wfd)
-
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-        address = socket_helper.create_unix_domain_name()
-        self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, address)
-        socket_helper.bind_unix_socket(sock, address)
-
-        socket.send_fds(sock, [MSG], [rfd], 0, address)
-
-        # request more data and file descriptors than expected
-        msg, (rfd2,), flags, addr = socket.recv_fds(sock, len(MSG) * 2, 2)
-        self.addCleanup(os.close, rfd2)
-        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
-        self.assertEqual(flags, 0)
-        self.assertEqual(addr, address)
-
-        # test that the file descriptor is connected
-        os.write(wfd, b'data')
-        data = os.read(rfd2, 100)
-        self.assertEqual(data,  b'data')
-
 
 class FreeThreadingTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 51eaaa96ebaa07..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix :func:`socket.send_fds` ignoring flags and address parameters.