diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
index 2e18f3f899a2..6c894cffd5a5 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/abc.pyi
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
         def open_resource(self, resource: StrOrBytesPath) -> IO[bytes]: ...
         @abstractmethod
         def resource_path(self, resource: StrOrBytesPath) -> str: ...
-        @abstractmethod
-        def is_resource(self, name: str) -> bool: ...
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+            @abstractmethod
+            def is_resource(self, path: str) -> bool: ...
+        else:
+            @abstractmethod
+            def is_resource(self, name: str) -> bool: ...
         @abstractmethod
         def contents(self) -> Iterator[str]: ...
 
diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/machinery.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/machinery.pyi
index 432bec901161..aaa0f32d99a0 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/machinery.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/machinery.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import importlib.abc
+import sys
 import types
 from typing import Any, Callable, Sequence
 
@@ -41,10 +42,16 @@ class BuiltinImporter(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder, importlib.abc.InspectLoader)
     # Loader
     @staticmethod
     def module_repr(module: types.ModuleType) -> str: ...
-    @classmethod
-    def create_module(cls, spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
-    @classmethod
-    def exec_module(cls, module: types.ModuleType) -> None: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        @staticmethod
+        def create_module(spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
+        @staticmethod
+        def exec_module(module: types.ModuleType) -> None: ...
+    else:
+        @classmethod
+        def create_module(cls, spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
+        @classmethod
+        def exec_module(cls, module: types.ModuleType) -> None: ...
 
 class FrozenImporter(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder, importlib.abc.InspectLoader):
     # MetaPathFinder
@@ -66,8 +73,12 @@ class FrozenImporter(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder, importlib.abc.InspectLoader):
     # Loader
     @staticmethod
     def module_repr(m: types.ModuleType) -> str: ...
-    @classmethod
-    def create_module(cls, spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        @staticmethod
+        def create_module(spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
+    else:
+        @classmethod
+        def create_module(cls, spec: ModuleSpec) -> types.ModuleType | None: ...
     @staticmethod
     def exec_module(module: types.ModuleType) -> None: ...
 
@@ -80,8 +91,12 @@ class WindowsRegistryFinder(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder):
     ) -> ModuleSpec | None: ...
 
 class PathFinder:
-    @classmethod
-    def invalidate_caches(cls) -> None: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+        @staticmethod
+        def invalidate_caches() -> None: ...
+    else:
+        @classmethod
+        def invalidate_caches(cls) -> None: ...
     @classmethod
     def find_spec(
         cls, fullname: str, path: Sequence[bytes | str] | None = ..., target: types.ModuleType | None = ...
diff --git a/stdlib/importlib/metadata.pyi b/stdlib/importlib/metadata.pyi
index 2c1041b76503..506b4a00b4e1 100644
--- a/stdlib/importlib/metadata.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/importlib/metadata.pyi
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     class MetadataPathFinder(DistributionFinder):
         @classmethod
         def find_distributions(cls, context: DistributionFinder.Context = ...) -> Iterable[PathDistribution]: ...
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+            # Yes, this is an instance method that has argumend named "cls"
+            def invalidate_caches(cls) -> None: ...  # type: ignore
     class PathDistribution(Distribution):
         def __init__(self, path: Path) -> None: ...
         def read_text(self, filename: StrPath) -> str: ...
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
index 08cd87aa632d..db605c54bb31 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py310.txt
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@ tkinter.EventType.__new__
 _markupbase.ParserBase.error
 asyncio.proactor_events._ProactorReadPipeTransport.__init__
 distutils.command.bdist_wininst
-importlib.abc.ResourceReader.is_resource
-importlib.machinery.BuiltinImporter.create_module
-importlib.machinery.BuiltinImporter.exec_module
-importlib.machinery.FrozenImporter.create_module
-importlib.machinery.PathFinder.invalidate_caches
-importlib.metadata.MetadataPathFinder.invalidate_caches
 logging.Formatter.__init__
 logging.LoggerAdapter.__init__
 logging.PercentStyle.__init__