diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/input.py
index edbc2d6b30..6733d3aadc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/input.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import os
 from calibre.customize.conversion import InputFormatPlugin
 from calibre.ebooks.pdf.pdftohtml import pdftohtml
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf import OPFCreator
-from calibre.customize.builtins import PDFMetadataReader
 
 class PDFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     
@@ -26,7 +25,8 @@ class PDFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         with open('index.html', 'wb') as index:
             index.write(html)
             
-        mi = PDFMetadataReader(None).get_metadata(stream, 'pdf')
+        from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import get_metadata
+        mi = get_metadata(stream, 'pdf')
         opf = OPFCreator(os.getcwd(), mi)
         opf.create_manifest([('index.html', None)])
         opf.create_spine(['index.html'])
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index e161f6b9bd..aafc36989e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import os
 from calibre.customize.conversion import InputFormatPlugin
 from calibre.ebooks.markdown import markdown
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf import OPFCreator
-from calibre.customize.builtins import TXTMetadataReader
 
 class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     
@@ -33,7 +32,8 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         with open('index.html', 'wb') as index:
             index.write(html.encode('utf-8'))
             
-        mi = TXTMetadataReader(None).get_metadata(stream, 'txt')
+        from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import get_metadata
+        mi = get_metadata(stream, 'txt')
         opf = OPFCreator(os.getcwd(), mi)
         opf.create_manifest([('index.html', None)])
         opf.create_spine(['index.html'])