diff --git a/loader.go b/loader.go
index 5555faa..11d06af 100644
--- a/loader.go
+++ b/loader.go
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/ast"
 	"go/build"
+	goimporter "go/importer"
 	"go/parser"
 	"go/token"
+	"go/types"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil"
-	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
 const trace = false // show timing info for type-checking
@@ -303,33 +302,6 @@ func (conf *Config) addImport(path string, tests bool) {
 	conf.ImportPkgs[path] = conf.ImportPkgs[path] || tests
 }
 
-// PathEnclosingInterval returns the PackageInfo and ast.Node that
-// contain source interval [start, end), and all the node's ancestors
-// up to the AST root.  It searches all ast.Files of all packages in prog.
-// exact is defined as for astutil.PathEnclosingInterval.
-//
-// The zero value is returned if not found.
-//
-func (prog *Program) PathEnclosingInterval(start, end token.Pos) (pkg *PackageInfo, path []ast.Node, exact bool) {
-	for _, info := range prog.AllPackages {
-		for _, f := range info.Files {
-			if f.Pos() == token.NoPos {
-				// This can happen if the parser saw
-				// too many errors and bailed out.
-				// (Use parser.AllErrors to prevent that.)
-				continue
-			}
-			if !tokenFileContainsPos(prog.Fset.File(f.Pos()), start) {
-				continue
-			}
-			if path, exact := astutil.PathEnclosingInterval(f, start, end); path != nil {
-				return info, path, exact
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, nil, false
-}
-
 // InitialPackages returns a new slice containing the set of initial
 // packages (Created + Imported) in unspecified order.
 //
@@ -690,55 +662,6 @@ func (conf *Config) parsePackageFiles(bp *build.Package, which rune) ([]*ast.Fil
 	return files, errs
 }
 
-// doImport imports the package denoted by path.
-// It implements the types.Importer signature.
-//
-// imports is the type-checker's package canonicalization map.
-//
-// It returns an error if a package could not be created
-// (e.g. go/build or parse error), but type errors are reported via
-// the types.Config.Error callback (the first of which is also saved
-// in the package's PackageInfo).
-//
-// Idempotent.
-//
-func (imp *importer) doImport(from *PackageInfo, to string) (*types.Package, error) {
-	// Package unsafe is handled specially, and has no PackageInfo.
-	// TODO(adonovan): move this check into go/types?
-	if to == "unsafe" {
-		return types.Unsafe, nil
-	}
-	if to == "C" {
-		// This should be unreachable, but ad hoc packages are
-		// not currently subject to cgo preprocessing.
-		// See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/11627.
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`the loader doesn't cgo-process ad hoc packages like %q; see Go issue 11627`,
-			from.Pkg.Path())
-	}
-
-	imp.importedMu.Lock()
-	ii := imp.imported[to]
-	imp.importedMu.Unlock()
-	if ii == nil {
-		panic("internal error: unexpected import: " + to)
-	}
-	if ii.err != nil {
-		return nil, ii.err
-	}
-	if ii.info != nil {
-		return ii.info.Pkg, nil
-	}
-
-	// Import of incomplete package: this indicates a cycle.
-	fromPath := from.Pkg.Path()
-	if cycle := imp.findPath(to, fromPath); cycle != nil {
-		cycle = append([]string{fromPath}, cycle...)
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("import cycle: %s", strings.Join(cycle, " -> "))
-	}
-
-	panic("internal error: import of incomplete (yet acyclic) package: " + fromPath)
-}
-
 // loadAll loads, parses, and type-checks the specified packages in
 // parallel and returns their completed importInfos in unspecified order.
 //
@@ -922,9 +845,7 @@ func (imp *importer) newPackageInfo(path string) *PackageInfo {
 	if f := imp.conf.TypeCheckFuncBodies; f != nil {
 		tc.IgnoreFuncBodies = !f(path)
 	}
-	tc.Import = func(_ map[string]*types.Package, to string) (*types.Package, error) {
-		return imp.doImport(info, to)
-	}
+	tc.Importer = goimporter.Default()
 	tc.Error = info.appendError // appendError wraps the user's Error function
 
 	info.checker = types.NewChecker(&tc, imp.conf.fset(), pkg, &info.Info)
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 0404e99..b651fc6 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"go/token"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
-
-	"golang.org/x/tools/go/buildutil"
 )
 
 // We use a counting semaphore to limit
@@ -29,6 +28,15 @@ var sema = make(chan bool, 10)
 // displayPath is used to transform the filenames attached to the ASTs.
 //
 func parseFiles(fset *token.FileSet, ctxt *build.Context, displayPath func(string) string, dir string, files []string, mode parser.Mode) ([]*ast.File, []error) {
+	isAbsPath := ctxt.IsAbsPath
+	if isAbsPath == nil {
+		isAbsPath = filepath.IsAbs
+	}
+	joinPath := ctxt.JoinPath
+	if joinPath == nil {
+		joinPath = filepath.Join
+	}
+
 	if displayPath == nil {
 		displayPath = func(path string) string { return path }
 	}
@@ -37,8 +45,8 @@ func parseFiles(fset *token.FileSet, ctxt *build.Context, displayPath func(strin
 	parsed := make([]*ast.File, n)
 	errors := make([]error, n)
 	for i, file := range files {
-		if !buildutil.IsAbsPath(ctxt, file) {
-			file = buildutil.JoinPath(ctxt, dir, file)
+		if !isAbsPath(file) {
+			file = joinPath(dir, file)
 		}
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(i int, file string) {