diff --git a/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/request.rs b/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/request.rs
index 5f85e5ece..c36202cdc 100644
--- a/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/request.rs
+++ b/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/request.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ pub enum Request {
     /// TODO: Accept `ViewingKeyWithHash`es and return Ok(()) if successful or an error
     RegisterKeys(Vec<()>),
 
-    /// TODO: Accept `KeyHash`es and return Ok(`Vec<KeyHash>`) with hashes of deleted keys
-    DeleteKeys(Vec<()>),
+    /// Deletes viewing keys and their results from the database.
+    DeleteKeys(Vec<String>),
 
     /// TODO: Accept `KeyHash`es and return `Transaction`s
     Results(Vec<()>),
diff --git a/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/response.rs b/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/response.rs
index 084f6d9dc..7ba8b10e0 100644
--- a/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/response.rs
+++ b/zebra-node-services/src/scan_service/response.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ pub enum Response {
     /// Response to Results request
     Results(Vec<Transaction>),
 
+    /// Response to DeleteKeys request
+    DeletedKeys,
+
     /// Response to SubscribeResults request
     SubscribeResults(mpsc::Receiver<Arc<Transaction>>),
 }
diff --git a/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml b/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
index 95b6264d4..cbbf09c80 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
 [[bin]] # Bin to run the Scanner gRPC server
 name = "scanner-grpc-server"
 path = "src/bin/rpc_server.rs"
+required-features = ["proptest-impl"]
 
 [features]
 
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/bin/rpc_server.rs b/zebra-scan/src/bin/rpc_server.rs
index a9aa9753a..9ebe2b002 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/bin/rpc_server.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/bin/rpc_server.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 
-use zebra_scan::service::ScanService;
+use zebra_scan::{service::ScanService, storage::Storage};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 /// Runs an RPC server with a mock ScanTask
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let (config, network) = Default::default();
-    let scan_service = ServiceBuilder::new()
-        .buffer(10)
-        .service(ScanService::new_with_mock_scanner(&config, network));
+
+    let (scan_service, _cmd_receiver) =
+        ScanService::new_with_mock_scanner(Storage::new(&config, network, false));
+    let scan_service = ServiceBuilder::new().buffer(10).service(scan_service);
 
     // Start the gRPC server.
     zebra_grpc::server::init(scan_service).await?;
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/init.rs b/zebra-scan/src/init.rs
index f40eebac3..1ed32b528 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/init.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/init.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub enum ScanTaskCommand {
         done_tx: oneshot::Sender<()>,
 
         /// Key hashes that are to be removed
-        key_hashes: Vec<()>,
+        keys: Vec<String>,
     },
 
     /// Start sending results for key hashes to `result_sender`
@@ -36,25 +36,29 @@ pub enum ScanTaskCommand {
     },
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 /// Scan task handle and command channel sender
 pub struct ScanTask {
     /// [`JoinHandle`] of scan task
-    pub handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), Report>>,
+    pub handle: Arc<JoinHandle<Result<(), Report>>>,
 
     /// Task command channel sender
-    cmd_sender: mpsc::Sender<ScanTaskCommand>,
+    pub cmd_sender: mpsc::Sender<ScanTaskCommand>,
 }
 
 impl ScanTask {
     /// Spawns a new [`ScanTask`] for tests.
-    pub fn mock() -> Self {
-        let (cmd_sender, _cmd_receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "proptest-impl"))]
+    pub fn mock() -> (Self, mpsc::Receiver<ScanTaskCommand>) {
+        let (cmd_sender, cmd_receiver) = mpsc::channel();
 
-        Self {
-            handle: tokio::spawn(std::future::pending()),
-            cmd_sender,
-        }
+        (
+            Self {
+                handle: Arc::new(tokio::spawn(std::future::pending())),
+                cmd_sender,
+            },
+            cmd_receiver,
+        )
     }
 
     /// Spawns a new [`ScanTask`].
@@ -64,11 +68,16 @@ impl ScanTask {
         state: scan::State,
         chain_tip_change: ChainTipChange,
     ) -> Self {
-        // TODO: Pass `_cmd_receiver` to `scan::start()` to pass it new keys after it's been spawned
-        let (cmd_sender, _cmd_receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (cmd_sender, cmd_receiver) = mpsc::channel();
 
         Self {
-            handle: scan::spawn_init(config, network, state, chain_tip_change),
+            handle: Arc::new(scan::spawn_init(
+                config,
+                network,
+                state,
+                chain_tip_change,
+                cmd_receiver,
+            )),
             cmd_sender,
         }
     }
@@ -80,18 +89,21 @@ impl ScanTask {
     ) -> Result<(), mpsc::SendError<ScanTaskCommand>> {
         self.cmd_sender.send(command)
     }
-}
 
