diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMaterial.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMaterial.py
index 325214b26d..d386e26e78 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMaterial.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femguiobjects/_ViewProviderFemMaterial.py
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class _TaskPanelFemMaterial:
     def add_cards_from_a_dir(self, mat_dir, icon):
         import glob
         import os
-        import Material
+        from importFCMat import read
         mat_file_extension = ".FCMat"
         ext_len = len(mat_file_extension)
         dir_path_list = glob.glob(mat_dir + '/*' + mat_file_extension)
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class _TaskPanelFemMaterial:
         card_name_list = []
         for a_path in dir_path_list:
             card_name = os.path.basename(a_path[:-ext_len])
-            self.materials[a_path] = Material.importFCMat(a_path)
+            self.materials[a_path] = read(a_path)
             card_name_list.append([card_name, a_path])
         card_name_list.sort()
         for mat in card_name_list:
diff --git a/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py b/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
index f7c91f2b10..be3874a03d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Material/MaterialEditor.py
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ class MaterialEditor:
             if k:
                 if k in self.cards:
 
-                    import importFCMat
-                    d = importFCMat.read(self.cards[k])
+                    from importFCMat import read
+                    d = read(self.cards[k])
                     if d:
                         self.updateContents(d)
 
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ class MaterialEditor:
         filetuple = QtGui.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(QtGui.QApplication.activeWindow(), 'Open FreeCAD Material file', self.directory, '*.FCMat')
         filename = filetuple[0]  # a tuple of two empty strings returns True, so use the filename directly
         if filename:
-            import importFCMat
+            from importFCMat import read
             self.directory = os.path.dirname(filename)
-            d = importFCMat.read(filename)
+            d = read(filename)
             if d:
                 self.updateContents(d)
 
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ class MaterialEditor:
             d = self.getDict()
             # self.outputDict(d)
             if d:
-                import importFCMat
-                importFCMat.write(filename, d)
+                from importFCMat import write
+                write(filename, d)
                 self.updateCards()
 
     def show(self):