diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
index e7cbbd5..5c0875b 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ class ConsoleWidget(Configurable, QtGui.QWidget):
 
         return menu
 
-    def _control_key_down(self, modifiers, include_command=True):
+    def _control_key_down(self, modifiers, include_command=False):
         """ Given a KeyboardModifiers flags object, return whether the Control
         key is down.