diff --git a/nifty5/models/local_nonlinearity.py b/nifty5/models/local_nonlinearity.py
index 5917ef289083da8d4150983548d783dcba999f7e..8639af261a9110d5d4a18af8184c162dc1ec9b2c 100644
--- a/nifty5/models/local_nonlinearity.py
+++ b/nifty5/models/local_nonlinearity.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from nifty5.library.nonlinearities import Exponential, PositiveTanh, Tanh
-from nifty5.sugar import makeOp
+from ..library.nonlinearities import Exponential, PositiveTanh, Tanh
+from ..sugar import makeOp
 
 from .model import Model
 
diff --git a/nifty5/models/variable.py b/nifty5/models/variable.py
index 97b115816f6ac20292b9f7795da633542e8f89d3..e6df5603110c798538b3c6276945bc729c322644 100644
--- a/nifty5/models/variable.py
+++ b/nifty5/models/variable.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import nifty5 as ift
-
 from .model import Model
+from ..operators.scaling_operator import ScalingOperator
 
 
 class Variable(Model):