-/// Initialize the scanner based on its config, and spawn a task for it.
-///
-/// TODO: add a test for this function.
-pub fn spawn_init(
-    config: &Config,
-    network: Network,
-    state: scan::State,
-    chain_tip_change: ChainTipChange,
-) -> JoinHandle<Result<(), Report>> {
-    scan::spawn_init(config, network, state, chain_tip_change)
+    /// Sends a message to the scan task to remove the provided viewing keys.
+    pub fn remove_keys(
+        &mut self,
+        keys: &[String],
+    ) -> Result<oneshot::Receiver<()>, mpsc::SendError<ScanTaskCommand>> {
+        let (done_tx, done_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+
+        self.send(ScanTaskCommand::RemoveKeys {
+            keys: keys.to_vec(),
+            done_tx,
+        })?;
+
+        Ok(done_rx)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Initialize [`ScanService`] based on its config.
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/lib.rs b/zebra-scan/src/lib.rs
index 9d26881d9..c40523093 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/lib.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ pub mod service;
 pub mod tests;
 
 pub use config::Config;
-pub use init::{init, spawn_init};
+pub use init::{init, ScanTask};
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/scan.rs b/zebra-scan/src/scan.rs
index e326cc66a..522f895dd 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/scan.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/scan.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap},
-    sync::Arc,
+    sync::{
+        mpsc::{Receiver, TryRecvError},
+        Arc,
+    },
     time::Duration,
 };
 
@@ -37,8 +40,9 @@ use zebra_chain::{
 use zebra_state::{ChainTipChange, SaplingScannedResult, TransactionIndex};
 
 use crate::{
+    init::ScanTaskCommand,
     storage::{SaplingScanningKey, Storage},
-    Config,
+    Config, ScanTask,
 };
 
 /// The generic state type used by the scanner.
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ pub async fn start(
     state: State,
     chain_tip_change: ChainTipChange,
     storage: Storage,
+    cmd_receiver: Receiver<ScanTaskCommand>,
 ) -> Result<(), Report> {
     let network = storage.network();
     let sapling_activation_height = storage.min_sapling_birthday_height();
@@ -102,12 +107,14 @@ pub async fn start(
             Ok::<_, Report>((key.clone(), parsed_keys))
         })
         .try_collect()?;
-    let parsed_keys = Arc::new(parsed_keys);
+    let mut parsed_keys = Arc::new(parsed_keys);
 
     // Give empty states time to verify some blocks before we start scanning.
     tokio::time::sleep(INITIAL_WAIT).await;
 
     loop {
+        parsed_keys = ScanTask::process_msgs(&cmd_receiver, parsed_keys)?;
+
         let scanned_height = scan_height_and_store_results(
             height,
             state.clone(),
@@ -130,6 +137,56 @@ pub async fn start(
     }
 }
 
+impl ScanTask {
+    /// Accepts the scan task's `parsed_key` collection and a reference to the command channel receiver
+    ///
+    /// Processes messages in the scan task channel, updating `parsed_keys` if required.
+    ///
+    /// Returns the updated `parsed_keys`
+    fn process_msgs(
+        cmd_receiver: &Receiver<ScanTaskCommand>,
+        mut parsed_keys: Arc<
+            HashMap<SaplingScanningKey, (Vec<DiversifiableFullViewingKey>, Vec<SaplingIvk>)>,
+        >,
+    ) -> Result<
+        Arc<HashMap<SaplingScanningKey, (Vec<DiversifiableFullViewingKey>, Vec<SaplingIvk>)>>,
+        Report,
+    > {
+        loop {
+            let cmd = match cmd_receiver.try_recv() {
+                Ok(cmd) => cmd,
+
+                Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => {
+                    // Return early if the sender has been dropped.
+                    return Err(eyre!("command channel disconnected"));
+                }
+            };
+
+            match cmd {
+                ScanTaskCommand::RemoveKeys { done_tx, keys } => {
+                    // TODO: Replace with Arc::unwrap_or_clone() when it stabilises:
+                    // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93610
+                    let mut updated_parsed_keys =
+                        Arc::try_unwrap(parsed_keys).unwrap_or_else(|arc| (*arc).clone());
+
+                    for key in keys {
+                        updated_parsed_keys.remove(&key);
+                    }
+
+                    parsed_keys = Arc::new(updated_parsed_keys);
+
+                    // Ignore send errors for the done notification
+                    let _ = done_tx.send(());
+                }
+
+                _ => continue,
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(parsed_keys)
+    }
+}
 /// Get the block at `height` from `state`, scan it with the keys in `parsed_keys`, and store the
 /// results in `storage`. If `height` is lower than the `key_birthdays` for that key, skip it.
 ///
@@ -445,11 +502,12 @@ pub fn spawn_init(
     network: Network,
     state: State,
     chain_tip_change: ChainTipChange,
+    cmd_receiver: Receiver<ScanTaskCommand>,
 ) -> JoinHandle<Result<(), Report>> {
     let config = config.clone();
 
