diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/ApiKeyService.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/ApiKeyService.java
index 76943843c77..a6050ea4d7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/ApiKeyService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/authc/ApiKeyService.java
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ public class ApiKeyService {
         boolQuery.filter(expiredQuery);
 
         final SearchRequest searchRequest = client.prepareSearch(SECURITY_MAIN_ALIAS)
-            .setScroll(DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_SETTING.get(settings))
             .setQuery(boolQuery)
             .setVersion(false)
             .setSize(1)