diff --git a/rule.go b/rule.go
index e0c43b8..39594cf 100644
--- a/rule.go
+++ b/rule.go
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ type Rule struct {
 	// Position can be set to the Handle of another Rule to insert the new Rule
 	// before (InsertRule) or after (AddRule) the existing rule.
 	Position uint64
-	// The list of possible flags are specified by nftnl_rule_attr, see
-	// https://git.netfilter.org/libnftnl/tree/include/libnftnl/rule.h#n21
-	// Current nftables go implementation supports only
-	// NFTNL_RULE_POSITION flag for setting rule at position 0
+	// Deprecated: The feature for which this field was added never worked.
+	// The field may be removed in a later version.
 	Flags uint32
 	// PositionID can be set to the ID of another Rule, same as Position, for when
 	// the existing rule is not yet committed.
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ func (cc *Conn) newRule(r *Rule, op ruleOperation) *Rule {
 		flags = netlink.Request | netlink.Acknowledge | netlink.Replace
 	}
 
-	if r.Position != 0 || (r.Flags&(1<<unix.NFTA_RULE_POSITION)) != 0 {
+	if r.Position != 0 {
 		msgData = append(msgData, cc.marshalAttr([]netlink.Attribute{
 			{Type: unix.NFTA_RULE_POSITION, Data: binaryutil.BigEndian.PutUint64(r.Position)},
 		})...)