diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
index deb6840e001..2b7823ccbe2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ void DebugView::importsChanged(const QList<Import> &addedImports, const QList<Im
         QString message;
         message += tr("Added imports:") += lineBreak;
         foreach (const Import &import, addedImports) {
-            message += import.toString() += lineBreak;
+            message += import.toImportString() += lineBreak;
         }
 
         message += tr("Removed imports:") += lineBreak;
         foreach (const Import &import, removedImports) {
-            message += import.toString() += lineBreak;
+            message += import.toImportString() += lineBreak;
         }
 
         log(tr("Imports changed:"), message);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
index b0d33785409..6a11cf9360d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void DesignDocumentView::toClipboard() const
     data->setText(toText());
     QStringList imports;
     foreach (const Import &import, model()->imports())
-        imports.append(import.toString());
+        imports.append(import.toImportString());
 
     data->setData("QmlDesigner::imports", stringListToArray(imports));
     clipboard->setMimeData(data);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void DesignDocumentView::fromText(QString text)
     QPlainTextEdit textEdit;
     QString imports;
     foreach (const Import &import, model()->imports())
-        imports += import.toString(true, true) + QLatin1Char('\n');
+        imports += QLatin1String("import ") + import.toString(true) + QLatin1Char(';') + QLatin1Char('\n');
 
     textEdit.setPlainText(imports + text);
     NotIndentingTextEditModifier modifier(&textEdit);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/filemanager/changeimportsvisitor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/filemanager/changeimportsvisitor.cpp
index 6d533f8fd50..30604b90581 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/filemanager/changeimportsvisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/filemanager/changeimportsvisitor.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ bool ChangeImportsVisitor::add(QmlJS::AST::UiProgram *ast, const Import &import)
             if (!c.isSpace() && c != QLatin1Char(';'))
                 break;
         }
-        replace(insertionPoint+1, 0, QLatin1String("\n") + import.toString(false));
+        replace(insertionPoint+1, 0, QLatin1String("\n") + import.toImportString());
     } else {
-        replace(0, 0, import.toString(false) + QLatin1String("\n\n"));
+        replace(0, 0, import.toImportString() + QLatin1String("\n\n"));
     }
 
     setDidRewriting(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
index 29a6e04fc1c..3d4b9e78595 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public:
     QString alias() const { return m_alias; }
     QStringList importPaths() const { return m_importPathList; }
 
-    QString toString(bool addSemicolon = false, bool skipAlias = false) const;
+    QString toString(bool skipAlias = false) const;
+    QString toImportString() const;
 
     bool operator==(const Import &other) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
index c49800123f9..cb7abd83718 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ Import Import::empty()
     return Import(QString(), QString(), QString(), QString(), QStringList());
 }
 
+QString Import::toImportString() const
+{
+    QString result = QLatin1String("import ");
+
+    result += toString(false);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 Import::Import(const QString &url, const QString &file, const QString &version, const QString &alias, const QStringList &importPaths):
         m_url(url),
         m_file(file),
@@ -57,9 +66,9 @@ Import::Import(const QString &url, const QString &file, const QString &version,
 {
 }
 
-QString Import::toString(bool addSemicolon, bool skipAlias) const
+QString Import::toString(bool skipAlias) const
 {
-    QString result = QLatin1String("import ");
+    QString result;
 
     if (isFileImport())
         result += '"' + file() + '"';
@@ -74,9 +83,6 @@ QString Import::toString(bool addSemicolon, bool skipAlias) const
     if (hasAlias() && !skipAlias)
         result += " as " + alias();
 
-    if (addSemicolon)
-        result += ';';
-
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteaction.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteaction.cpp
index 264ca7ea938..a8a7ba3a0c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteaction.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriteaction.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ bool AddImportRewriteAction::execute(QmlDesigner::QmlRefactoring &refactoring,
 
     if (!result)
         qDebug() << "*** AddImportRewriteAction::execute failed in changeImports ("
-                 << m_import.toString()
+                 << m_import.toImportString()
                  << ") **"
                  << info();
     return result;
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ bool RemoveImportRewriteAction::execute(QmlDesigner::QmlRefactoring &refactoring
 
     if (!result)
         qDebug() << "*** RemoveImportRewriteAction::execute failed in changeImports ("
-                 << m_import.toString()
+                 << m_import.toImportString()
                  << ") **"
                  << info();
     return result;