diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
index 1876015140e5..5840c7a2421c 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use PDO;
 use Closure;
 use DateTime;
+use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\Processor;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection as DoctrineConnection;
 
@@ -947,7 +948,7 @@ public function getEventDispatcher()
 	 * @param  \Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function setEventDispatcher(\Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher $events)
+	public function setEventDispatcher(Dispatcher $events)
 	{
 		$this->events = $events;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
index beeb4a37c9e1..7dd72a5199ee 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ public function getRelationCountQuery(Builder $query, Builder $parent)
 	 */
 	public function getRelationCountQueryForSelfJoin(Builder $query, Builder $parent)
 	{
-		$query->select(new \Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression('count(*)'));
+		$query->select(new Expression('count(*)'));
 
 		$tablePrefix = $this->query->getQuery()->getConnection()->getTablePrefix();
 
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ public function getRelationCountQueryForSelfJoin(Builder $query, Builder $parent
 
 		$key = $this->wrap($this->getQualifiedParentKeyName());
 
-		return $query->where($hash.'.'.$this->foreignKey, '=', new \Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression($key));
+		return $query->where($hash.'.'.$this->foreignKey, '=', new Expression($key));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
index cb9cd84de478..c650123442bd 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Illuminate\Foundation;
 
 use Closure;
+use Stack\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Config\FileLoader;
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ protected function getStackedClient()
 	{
 		$sessionReject = $this->bound('session.reject') ? $this['session.reject'] : null;
 
-		$client = (new \Stack\Builder)
+		$client = (new Builder)
                     ->push('Illuminate\Cookie\Guard', $this['encrypter'])
                     ->push('Illuminate\Cookie\Queue', $this['cookie'])
                     ->push('Illuminate\Session\Middleware', $this['session'], $sessionReject);
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ protected function getStackedClient()
 	 * @param  \Stack\Builder
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function mergeCustomMiddlewares(\Stack\Builder $stack)
+	protected function mergeCustomMiddlewares(Builder $stack)
 	{
 		foreach ($this->middlewares as $middleware)
 		{
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/TinkerCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/TinkerCommand.php
index fe3fcdcb795e..58d40143ce5d 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/TinkerCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/TinkerCommand.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Illuminate\Foundation\Console;
 
+use Boris\Boris;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
 class TinkerCommand extends Command {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ protected function runBorisShell()
 	{
 		$this->setupBorisErrorHandling();
 
-		(new \Boris\Boris('> '))->start();
+		(new Boris('> '))->start();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
index c19ba5fefece..48cab1bed05e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Illuminate\Support;
 
+use Patchwork\Utf8;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\MacroableTrait;
 
 class Str {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class Str {
 	 */
 	public static function ascii($value)
 	{
-		return \Patchwork\Utf8::toAscii($value);
+		return Utf8::toAscii($value);
 	}
 
 	/**