diff --git a/include/GNUmakefile.am b/include/GNUmakefile.am
index daae417..c9abcb9 100644
--- a/include/GNUmakefile.am
+++ b/include/GNUmakefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 noinst_HEADERS = \
-	libsocketcan-nlstuff.h \
-	can/netlink.h
+	libsocketcan-nlstuff.h
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = \
 	socketcan_netlink.h
diff --git a/include/can/netlink.h b/include/can/netlink.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ecbb78..0000000
--- a/include/can/netlink.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * linux/can/netlink.h
- *
- * Definitions for the CAN netlink interface
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2009 Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
- *
- * Send feedback to <socketcan-users@lists.berlios.de>
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef CAN_NETLINK_H
-#define CAN_NETLINK_H
-
-#include <linux/types.h>
-
-/*
- * CAN bit-timing parameters
- *
- * For futher information, please read chapter "8 BIT TIMING
- * REQUIREMENTS" of the "Bosch CAN Specification version 2.0"
- * at http://www.semiconductors.bosch.de/pdf/can2spec.pdf.
- */
-struct can_bittiming {
-	__u32 bitrate;		/* Bit-rate in bits/second */
-	__u32 sample_point;	/* Sample point in one-tenth of a percent */
-	__u32 tq;		/* Time quanta (TQ) in nanoseconds */
-	__u32 prop_seg;		/* Propagation segment in TQs */
-	__u32 phase_seg1;	/* Phase buffer segment 1 in TQs */
-	__u32 phase_seg2;	/* Phase buffer segment 2 in TQs */
-	__u32 sjw;		/* Synchronisation jump width in TQs */
-	__u32 brp;		/* Bit-rate prescaler */
-};
-
-/*
- * CAN harware-dependent bit-timing constant
- *
- * Used for calculating and checking bit-timing parameters
- */
-struct can_bittiming_const {
-	char name[16];		/* Name of the CAN controller hardware */
-	__u32 tseg1_min;	/* Time segement 1 = prop_seg + phase_seg1 */
-	__u32 tseg1_max;
-	__u32 tseg2_min;	/* Time segement 2 = phase_seg2 */
-	__u32 tseg2_max;
-	__u32 sjw_max;		/* Synchronisation jump width */
-	__u32 brp_min;		/* Bit-rate prescaler */
-	__u32 brp_max;
-	__u32 brp_inc;
-};
-
-/*
- * CAN clock parameters
- */
-struct can_clock {
-	__u32 freq;		/* CAN system clock frequency in Hz */
-};
-
-/*
- * CAN operational and error states
- */
-enum can_state {
-	CAN_STATE_ERROR_ACTIVE = 0,	/* RX/TX error count < 96 */
-	CAN_STATE_ERROR_WARNING,	/* RX/TX error count < 128 */
-	CAN_STATE_ERROR_PASSIVE,	/* RX/TX error count < 256 */
-	CAN_STATE_BUS_OFF,		/* RX/TX error count >= 256 */
-	CAN_STATE_STOPPED,		/* Device is stopped */
-	CAN_STATE_SLEEPING,		/* Device is sleeping */
-	CAN_STATE_MAX
-};
-
-/*
- * CAN controller mode
- */
-struct can_ctrlmode {
-	__u32 mask;
-	__u32 flags;
-};
-
-#define CAN_CTRLMODE_LOOPBACK	0x1	/* Loopback mode */
-#define CAN_CTRLMODE_LISTENONLY	0x2 	/* Listen-only mode */
-#define CAN_CTRLMODE_3_SAMPLES	0x4	/* Triple sampling mode */
-
-/*
- * CAN device statistics
- */
-struct can_device_stats {
-	__u32 bus_error;	/* Bus errors */
-	__u32 error_warning;	/* Changes to error warning state */
-	__u32 error_passive;	/* Changes to error passive state */
-	__u32 bus_off;		/* Changes to bus off state */
-	__u32 arbitration_lost; /* Arbitration lost errors */
-	__u32 restarts;		/* CAN controller re-starts */
-};
-
-/*
- * CAN netlink interface
- */
-enum {
-	IFLA_CAN_UNSPEC,
-	IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING,
-	IFLA_CAN_BITTIMING_CONST,
-	IFLA_CAN_CLOCK,
-	IFLA_CAN_STATE,
-	IFLA_CAN_CTRLMODE,
-	IFLA_CAN_RESTART_MS,
-	IFLA_CAN_RESTART,
-	__IFLA_CAN_MAX
-};
-
-#define IFLA_CAN_MAX	(__IFLA_CAN_MAX - 1)
-
-#endif /* CAN_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/include/socketcan_netlink.h b/include/socketcan_netlink.h
index 19fd4df..0ab4729 100644
--- a/include/socketcan_netlink.h
+++ b/include/socketcan_netlink.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef _SOCKETCAN_NETLINK_H
 #define _SOCKETCAN_NETLINK_H
 
+#include <linux/can/netlink.h>
+
 #define IFLA_CAN_MAX	(__IFLA_CAN_MAX - 1)
 #define IF_UP 1
 #define IF_DOWN 2
diff --git a/src/socketcan_netlink.c b/src/socketcan_netlink.c
index 693d323..b571e0d 100644
--- a/src/socketcan_netlink.c
+++ b/src/socketcan_netlink.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 
-#include <can/netlink.h>
 #include <socketcan_netlink.h>
 
 #define parse_rtattr_nested(tb, max, rta) \