diff --git a/drivers/unix/net_socket_posix.h b/drivers/unix/net_socket_posix.h
index aa59ff36eedb..0bb10868364d 100644
--- a/drivers/unix/net_socket_posix.h
+++ b/drivers/unix/net_socket_posix.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include "core/io/net_socket.h"
 
+#ifndef UNIX_SOCKET_UNAVAILABLE
+
 #if defined(WINDOWS_ENABLED)
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
@@ -105,4 +107,6 @@ class NetSocketPosix : public NetSocket {
 	~NetSocketPosix();
 };
 
+#endif
+
 #endif // NET_SOCKET_POSIX_H
diff --git a/drivers/unix/os_unix.cpp b/drivers/unix/os_unix.cpp
index 8a9b13006897..41bac8f3bd8a 100644
--- a/drivers/unix/os_unix.cpp
+++ b/drivers/unix/os_unix.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ void OS_Unix::initialize_core() {
 	DirAccess::make_default<DirAccessUnix>(DirAccess::ACCESS_USERDATA);
 	DirAccess::make_default<DirAccessUnix>(DirAccess::ACCESS_FILESYSTEM);
 
+#ifndef UNIX_SOCKET_UNAVAILABLE
 	NetSocketPosix::make_default();
+#endif
 	IPUnix::make_default();
 	process_map = memnew((HashMap<ProcessID, ProcessInfo>));
 
@@ -175,7 +177,9 @@ void OS_Unix::initialize_core() {
 
 void OS_Unix::finalize_core() {
 	memdelete(process_map);
+#ifndef UNIX_SOCKET_UNAVAILABLE
 	NetSocketPosix::cleanup();
+#endif
 }
 
 Vector<String> OS_Unix::get_video_adapter_driver_info() const {
diff --git a/platform/web/detect.py b/platform/web/detect.py
index 26bbbccffa5d..25a5bbe5a596 100644
--- a/platform/web/detect.py
+++ b/platform/web/detect.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def configure(env: "SConsEnvironment"):
         sys.exit(255)
 
     env.Prepend(CPPPATH=["#platform/web"])
-    env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["WEB_ENABLED", "UNIX_ENABLED"])
+    env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["WEB_ENABLED", "UNIX_ENABLED", "UNIX_SOCKET_UNAVAILABLE"])
 
     if env["opengl3"]:
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["GLES3_ENABLED"])