     // TODO: spawn an entirely new executor here, to avoid timing attacks.
-    tokio::spawn(init(config, network, state, chain_tip_change).in_current_span())
+    tokio::spawn(init(config, network, state, chain_tip_change, cmd_receiver).in_current_span())
 }
 
 /// Initialize the scanner based on its config.
@@ -460,11 +518,12 @@ pub async fn init(
     network: Network,
     state: State,
     chain_tip_change: ChainTipChange,
+    cmd_receiver: Receiver<ScanTaskCommand>,
 ) -> Result<(), Report> {
     let storage = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || Storage::new(&config, network, false))
         .wait_for_panics()
         .await;
 
     // TODO: add more tasks here?
-    start(state, chain_tip_change, storage).await
+    start(state, chain_tip_change, storage, cmd_receiver).await
 }
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/service.rs b/zebra-scan/src/service.rs
index dc80d0832..37c679faa 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/service.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/service.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! [`tower::Service`] for zebra-scan.
 
-use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, task::Poll};
+use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, task::Poll, time::Duration};
 
 use futures::future::FutureExt;
 use tower::Service;
@@ -10,16 +10,25 @@ use zebra_state::ChainTipChange;
 
 use crate::{init::ScanTask, scan, storage::Storage, Config, Request, Response};
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
+
 /// Zebra-scan [`tower::Service`]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ScanService {
     /// On-disk storage
-    db: Storage,
+    pub db: Storage,
 
     /// Handle to scan task that's responsible for writing results
     scan_task: ScanTask,
 }
 
+/// A timeout applied to `DeleteKeys` requests.
+const DELETE_KEY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+
+/// The maximum number of keys that may be included in a request to the scan service
+const MAX_REQUEST_KEYS: usize = 1000;
+
 impl ScanService {
     /// Create a new [`ScanService`].
     pub fn new(
@@ -35,11 +44,15 @@ impl ScanService {
     }
 
     /// Create a new [`ScanService`] with a mock `ScanTask`
-    pub fn new_with_mock_scanner(config: &Config, network: Network) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            db: Storage::new(config, network, false),
-            scan_task: ScanTask::mock(),
-        }
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "proptest-impl"))]
+    pub fn new_with_mock_scanner(
+        db: Storage,
+    ) -> (
+        Self,
+        std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<crate::init::ScanTaskCommand>,
+    ) {
+        let (scan_task, cmd_receiver) = ScanTask::mock();
+        (Self { db, scan_task }, cmd_receiver)
     }
 }
 
@@ -84,10 +97,37 @@ impl Service<Request> for ScanService {
                 //  - send new keys to scan task
             }
 
-            Request::DeleteKeys(_key_hashes) => {
-                // TODO:
-                //  - delete these keys and their results from db
-                //  - send deleted keys to scan task
+            Request::DeleteKeys(keys) => {
+                let mut db = self.db.clone();
+                let mut scan_task = self.scan_task.clone();
+
+                return async move {
+                    if keys.len() > MAX_REQUEST_KEYS {
+                        return Err(format!(
+                            "maximum number of keys per request is {MAX_REQUEST_KEYS}"
+                        )
+                        .into());
+                    }
+
+                    // Wait for a message to confirm that the scan task has removed the key up to `DELETE_KEY_TIMEOUT`
+                    let remove_keys_result =
+                        tokio::time::timeout(DELETE_KEY_TIMEOUT, scan_task.remove_keys(&keys)?)
+                            .await
+                            .map_err(|_| "timeout waiting for delete keys done notification");
+
+                    // Delete the key from the database after either confirmation that it's been removed from the scan task, or
+                    // waiting `DELETE_KEY_TIMEOUT`.
+                    let delete_key_task = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                        db.delete_sapling_results(keys);
+                    });
+
+                    // Return timeout errors or `RecvError`s, or wait for the key to be deleted from the database.
+                    remove_keys_result??;
+                    delete_key_task.await?;
+
+                    Ok(Response::DeletedKeys)
+                }
+                .boxed();
             }
 
