diff --git a/api/builtins/PatchJson6902Transformer.go b/api/builtins/PatchJson6902Transformer.go
index 24f6d3061..be2e430e8 100644
--- a/api/builtins/PatchJson6902Transformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/PatchJson6902Transformer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package builtins
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resid"
diff --git a/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go b/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
index 04e678522..4cd6f528a 100644
--- a/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
+++ b/api/builtins/PatchTransformer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package builtins
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"