diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_finder.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_finder.py
index 146538d..da0ef28 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_finder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_finder.py
@@ -16,21 +16,11 @@
             found = machinery.BuiltinImporter.find_module(builtin_util.NAME)
             self.assertTrue(found)
 
-    def test_package(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
-        pass
+    # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
+    test_package = test_package_in_package = test_package_over_module = None
 
-    def test_module_in_package(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannobt be in a package.
-        pass
-
-    def test_package_in_package(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
-        pass
-
-    def test_package_over_module(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
-        pass
+    # Built-in modules cannot be in a package.
+    test_module_in_package = None
 
     def test_failure(self):
         assert 'importlib' not in sys.builtin_module_names
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_loader.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_loader.py
index 8e186e7..12a79c6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_loader.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/builtin/test_loader.py
@@ -32,17 +32,11 @@
             module = self.load_module(builtin_util.NAME)
             self.verify(module)
 
-    def test_package(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
-        pass
+    # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
+    test_package = test_lacking_parent = None
 
-    def test_lacking_parent(self):
-        # Built-in modules cannot be a package.
-        pass
-
-    def test_state_after_failure(self):
-        # Not way to force an imoprt failure.
-        pass
+    # No way to force an import failure.
+    test_state_after_failure = None
 
     def test_module_reuse(self):
         # Test that the same module is used in a reload.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_finder.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_finder.py
index a63cfdb..37f6772 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_finder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_finder.py
@@ -17,21 +17,14 @@
     def test_module(self):
         self.assertTrue(self.find_module(util.NAME))
 
-    def test_package(self):
-        # No extension module as an __init__ available for testing.
-        pass
+    # No extension module as an __init__ available for testing.
+    test_package = test_package_in_package = None
 
-    def test_module_in_package(self):
-        # No extension module in a package available for testing.
-        pass
+    # No extension module in a package available for testing.
+    test_module_in_package = None
 
-    def test_package_in_package(self):
-        # No extension module as an __init__ available for testing.
-        pass
-
-    def test_package_over_module(self):
-        # Extension modules cannot be an __init__ for a package.
-        pass
+    # Extension modules cannot be an __init__ for a package.
+    test_package_over_module = None
 
     def test_failure(self):
         self.assertIsNone(self.find_module('asdfjkl;'))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_loader.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_loader.py
index ca5af20..e790675 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_loader.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/extension/test_loader.py
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@
             self.assertIsInstance(module.__loader__,
                                   machinery.ExtensionFileLoader)
 
-    def test_package(self):
-        # No extension module as __init__ available for testing.
-        pass
+    # No extension module as __init__ available for testing.
+    test_package = None
 
-    def test_lacking_parent(self):
-        # No extension module in a package available for testing.
-        pass
+    # No extension module in a package available for testing.
+    test_lacking_parent = None
 
     def test_module_reuse(self):
         with util.uncache(ext_util.NAME):
@@ -52,9 +50,8 @@
             module2 = self.load_module(ext_util.NAME)
             self.assertIs(module1, module2)
 
-    def test_state_after_failure(self):
-        # No easy way to trigger a failure after a successful import.
-        pass
+    # No easy way to trigger a failure after a successful import.
+    test_state_after_failure = None
 
     def test_unloadable(self):
         name = 'asdfjkl;'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_finder.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_finder.py
index fa0c2a0..f0abe0e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_finder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_finder.py
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@
         loader = self.find('__phello__.spam', ['__phello__'])
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(loader, 'load_module'))
 
-    def test_package_in_package(self):
-        # No frozen package within another package to test with.
-        pass
+    # No frozen package within another package to test with.
+    test_package_in_package = None
 
-    def test_package_over_module(self):
-        # No easy way to test.
-        pass
+    # No easy way to test.
+    test_package_over_module = None
 
     def test_failure(self):
         loader = self.find('<not real>')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_loader.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_loader.py
index 4b8ec15..f3a8bf6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_loader.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/frozen/test_loader.py
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@
             self.assertEqual(repr(module),
                              "<module '__hello__' (frozen)>")
 
-    def test_state_after_failure(self):
-        # No way to trigger an error in a frozen module.
-        pass
+    # No way to trigger an error in a frozen module.
+    test_state_after_failure = None
 
     def test_unloadable(self):
         assert machinery.FrozenImporter.find_module('_not_real') is None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1ea0e47..897bbc2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #19596: Set untestable tests in test_importlib to None to avoid
+  reporting success on empty tests.
+
 - Issue #19440: Clean up test_capi by removing an unnecessary __future__
   import, converting from test_main to unittest.main, and running the
   _testcapi module tests within a unittest TestCase.