             Request::Results(_key_hashes) => {
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/service/tests.rs b/zebra-scan/src/service/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caee08dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/service/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//! Tests for ScanService.
+
+use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};
+
+use color_eyre::{eyre::eyre, Result};
+
+use zebra_chain::{block::Height, parameters::Network};
+use zebra_node_services::scan_service::{request::Request, response::Response};
+use zebra_state::TransactionIndex;
+
+use crate::{
+    init::ScanTaskCommand,
+    service::ScanService,
+    storage::db::tests::{fake_sapling_results, new_test_storage},
+    tests::ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY,
+};
+
+/// Tests that keys are deleted correctly
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn scan_service_deletes_keys_correctly() -> Result<()> {
+    let mut db = new_test_storage(Network::Mainnet);
+
+    let zec_pages_sapling_efvk = ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY.to_string();
+
+    for fake_result_height in [Height::MIN, Height(1), Height::MAX] {
+        db.insert_sapling_results(
+            &zec_pages_sapling_efvk,
+            fake_result_height,
+            fake_sapling_results([
+                TransactionIndex::MIN,
+                TransactionIndex::from_index(40),
+                TransactionIndex::MAX,
+            ]),
+        );
+    }
+
+    assert!(
+        !db.sapling_results(&zec_pages_sapling_efvk).is_empty(),
+        "there should be some results for this key in the db"
+    );
+
+    let (mut scan_service, cmd_receiver) = ScanService::new_with_mock_scanner(db);
+
+    let response_fut = scan_service
+        .ready()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| eyre!(err))?
+        .call(Request::DeleteKeys(vec![zec_pages_sapling_efvk.clone()]));
+
+    let expected_keys = vec![zec_pages_sapling_efvk.clone()];
+    let cmd_handler_fut = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        let Ok(ScanTaskCommand::RemoveKeys { done_tx, keys }) = cmd_receiver.recv() else {
+            panic!("should successfully receive RemoveKeys message");
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(keys, expected_keys, "keys should match the request keys");
+
+        done_tx.send(()).expect("send should succeed");
+    });
+
+    // Poll futures
+    let (response, join_result) = tokio::join!(response_fut, cmd_handler_fut);
+    join_result?;
+
+    match response.map_err(|err| eyre!(err))? {
+        Response::DeletedKeys => {}
+        _ => panic!("scan service returned unexpected response variant"),
+    };
+
+    assert!(
+        scan_service
+            .db
+            .sapling_results(&zec_pages_sapling_efvk)
+            .is_empty(),
+        "all results for this key should have been deleted"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/sapling.rs b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/sapling.rs
index b7f1f0b40..dc7c5c868 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/sapling.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/sapling.rs
@@ -233,6 +233,25 @@ impl Storage {
             .write_batch()
             .expect("unexpected database write failure");
     }
+
+    /// Delete the results of sapling scanning `keys`, if they exist
+    pub(crate) fn delete_sapling_results(&mut self, keys: Vec<SaplingScanningKey>) {
+        let mut batch = self.sapling_tx_ids_cf().new_batch_for_writing();
+
+        for key in &keys {
+            let from = SaplingScannedDatabaseIndex::min_for_key(key);
+            let until_strictly_before = SaplingScannedDatabaseIndex::max_for_key(key);
+
+            batch = batch
+                .zs_delete_range(&from, &until_strictly_before)
+                // TODO: convert zs_delete_range() to take std::ops::RangeBounds
+                .zs_delete(&until_strictly_before);
+        }
+
+        batch
+            .write_batch()
+            .expect("unexpected database write failure");
+    }
 }
 
 /// Utility trait for inserting sapling heights into a WriteSaplingTxIdsBatch.
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests.rs b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests.rs
index 765ec77e6..f34650ab2 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests.rs
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ use zebra_chain::{
     block::{Block, Height},
     parameters::Network::{self, *},
     serialization::ZcashDeserializeInto,
+    transaction,
 };
-use zebra_state::TransactionIndex;
+use zebra_state::{SaplingScannedResult, TransactionIndex};
 
