diff --git a/lib/1.2/dml-builtins.dml b/lib/1.2/dml-builtins.dml
index 5403d4da..d2578018 100644
--- a/lib/1.2/dml-builtins.dml
+++ b/lib/1.2/dml-builtins.dml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ header %{
     #include <simics/dmllib.h>
 %}
 
+import "simics/device-api.dml";
 import "simics-api.dml";
 import "simics/devs/io-memory.dml";
 import "simics/model-iface/bank-instrumentation.dml";
diff --git a/lib/1.4/dml-builtins.dml b/lib/1.4/dml-builtins.dml
index ae4e04c0..c94eeb96 100644
--- a/lib/1.4/dml-builtins.dml
+++ b/lib/1.4/dml-builtins.dml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ header %{
     #include <simics/dmllib.h>
 %}
 
+import "simics/device-api.dml";
 import "simics/devs/io-memory.dml";
 import "simics/model-iface/bank-instrumentation.dml";
 import "simics/model-iface/int-register.dml";
diff --git a/py/dml/toplevel.py b/py/dml/toplevel.py
index aaca7567..d1f4992c 100644
--- a/py/dml/toplevel.py
+++ b/py/dml/toplevel.py
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ def parse_main_file(inputfilename, explicit_import_path):
             dml.globals.enabled_compat.discard(feature)
 
     implicit_imports = [
-        ast.import_(site, "dml-builtins.dml"),
-        ast.import_(site, "simics/device-api.dml")]
+        ast.import_(site, "dml-builtins.dml")]
 
     (unimported, headers, footers, global_defs, spec_asts) = scan_statements(
         inputfilename, site, implicit_imports + stmts)