diff --git a/cue/parser/parser.go b/cue/parser/parser.go
index 2268450..045b026 100644
--- a/cue/parser/parser.go
+++ b/cue/parser/parser.go
@@ -1242,11 +1242,7 @@
 	c := p.openComments()
 
 	var ident *ast.Ident
-	switch p.tok {
-	case token.PERIOD:
-		ident = &ast.Ident{NamePos: p.pos, Name: "."}
-		p.next()
-	case token.IDENT:
+	if p.tok == token.IDENT {
 		ident = p.parseIdent()
 	}
 
diff --git a/cue/parser/parser_test.go b/cue/parser/parser_test.go
index 89973a5..22f5728 100644
--- a/cue/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/cue/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -101,19 +101,17 @@
 		import (
 			a "foo"
 			"bar/baz"
-			. "model"
 		)
 		`,
-		`package k8s, import ( a "foo", "bar/baz", . "model" )`,
+		`package k8s, import ( a "foo", "bar/baz" )`,
 	}, {
 		"imports single",
 		`package k8s
 
 		import a "foo"
 		import "bar/baz"
-		import . "model"
 			`,
-		`package k8s, import a "foo", import "bar/baz", import . "model"`,
+		`package k8s, import a "foo", import "bar/baz"`,
 	}, {
 		"collapsed fields",
 		`a b c: 1
diff --git a/cue/parser/testdata/commas.src b/cue/parser/testdata/commas.src
index b159a0d..0a75770 100644
--- a/cue/parser/testdata/commas.src
+++ b/cue/parser/testdata/commas.src
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import "path/to/pkg"
 import name "path/to/pkg"
-import . "path/to/pkg"
+import . /* ERROR "expected 'STRING', found '.' " */
 import      /* ERROR "expected 'STRING', found newline" */
 import err  /* ERROR "expected 'STRING', found newline" */
 
diff --git a/doc/ref/spec.md b/doc/ref/spec.md
index 84ae5db..c6e01ca 100644
--- a/doc/ref/spec.md
+++ b/doc/ref/spec.md
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
 
 ```
 ImportDecl       = "import" ( ImportSpec | "(" { ImportSpec ";" } ")" ) .
-ImportSpec       = [ "." | PackageName ] ImportPath .
+ImportSpec       = [ PackageName ] ImportPath .
 ImportPath       = `"` { unicode_value } `"` .
 ```
 
@@ -2543,12 +2543,6 @@
 It is declared in the file block.
 If the PackageName is omitted, it defaults to the identifier specified in the
 package clause of the imported instance.
-If an explicit period (.) appears instead of a name, all the instances's
-exported identifiers declared in that instances's package block will be declared
-in the importing source file's file block
-and must be accessed without a qualifier. 
-<!-- jba: Can you omit this feature? It's likely to only decrease readability,
-as we know from Go. -->
 
 The interpretation of the ImportPath is implementation-dependent but it is
 typically either the path of a builtin package or a fully qualifying location
@@ -2570,7 +2564,6 @@
 
 import   "lib/math"         math.Sin
 import m "lib/math"         m.Sin
-import . "lib/math"         Sin
 ```
 
 An import declaration declares a dependency relation between the importing and