diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
index 49430955ba..fac0493aa3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ def processdxf(document, filename, getShapes=False, reComputeFlag=True):
                     drawstyle = "Dashdot"
                 locateLayer(name, color, drawstyle)
     else:
-        locateLayer("0", [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], "Solid")
+        locateLayer("0", (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), "Solid")
 
      # Draw lines
     lines = drawing.entities.get_type("line")
diff --git a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCAD2Dgeom.py b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCAD2Dgeom.py
index 378eea52fb..f65e59034b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCAD2Dgeom.py
+++ b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCAD2Dgeom.py
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ def importDXFface(filename,layer=None,doc=None):
         #shapeobj.Document.removeObject(shapeobj.Name)
     #groupobj[0].Document.removeObject(groupobj[0].Name)
     for layer in layers: #remove everything that has been imported
-        layer.removeObjectsFromDocument()
+        removeOp = getattr(layer, "removeObjectsFromDocument", None)
+        if callable(removeOp):
+            layer.removeObjectsFromDocument()
         #for obj in layer.Group:
         #    obj.Document.removeObject(obj.Name)
         layer.Document.removeObject(layer.Name)