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+The ``TKINTER_PROTECT_LOADTK`` macro is no longer defined or used in the
+``_tkinter`` module.  It was previously only defined when building against
+Tk 8.4.13 and older, but Tk older than 8.5.12 has been unsupported since
+:gh-issue:`91152`.