diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts b/src/harness/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
index 1e13bc3e345..76b1e4f05a6 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,32 @@ describe("PreProcessFile:", () => {
                 });
         }),
 
+        it("Do not return reference path of non-imports", () => {
+            test("Quill.import('delta');",
+                /*readImportFile*/ true,
+                /*detectJavaScriptImports*/ false,
+                {
+                    referencedFiles: <ts.FileReference[]>[],
+                    importedFiles: <ts.FileReference[]>[],
+                    typeReferenceDirectives: [],
+                    ambientExternalModules: undefined,
+                    isLibFile: false
+                });
+        }),
+
+        it("Do not return reference path of nested non-imports", () => {
+            test("a.b.import('c');",
+                /*readImportFile*/ true,
+                /*detectJavaScriptImports*/ false,
+                {
+                    referencedFiles: <ts.FileReference[]>[],
+                    importedFiles: <ts.FileReference[]>[],
+                    typeReferenceDirectives: [],
+                    ambientExternalModules: undefined,
+                    isLibFile: false
+                });
+        }),
+
         it("Correctly return imported files", () => {
             test("import i1 = require(\"r1.ts\"); import i2 =require(\"r2.ts\"); import i3= require(\"r3.ts\"); import i4=require(\"r4.ts\"); import i5 = require  (\"r5.ts\");",
                 /*readImportFile*/ true,
diff --git a/src/services/preProcess.ts b/src/services/preProcess.ts
index fb138a87866..6c5f6c1b2ff 100644
--- a/src/services/preProcess.ts
+++ b/src/services/preProcess.ts
@@ -12,20 +12,23 @@ namespace ts {
         };
         const importedFiles: FileReference[] = [];
         let ambientExternalModules: { ref: FileReference, depth: number }[];
+        let lastToken: SyntaxKind;
+        let currentToken: SyntaxKind;
         let braceNesting = 0;
         // assume that text represent an external module if it contains at least one top level import/export
         // ambient modules that are found inside external modules are interpreted as module augmentations
         let externalModule = false;
 
         function nextToken() {
-            const token = scanner.scan();
-            if (token === SyntaxKind.OpenBraceToken) {
+            lastToken = currentToken;
+            currentToken = scanner.scan();
+            if (currentToken === SyntaxKind.OpenBraceToken) {
                 braceNesting++;
             }
-            else if (token === SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken) {
+            else if (currentToken === SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken) {
                 braceNesting--;
             }
-            return token;
+            return currentToken;
         }
 
         function getFileReference() {
@@ -77,6 +80,9 @@ namespace ts {
          * Returns true if at least one token was consumed from the stream
          */
         function tryConsumeImport(): boolean {
+            if (lastToken === SyntaxKind.DotToken) {
+                return false;
+            }
             let token = scanner.getToken();
             if (token === SyntaxKind.ImportKeyword) {
                 token = nextToken();
@@ -293,6 +299,10 @@ namespace ts {
             //    export import i = require("mod")
             //    (for JavaScript files) require("mod")
 
+            // Do not look for:
+            //    AnySymbol.import("mod")
+            //    AnySymbol.nested.import("mod")
+
             while (true) {
                 if (scanner.getToken() === SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken) {
                     break;