diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
index 7e92028cb955cb2..78a536d72012b60 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -1269,8 +1269,14 @@ class Spec:
             pass
         spec = Spec()
 
-        spec.name = "sys"
-        self.assertIs(_imp.create_builtin(spec), sys)
+        # Reloading a core module copies back the module dict snapshot taken
+        # when it was first initialized, in which __spec__ and __loader__ are
+        # still None.  Swap them back so the rest of the suite sees a sys that
+        # carries its import metadata.
+        with (swap_attr(sys, '__spec__', sys.__spec__),
+              swap_attr(sys, '__loader__', sys.__loader__)):
+            spec.name = "sys"
+            self.assertIs(_imp.create_builtin(spec), sys)
 
         spec.name = None
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, 'name must be string, not NoneType'):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
index 8a911c1b751a4b4..e4d4bbad4e806d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@
     _interpreters = None
 
 
+class ImportImportlibTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_restores_missing_import_metadata(self):
+        # importlib._bootstrap._setup() installs the loader classes of the
+        # source copy on any module that has no __spec__ of its own.
+        for name in ('builtins', 'sys'):
+            module = sys.modules[name]
+            with self.subTest(module=name):
+                with (support.swap_attr(module, '__spec__', None),
+                      support.swap_attr(module, '__loader__', None)):
+                    util.import_importlib('importlib')
+
+                    self.assertIsNone(module.__spec__)
+                    self.assertIsNone(module.__loader__)
+
+
 class DecodeSourceBytesTests:
 
     source = "string ='ü'"
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
index 6399f952f9e912b..53a5186268de4e6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
@@ -64,12 +64,48 @@ def _extension_details():
 _extension_details()
 
 
+_MISSING = object()
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _restore_import_metadata():
+    """Keep the source copy of importlib out of other modules' metadata.
+
+    Importing importlib with _frozen_importlib blocked runs
+    importlib._bootstrap._setup(), which fills in __spec__ and __loader__ on
+    every builtin and frozen module that lacks them. After the import, this
+    context restores the original values of those attributes on all modules that
+    were modified so those modifications don't leak into other tests.
+    """
+    incomplete = {}
+    for name, module in list(sys.modules.items()):
+        if isinstance(module, types.ModuleType):
+            for attr in ('__spec__', '__loader__'):
+                value = getattr(module, attr, _MISSING)
+                if value is None or value is _MISSING:
+                    incomplete[name, attr] = value
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        for (name, attr), value in incomplete.items():
+            module = sys.modules.get(name)
+            if module is not None and getattr(module, attr, _MISSING) is not value:
+                if value is _MISSING:
+                    delattr(module, attr)
+                else:
+                    setattr(module, attr, value)
+
+
 def import_importlib(module_name):
     """Import a module from importlib both w/ and w/o _frozen_importlib."""
     fresh = ('importlib',) if '.' in module_name else ()
     frozen = import_helper.import_fresh_module(module_name)
-    source = import_helper.import_fresh_module(module_name, fresh=fresh,
-                                         blocked=('_frozen_importlib', '_frozen_importlib_external'))
+    with _restore_import_metadata():
+        source = import_helper.import_fresh_module(
+            module_name,
+            fresh=fresh,
+            blocked=('_frozen_importlib', '_frozen_importlib_external'),
+        )
     return {'Frozen': frozen, 'Source': source}