diff --git a/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl b/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
index 6a120aa47..b010a7860 100644
--- a/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
+++ b/scrapy/templates/project/module/settings.py.tmpl
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ ROBOTSTXT_OBEY = True
 THROTTLING_SCOPE_CONCURRENCY = 1
 DOWNLOAD_DELAY = 1
 
-# Override the polite defaults above for specific domains, e.g. to crawl a site
-# you own (or one meant for scraping) faster:
-#THROTTLING_SCOPES = {
-#    "example.com": {"concurrency": 16, "delay": 0.1},
-#}
-
 # Disable cookies (enabled by default)
 #COOKIES_ENABLED = False