diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/__main__.py b/Lib/asyncio/__main__.py
index 91fff9aaee337b..3e2fe93943d4ed 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/__main__.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/__main__.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def run(self):
                 if err := check():
                     raise RuntimeError(err)
             except Exception as e:
-                console.interact(banner="", exitmsg=exit_message)
+                console.interact(banner="", exitmsg="")
             else:
                 try:
                     run_multiline_interactive_console(console=console)