diff --git a/run_agent.py b/run_agent.py
index d6dc9a0240..bb1c8b8995 100644
--- a/run_agent.py
+++ b/run_agent.py
@@ -4366,29 +4366,6 @@ class AIAgent:
                 self._client_log_context(),
             )
             return client
-        # Inject TCP keepalives to detect dead connections faster (#10324).
-        # Without keepalives, a provider that drops mid-stream leaves the
-        # socket in CLOSE-WAIT and epoll_wait may never fire, causing the
-        # agent to hang indefinitely.  Keepalive probes detect the dead
-        # peer within ~60s (30s idle + 3×10s probes).
-        if "http_client" not in client_kwargs:
-            try:
-                import httpx as _httpx
-                import socket as _socket
-                _sock_opts = [(_socket.SOL_SOCKET, _socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)]
-                if hasattr(_socket, "TCP_KEEPIDLE"):
-                    # Linux
-                    _sock_opts.append((_socket.IPPROTO_TCP, _socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, 30))
-                    _sock_opts.append((_socket.IPPROTO_TCP, _socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, 10))
-                    _sock_opts.append((_socket.IPPROTO_TCP, _socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, 3))
-                elif hasattr(_socket, "TCP_KEEPALIVE"):
-                    # macOS (uses TCP_KEEPALIVE instead of TCP_KEEPIDLE)
-                    _sock_opts.append((_socket.IPPROTO_TCP, _socket.TCP_KEEPALIVE, 30))
-                client_kwargs["http_client"] = _httpx.Client(
-                    transport=_httpx.HTTPTransport(socket_options=_sock_opts),
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                pass  # Fall through to default transport if socket opts fail
         client = OpenAI(**client_kwargs)
         logger.info(
             "OpenAI client created (%s, shared=%s) %s",