diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index cd56af86643..f16acf380f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void NodeInstanceView::nodeOrderChanged(const NodeListProperty &listProperty)
 
 void NodeInstanceView::importsChanged(const Imports &/*addedImports*/, const Imports &/*removedImports*/)
 {
-    restartProcess();
+    delayedRestartProcess();
 }
 
 void NodeInstanceView::auxiliaryDataChanged(const ModelNode &node,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index b8d14ef62b2..e524e91c70f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -182,11 +182,8 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeForEffect(AbstractView *view,
         const QString effectName = QFileInfo(effectPath).baseName();
         Import import = Import::createLibraryImport("Effects." + effectName, "1.0");
         try {
-            if (!view->model()->hasImport(import, true, true)) {
+            if (!view->model()->hasImport(import, true, true))
                 view->model()->changeImports({import}, {});
-                // Trigger async reset puppet to ensure full transaction is done before reset
-                view->resetPuppet();
-            }
         } catch (const Exception &) {
             QTC_ASSERT(false, return);
         }