diff --git a/cmd/vet/copylock.go b/cmd/vet/copylock.go
index 95cecc799c..e8a6820fce 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/copylock.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/copylock.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/vet/main.go b/cmd/vet/main.go
index abc39fcf0e..16b8842cdc 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/main.go
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/printer"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	_ "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcimporter"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 // TODO: Need a flag to set build tags when parsing the package.
diff --git a/cmd/vet/nilfunc.go b/cmd/vet/nilfunc.go
index bfe05e3353..fa1bac7e64 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/nilfunc.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/nilfunc.go
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/vet/print.go b/cmd/vet/print.go
index 58b4fae62c..b20d935ef4 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/print.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/print.go
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"go/ast"
-	"go/exact"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/exact"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 var printfuncs = flag.String("printfuncs", "", "comma-separated list of print function names to check")
diff --git a/cmd/vet/shadow.go b/cmd/vet/shadow.go
index b3f362a080..34e5db9091 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/shadow.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/shadow.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 var strictShadowing = flag.Bool("shadowstrict", false, "whether to be strict about shadowing; can be noisy")
diff --git a/cmd/vet/shift.go b/cmd/vet/shift.go
index 7898d28172..2385c23fdb 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/shift.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/shift.go
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"go/ast"
-	"go/exact"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/exact"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/vet/types.go b/cmd/vet/types.go
index 57d1b5fd6d..89e9989d9a 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/types.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/types.go
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"go/ast"
-	"go/importer"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
-// The stdImporter implements importing from package files created by
-// the compiler that built this binary.
-var stdImporter = importer.Default()
+// imports is the canonical map of imported packages we need for typechecking.
+// It is created during initialization.
+var imports = make(map[string]*types.Package)
 
 var (
 	stringerMethodType = types.New("func() string")
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func init() {
 // path.name, and adds the respective package to the imports map
 // as a side effect.
 func importType(path, name string) types.Type {
-	pkg, err := stdImporter.Import(path)
+	pkg, err := types.DefaultImport(imports, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		// This can happen if fmt hasn't been compiled yet.
 		// Since nothing uses formatterType anyway, don't complain.
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ func (pkg *Package) check(fs *token.FileSet, astFiles []*ast.File) error {
 	pkg.spans = make(map[types.Object]Span)
 	pkg.types = make(map[ast.Expr]types.TypeAndValue)
 	config := types.Config{
+		// We provide the same packages map for all imports to ensure
+		// that everybody sees identical packages for the given paths.
+		Packages: imports,
 		// By providing a Config with our own error function, it will continue
 		// past the first error. There is no need for that function to do anything.
 		Error: func(error) {},
-		// We use the same importer for all imports to ensure
-		// that everybody sees identical packages for the given paths.
-		Importer: stdImporter,
 	}
 	info := &types.Info{
 		Selections: pkg.selectors,
diff --git a/cmd/vet/unsafeptr.go b/cmd/vet/unsafeptr.go
index 9ca27dce0e..ca15f72578 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/unsafeptr.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/unsafeptr.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/cmd/vet/unused.go b/cmd/vet/unused.go
index 4287638586..cbec9bb8ab 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/unused.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/unused.go
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/token"
-	"go/types"
 	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 var unusedFuncsFlag = flag.String("unusedfuncs",
@@ -54,11 +56,11 @@ func initUnusedFlags() {
 }
 
 func checkUnusedResult(f *File, n ast.Node) {
-	call, ok := unparen(n.(*ast.ExprStmt).X).(*ast.CallExpr)
+	call, ok := astutil.Unparen(n.(*ast.ExprStmt).X).(*ast.CallExpr)
 	if !ok {
 		return // not a call statement
 	}
-	fun := unparen(call.Fun)
+	fun := astutil.Unparen(call.Fun)
 
 	if f.pkg.types[fun].IsType() {
 		return // a conversion, not a call