 use crate::{
     storage::{Storage, INSERT_CONTROL_INTERVAL},
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ use crate::{
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod snapshot;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod vectors;
+
 /// Returns an empty `Storage` suitable for testing.
 pub fn new_test_storage(network: Network) -> Storage {
     Storage::new(&Config::ephemeral(), network, false)
@@ -74,3 +78,19 @@ pub fn add_fake_results(
         );
     }
 }
+
+/// Accepts an iterator of [`TransactionIndex`]es and returns a `BTreeMap` with empty results
+pub fn fake_sapling_results<T: IntoIterator<Item = TransactionIndex>>(
+    transaction_indexes: T,
+) -> BTreeMap<TransactionIndex, SaplingScannedResult> {
+    let mut fake_sapling_results = BTreeMap::new();
+
+    for transaction_index in transaction_indexes {
+        fake_sapling_results.insert(
+            transaction_index,
+            SaplingScannedResult::from(transaction::Hash::from([0; 32])),
+        );
+    }
+
+    fake_sapling_results
+}
diff --git a/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests/vectors.rs b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests/vectors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..882da9222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zebra-scan/src/storage/db/tests/vectors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+//! Fixed test vectors for the scanner Storage.
+
+use zebra_chain::{block::Height, parameters::Network};
+use zebra_state::TransactionIndex;
+
+use crate::{
+    storage::db::tests::{fake_sapling_results, new_test_storage},
+    tests::ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY,
+};
+
+/// Tests that keys are deleted correctly
+#[test]
+pub fn deletes_keys_and_results_correctly() {
+    let mut db = new_test_storage(Network::Mainnet);
+
+    let zec_pages_sapling_efvk = ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY.to_string();
+
+    // Replace the last letter of the zec_pages efvk
+    let fake_efvk = format!(
+        "{}t",
+        &ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY[..ZECPAGES_SAPLING_VIEWING_KEY.len() - 1]
+    );
+
+    let efvks = [&zec_pages_sapling_efvk, &fake_efvk];
+    let fake_heights = [Height::MIN, Height(1), Height::MAX];
+    let fake_transaction_indexes = [
+        TransactionIndex::MIN,
+        TransactionIndex::from_index(40),
+        TransactionIndex::MAX,
+    ];
+
+    for efvk in efvks {
+        for fake_result_height in fake_heights {
+            db.insert_sapling_results(
+                efvk,
+                fake_result_height,
+                fake_sapling_results(fake_transaction_indexes),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    let expected_num_entries = fake_heights.len();
+    let expected_num_results_per_entry = fake_transaction_indexes.len();
+
+    for efvk in efvks {
+        assert_eq!(
+            db.sapling_results(efvk).len(),
+            expected_num_entries,
+            "there should be {expected_num_entries} entries for this key in the db"
+        );
+
+        for (_, result) in db.sapling_results(efvk) {
+            assert_eq!(
+                result.len(),
+                expected_num_results_per_entry,
+                "there should be {expected_num_results_per_entry} results for this entry in the db"
+            );
+        }
+
+        db.delete_sapling_results(vec![efvk.clone()]);
+
+        assert!(
+            db.sapling_results(efvk).is_empty(),
+            "all results for this key should have been deleted"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zebrad/src/commands/start.rs b/zebrad/src/commands/start.rs
index e9b98cc52..bbc8c6983 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/commands/start.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/commands/start.rs
@@ -301,18 +301,25 @@ impl StartCmd {
 
         #[cfg(feature = "shielded-scan")]
         // Spawn never ending scan task only if we have keys to scan for.
-        let scan_task_handle = if !config.shielded_scan.sapling_keys_to_scan.is_empty() {
-            // TODO: log the number of keys and update the scan_task_starts() test
-            info!("spawning shielded scanner with configured viewing keys");
-            zebra_scan::spawn_init(
-                &config.shielded_scan,
-                config.network.network,
-                state,
-                chain_tip_change,
-            )
-        } else {
-            tokio::spawn(std::future::pending().in_current_span())
-        };
+        let (scan_task_handle, _cmd_sender) =
+            if !config.shielded_scan.sapling_keys_to_scan.is_empty() {
+                // TODO: log the number of keys and update the scan_task_starts() test
+                info!("spawning shielded scanner with configured viewing keys");
+                let scan_task = zebra_scan::ScanTask::spawn(
+                    &config.shielded_scan,
+                    config.network.network,
+                    state,
+                    chain_tip_change,
+                );
+
+                (
+                    std::sync::Arc::into_inner(scan_task.handle)
+                        .expect("should only have one reference here"),
+                    Some(scan_task.cmd_sender),
+                )
+            } else {
+                (tokio::spawn(std::future::pending().in_current_span()), None)
+            };
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "shielded-scan"))]
         // Spawn a dummy scan task which doesn't do anything and never finishes.