diff --git a/browser-harness/browser-harness-tests.ts b/browser-harness/browser-harness-tests.ts
index c36a186cab..71001ba9b0 100644
--- a/browser-harness/browser-harness-tests.ts
+++ b/browser-harness/browser-harness-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="./browser-harness.d.ts" />
 
-import harness = module('browser-harness');
+import harness = require('browser-harness');
 
 harness.listen(4500);
 harness.listen(4500, function(){});
diff --git a/browser-harness/browser-harness.d.ts b/browser-harness/browser-harness.d.ts
index 3a63899412..3b8cf08be8 100644
--- a/browser-harness/browser-harness.d.ts
+++ b/browser-harness/browser-harness.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /// <reference path="../node/node.d.ts" />
 
 declare module "browser-harness" {
-    import events = module("events");
+    import events = require("events");
 
     interface HarnessEvents extends events.NodeEventEmitter {
         once(event: string, listener: (driver: Driver) => void);
diff --git a/commander/commander-tests.ts b/commander/commander-tests.ts
index e9e99b988f..eff20f28d1 100644
--- a/commander/commander-tests.ts
+++ b/commander/commander-tests.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // [the code below was extracted from the documentation and examples, but does not seem to cover all cases]
 // 
 
-import program = module("commander");
+import program = require("commander");
 
 program
   .version('0.0.1')
diff --git a/express/express.d.ts b/express/express.d.ts
index d2f994a468..692a9e127b 100644
--- a/express/express.d.ts
+++ b/express/express.d.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 /* =================== USAGE =================== 
 
-    import express = module('express');
+    import express = require('express');
     var app = express();
 
  =============================================== */
diff --git a/leapmotionTS/LeapMotionTS-tests.ts b/leapmotionTS/LeapMotionTS-tests.ts
index 3fbdf0fc79..c6db49c3ef 100755
--- a/leapmotionTS/LeapMotionTS-tests.ts
+++ b/leapmotionTS/LeapMotionTS-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="LeapMotionTS.d.ts" />
 
-import Leap = module('LeapMotionTS');
+import Leap = require('LeapMotionTS');
 
 var controller: Leap.Controller = new Leap.Controller();
 controller.addEventListener(Leap.LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_FRAME, (event: Leap.LeapEvent) => {
diff --git a/less/less-tests.ts b/less/less-tests.ts
index 1080a8cf31..a984306ee1 100644
--- a/less/less-tests.ts
+++ b/less/less-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="less.d.ts" />
 
-import less = module("less");
+import less = require("less");
 
 declare var __dirname: string;
 
diff --git a/node-azure/azure-tests.ts b/node-azure/azure-tests.ts
index 6a3a7da748..f699e411ad 100644
--- a/node-azure/azure-tests.ts
+++ b/node-azure/azure-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference path="azure.d.ts" />
 
 
-import Azure = module("azure");
+import Azure = require("azure");
 
 var ts = new Azure.TableService();
 
diff --git a/node_redis/node_redis-tests.ts b/node_redis/node_redis-tests.ts
index f8dfe1728f..1758f5eb53 100644
--- a/node_redis/node_redis-tests.ts
+++ b/node_redis/node_redis-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="node_redis.d.ts" />
 
-import redis = module('redis');
+import redis = require('redis');
 
 function test1() {
     var client = redis.createClient();
diff --git a/node_zeromq/zmq-tests.ts b/node_zeromq/zmq-tests.ts
index a71bbaa104..bb97fd2cad 100644
--- a/node_zeromq/zmq-tests.ts
+++ b/node_zeromq/zmq-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path='zmq.d.ts' />
 
-import zmq = module('zmq');
+import zmq = require('zmq');
 
 function test1() {
     var sock = zmq.socket('push');
diff --git a/q/Q-tests.ts b/q/Q-tests.ts
index 504655c991..fea025b1c8 100644
--- a/q/Q-tests.ts
+++ b/q/Q-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="Q.d.ts" />
 
-import q = module('q');
+import q = require('q');
 
 Q(8).then(x => console.log(x.toExponential()));