From bd826b9c77dbf7c789433cb8061c733c08634c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clinton <pygeek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 03:39:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gh-120157: Remove unused code in concurrent.future
 (gh-120187)

---
 Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py                           | 8 --------
 .../2024-06-07-02-00-31.gh-issue-120157.HnWcF9.rst        | 1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-07-02-00-31.gh-issue-120157.HnWcF9.rst

diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
index 6742a07753c..707fcdfde79 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/_base.py
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ CANCELLED = 'CANCELLED'
 CANCELLED_AND_NOTIFIED = 'CANCELLED_AND_NOTIFIED'
 FINISHED = 'FINISHED'
 
-_FUTURE_STATES = [
-    PENDING,
-    RUNNING,
-    CANCELLED,
-    CANCELLED_AND_NOTIFIED,
-    FINISHED
-]
-
 _STATE_TO_DESCRIPTION_MAP = {
     PENDING: "pending",
     RUNNING: "running",
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-07-02-00-31.gh-issue-120157.HnWcF9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-07-02-00-31.gh-issue-120157.HnWcF9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e905125797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-07-02-00-31.gh-issue-120157.HnWcF9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove unused constant ``concurrent.futures._base._FUTURE_STATES`` in :mod:`concurrent.futures`. Patch by Clinton Christian (pygeek).