diff --git a/src/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitor.php b/src/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitor.php
index c2fb9aabd..50fe68649 100644
--- a/src/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitor.php
+++ b/src/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitor.php
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ public function enterNode(Node $node): null
             return null;
         }
 
+        if ($node instanceof Node\Stmt\Expression &&
+            (
+                $node->expr instanceof Node\Scalar ||
+                $node->expr instanceof Node\Expr\ConstFetch
+            )
+        ) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if ($node instanceof Node\Stmt\Enum_ ||
             $node instanceof Node\Stmt\Function_ ||
             $node instanceof Node\Stmt\Class_ ||
diff --git a/tests/_files/source_with_scalar_literals.php b/tests/_files/source_with_scalar_literals.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdc6bc11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/source_with_scalar_literals.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+final class ScalarLiterals
+{
+    public static function testFunction()
+    {
+        'a string';
+        null;
+        $x = 5;
+        true;
+        false;
+        $x += 1;
+        1;
+        1.1;
+        return $x;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitorTest.php b/tests/tests/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitorTest.php
index 605323167..bb073cd01 100644
--- a/tests/tests/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitorTest.php
+++ b/tests/tests/StaticAnalysis/Visitor/ExecutableLinesFindingVisitorTest.php
@@ -234,6 +234,31 @@ public function testMatchTrueDoesNotMarkOpenerAndCloserAsExecutable(): void
         $this->assertArrayHasKey(12, $executableLines);
     }
 
+    #[Ticket('https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/issues/1156')]
+    public function testScalarLiteralsNotMarkedAsExecutable(): void
+    {
+        $source                        = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../../_files/source_with_scalar_literals.php');
+        $parser                        = (new ParserFactory)->createForHostVersion();
+        $nodes                         = $parser->parse($source);
+        $executableLinesFindingVisitor = new ExecutableLinesFindingVisitor($source);
+
+        $traverser = new NodeTraverser;
+        $traverser->addVisitor($executableLinesFindingVisitor);
+        $traverser->traverse($nodes);
+
+        $executableLines = $executableLinesFindingVisitor->executableLinesGroupedByBranch();
+
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(6, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(7, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(9, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(10, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(12, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey(13, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey(8, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey(11, $executableLines);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey(14, $executableLines);
+    }
+
     private function doTestSelfDescribingAssert(string $filename): void
     {
         $source                        = file_get_contents($filename);