old_contents: from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
  
  
  class NullTestRunner(DjangoTestSuiteRunner):
      """ A test runner to test without database creation or automatic test*.py discovery"""
  
      def run_tests(self, **kwargs):
          """Override the running of tests entirely (including discovery, and DB maintenance)"""
          pass
      
      def setup_databases(self, **kwargs):
          """ Override the database creation defined in parent class """
          pass
  
      def teardown_databases(self, old_config, **kwargs):
          """ Override the database teardown defined in parent class """
          pass
new_contents: from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
  
  
  class NullTestRunner(DjangoTestSuiteRunner):
      """ A test runner to test without database creation or automatic test*.py discovery"""
  
      def run_tests(self, *args, **kwargs):
          """Override the running of tests entirely (including discovery, and DB maintenance)"""
          pass
      
      def setup_databases(self, **kwargs):
          """ Override the database creation defined in parent class """
          pass
  
      def teardown_databases(self, old_config, **kwargs):
          """ Override the database teardown defined in parent class """
          pass
subject: test runner must accept both *args and **kwargs)