diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 559ffd0..3ccc5c0 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ======================================
 
 
+bpo-38077: IDLE no longer adds 'argv' to the user namespace when
+initializing it.  This bug only affected 3.7.4 and 3.8.0b2 to 3.8.0b4.
+
 bpo-38401: Shell restart lines now fill the window width, always start
 with '=', and avoid wrapping unnecessarily. The line will still wrap
 if the included file name is long relative to the width.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/runscript.py b/Lib/idlelib/runscript.py
index f97cf52..de73bf8 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/runscript.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/runscript.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                 _sys.argv = argv
             import os as _os
             _os.chdir({dirname!r})
-            del _sys, _basename, _os
+            del _sys, argv, _basename, _os
             \n""")
         interp.prepend_syspath(filename)
         # XXX KBK 03Jul04 When run w/o subprocess, runtime warnings still
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-09-09-22-08-36.bpo-38077.Mzpfe2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-09-09-22-08-36.bpo-38077.Mzpfe2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba1fd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-09-09-22-08-36.bpo-38077.Mzpfe2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+IDLE no longer adds 'argv' to the user namespace when initializing it.  This
+bug only affected 3.7.4 and 3.8.0b2 to 3.8.0b4.