diff --git a/scrapy/commands/shell.py b/scrapy/commands/shell.py
index 19138ffd0..52be1aadf 100644
--- a/scrapy/commands/shell.py
+++ b/scrapy/commands/shell.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 class Command(ScrapyCommand):
     default_settings: ClassVar[dict[str, Any]] = {
         "DUPEFILTER_CLASS": "scrapy.dupefilters.BaseDupeFilter",
-        "KEEP_ALIVE": True,
         "LOGSTATS_INTERVAL": 0,
     }