diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c462d6fe2d7..84f51e495e7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -953,13 +953,9 @@ Library
 - Issue #12049: Add RAND_bytes() and RAND_pseudo_bytes() functions to the ssl
   module.
 
-- Issue #12125: fixed the failures under Solaris due to improper test cleanup.
-
 - Issue #6501: os.device_encoding() returns None on Windows if the application
   has no console.
 
-- Issue #12132: Skip test_build_ext in case the xxmodule is not found.
-
 - Issue #12105: Add O_CLOEXEC to the os module.
 
 - Issue #12079: Decimal('Infinity').fma(Decimal('0'), (3.91224318126786e+19+0j))
@@ -1685,12 +1681,6 @@ Tests
 - Issue #12057: Add tests for ISO 2022 codecs (iso2022_jp, iso2022_jp_2,
   iso2022_kr).
 
-- Issue #12180: Fixed a few remaining errors in test_packaging when no
-  threading.
-
-- Issue #12120, #12119: skip a test in packaging and distutils
-  if sys.dont_write_bytecode is set to True.
-
 - Issue #12096: Fix a race condition in test_threading.test_waitfor(). Patch
   written by Charles-François Natali.