diff --git a/pkg/generator/generator.go b/pkg/generator/generator.go
index 93d0fae..967011a 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/generator.go
@@ -113,12 +113,21 @@ func getData(name string, keyType string, valueType string, wd string) (template
 		return templateData{}, fmt.Errorf("key type: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	// if we are inside the same package as the type we don't need an import and can refer directly to the type
-	if genPkg.PkgPath == data.ValType.ImportPath {
+	// See https://github.com/vektah/dataloaden/pull/55
+	// If we are inside the same package as the type we don't need
+	// an import and can refer directly to the type.  Also exclude
+	// the "time" and "sync" packages because they are imported by
+	// default by the template.
+	if genPkg.PkgPath == data.ValType.ImportPath ||
+		"time" == data.ValType.ImportPath ||
+		"sync" == data.ValType.ImportPath {
 		data.ValType.ImportName = ""
 		data.ValType.ImportPath = ""
 	}
-	if genPkg.PkgPath == data.KeyType.ImportPath {
+
+	if genPkg.PkgPath == data.KeyType.ImportPath ||
+		"time" == data.KeyType.ImportPath ||
+		"sync" == data.KeyType.ImportPath {
 		data.KeyType.ImportName = ""
 		data.KeyType.ImportPath = ""
 	}