diff --git a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
index 57fe1d17a..8b3bdbabe 100644
--- a/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/settings/__init__.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class BaseSettings(MutableMapping):
 
             return SettingsAttribute(default, get_settings_priority("project"))
         else:
-            del self.attributes[name]
+            self.__delitem__(name)
             return value
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
index 0e2f4aa98..125b1d96f 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings/__init__.py
@@ -464,6 +464,22 @@ class SettingsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(dummy_config.value, "dummy_value")
 
+    def test_pop_item_with_frozen_settings(self):
+        settings = Settings(
+            {"DUMMY_CONFIG": "dummy_value", "OTHER_DUMMY_CONFIG": "other_dummy_value"}
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(settings.pop("DUMMY_CONFIG").value, "dummy_value")
+
+        settings.freeze()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError) as error:
+            settings.pop("OTHER_DUMMY_CONFIG")
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(error.exception), "Trying to modify an immutable Settings object"
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()