diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
index 36c82d5d465..58f748f1e05 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetParsing.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class JetParsing extends AbstractJetParsing {
 
     /*
      * import
-     *   : "import" ("namespace" ".")? SimpleName{"."} ("." "*" | "as" SimpleName)? SEMI?
+     *   : "import" SimpleName{"."} ("." "*" | "as" SimpleName)? SEMI?
      *   ;
      */
     private void parseImportDirective() {
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ public class JetParsing extends AbstractJetParsing {
         advance(); // IMPORT_KEYWORD
 
         PsiBuilder.Marker qualifiedName = mark();
-        if (at(PACKAGE_KEYWORD)) {
-            advance(); // PACKAGE_KEYWORD
-            expect(DOT, "Expecting '.'", TokenSet.create(IDENTIFIER, MUL, SEMICOLON));
-        }
 
         PsiBuilder.Marker reference = mark();
         expect(IDENTIFIER, "Expecting qualified name");
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.kt b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.kt
index c808898ab53..625c277aa08 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package foo.bar.goo
 
-import package.foo
 import foo
 import foo.bar
 import foo as bar
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.txt b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.txt
index 47b104ff320..8c268e514c1 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports.txt
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ JetFile: Imports.kt
     REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
       PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('goo')
   PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
-  IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
-    PsiElement(import)('import')
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    PsiElement(package)('package')
-    PsiElement(DOT)('.')
-    REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
-      PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('foo')
-  PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
   IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
     PsiElement(import)('import')
     PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.kt b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.kt
index 32df24ac58b..e099fbc0e72 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 package foo.bar.goo
 
-import package ;
-import package.*
-import package. ;
-
 import foo as
 import foo.
 import foo.bar.
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.txt b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.txt
index c2b36dd389c..d7c6c257854 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/Imports_ERR.txt
@@ -11,40 +11,6 @@ JetFile: Imports_ERR.kt
     REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
       PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('goo')
   PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
-  IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
-    PsiElement(import)('import')
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    PsiElement(package)('package')
-    PsiErrorElement:Expecting '.'
-      <empty list>
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
-      PsiErrorElement:Expecting qualified name
-        <empty list>
-    PsiElement(SEMICOLON)(';')
-  PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
-  IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
-    PsiElement(import)('import')
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    PsiElement(package)('package')
-    PsiElement(DOT)('.')
-    REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
-      PsiErrorElement:Expecting qualified name
-        <empty list>
-  PsiErrorElement:Expecting package directive or top level declaration
-    PsiElement(MUL)('*')
-  PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
-  IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
-    PsiElement(import)('import')
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    PsiElement(package)('package')
-    PsiElement(DOT)('.')
-    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
-    REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
-      PsiErrorElement:Expecting qualified name
-        <empty list>
-    PsiElement(SEMICOLON)(';')
-  PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
   IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
     PsiElement(import)('import')
     PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
diff --git a/grammar/src/toplevel.grm b/grammar/src/toplevel.grm
index 4f193f05fab..f9f244eb77b 100644
--- a/grammar/src/toplevel.grm
+++ b/grammar/src/toplevel.grm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ packageHeader
   ;
 
 import
-  : "import" ("package" ".")? SimpleName{"."} ("." "*" | "as" SimpleName)? SEMI?
+  : "import" SimpleName{"."} ("." "*" | "as" SimpleName)? SEMI?
   ;
 
 /**