diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index 72f5882cf5e..c139fa40fd0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import pydoc
 import keyword
 import re
 import string
-import subprocess
 import test.support
 import time
 import unittest
@@ -15,11 +14,9 @@ import xml.etree
 import textwrap
 from io import StringIO
 from collections import namedtuple
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-
 from test.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 from test.support import (
-    TESTFN, forget, rmtree, EnvironmentVarGuard,
+    TESTFN, rmtree,
     reap_children, reap_threads, captured_output, captured_stdout, unlink
 )
 from test import pydoc_mod
@@ -209,7 +206,8 @@ def run_pydoc(module_name, *args, **env):
     output of pydoc.
     """
     args = args + (module_name,)
-    rc, out, err = assert_python_ok(pydoc.__file__, *args, **env)
+    # do not write bytecode files to avoid caching errors
+    rc, out, err = assert_python_ok('-B', pydoc.__file__, *args, **env)
     return out.strip()
 
 def get_pydoc_html(module):
@@ -291,43 +289,6 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, result,
             "documentation for missing module found")
 
-    def test_badimport(self):
-        # This tests the fix for issue 5230, where if pydoc found the module
-        # but the module had an internal import error pydoc would report no doc
-        # found.
-        modname = 'testmod_xyzzy'
-        testpairs = (
-            ('i_am_not_here', 'i_am_not_here'),
-            ('test.i_am_not_here_either', 'i_am_not_here_either'),
-            ('test.i_am_not_here.neither_am_i', 'i_am_not_here.neither_am_i'),
-            ('i_am_not_here.{}'.format(modname),
-             'i_am_not_here.{}'.format(modname)),
-            ('test.{}'.format(modname), modname),
-            )
-
-        @contextmanager
-        def newdirinpath(dir):
-            os.mkdir(dir)
-            sys.path.insert(0, dir)
-            try:
-                yield
-            finally:
-                sys.path.pop(0)
-                rmtree(dir)
-
-        with newdirinpath(TESTFN):
-            fullmodname = os.path.join(TESTFN, modname)
-            sourcefn = fullmodname + os.extsep + "py"
-            for importstring, expectedinmsg in testpairs:
-                with open(sourcefn, 'w') as f:
-                    f.write("import {}\n".format(importstring))
-                try:
-                    result = run_pydoc(modname, PYTHONPATH=TESTFN).decode("ascii")
-                finally:
-                    forget(modname)
-                expected = badimport_pattern % (modname, expectedinmsg)
-                self.assertEqual(expected, result)
-
     def test_input_strip(self):
         missing_module = " test.i_am_not_here "
         result = str(run_pydoc(missing_module), 'ascii')
@@ -403,6 +364,55 @@ class PydocDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(synopsis, 'line 1: h\xe9')
 
 
+class PydocImportTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.test_dir = os.mkdir(TESTFN)
+        self.addCleanup(rmtree, TESTFN)
+
+    def test_badimport(self):
+        # This tests the fix for issue 5230, where if pydoc found the module
+        # but the module had an internal import error pydoc would report no doc
+        # found.
+        modname = 'testmod_xyzzy'
+        testpairs = (
+            ('i_am_not_here', 'i_am_not_here'),
+            ('test.i_am_not_here_either', 'i_am_not_here_either'),
+            ('test.i_am_not_here.neither_am_i', 'i_am_not_here.neither_am_i'),
+            ('i_am_not_here.{}'.format(modname),
+             'i_am_not_here.{}'.format(modname)),
+            ('test.{}'.format(modname), modname),
+            )
+
+        sourcefn = os.path.join(TESTFN, modname) + os.extsep + "py"
+        for importstring, expectedinmsg in testpairs:
+            with open(sourcefn, 'w') as f:
+                f.write("import {}\n".format(importstring))
+            result = run_pydoc(modname, PYTHONPATH=TESTFN).decode("ascii")
+            expected = badimport_pattern % (modname, expectedinmsg)
+            self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
+    def test_apropos_with_bad_package(self):
+        # Issue 7425 - pydoc -k failed when bad package on path
+        pkgdir = os.path.join(TESTFN, "syntaxerr")
+        os.mkdir(pkgdir)
+        badsyntax = os.path.join(pkgdir, "__init__") + os.extsep + "py"
+        with open(badsyntax, 'w') as f:
+            f.write("invalid python syntax = $1\n")
+        result = run_pydoc('nothing', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
+        self.assertEqual(b'', result)
+
+    def test_apropos_with_unreadable_dir(self):
+        # Issue 7367 - pydoc -k failed when unreadable dir on path
+        self.unreadable_dir = os.path.join(TESTFN, "unreadable")
+        os.mkdir(self.unreadable_dir, 0)
+        self.addCleanup(os.rmdir, self.unreadable_dir)
+        # Note, on Windows the directory appears to be still
+        #   readable so this is not really testing the issue there
+        result = run_pydoc('nothing', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
+        self.assertEqual(b'', result)
+
+
 class TestDescriptions(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_module(self):
@@ -511,6 +521,7 @@ class TestHelper(unittest.TestCase):
 def test_main():
     try:
         test.support.run_unittest(PydocDocTest,
+                                  PydocImportTest,
                                   TestDescriptions,
                                   PydocServerTest,
                                   PydocUrlHandlerTest,