diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
index 73c6869b7f6..88e2d338dcf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ class ImportlibMigrationTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(len(w.warnings), 0)
 
     def test_get_importer_avoids_emulation(self):
+        # We use an illegal path so *none* of the path hooks should fire
         with check_warnings() as w:
-            self.assertIsNotNone(pkgutil.get_importer(sys.path[0]))
+            self.assertIsNone(pkgutil.get_importer("*??"))
             self.assertEqual(len(w.warnings), 0)
 
     def test_iter_importers_avoids_emulation(self):