diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/App/AppDraftUtilsPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Draft/App/AppDraftUtilsPy.cpp
index 2966113093..f8bcefb29c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/App/AppDraftUtilsPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/App/AppDraftUtilsPy.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public:
 private:
     Py::Object readDXF(const Py::Tuple& args)
     {
+        Base::Console().Warning("DraftUtils.readDXF is deprecated. Use Import.readDxf instead.\n");
         char* Name;
         const char* DocName=0;
         bool IgnoreErrors=true;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
index e88ef5087e..f46ba6ef95 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
@@ -1570,8 +1570,8 @@ def open(filename):
         doc = FreeCAD.newDocument(docname)
         doc.Label = decodeName(docname)
         FreeCAD.setActiveDocument(doc.Name)
-        import DraftUtils
-        DraftUtils.readDXF(filename)
+        import Import
+        Import.readDXF(filename)
 
 def insert(filename,docname):
     "called when freecad imports a file"
@@ -1597,8 +1597,8 @@ def insert(filename,docname):
         else:
             errorDXFLib(gui)
     else:
-        import DraftUtils
-        DraftUtils.readDXF(filename)
+        import Import
+        Import.readDXF(filename)
 
 def getShapes(filename):
     "reads a dxf file and returns a list of shapes from its contents"