diff --git a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
index 7323a0b125..dc65cee61d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_local_render.py
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ import os
 import sys
 import six
 
-import openpype.api
+from openpype.lib import (
+    get_ffmpeg_tool_path,
+    run_subprocess,
+)
+from openpype.pipeline import publish
 from openpype.hosts.aftereffects.api import get_stub
 
 
-class ExtractLocalRender(openpype.api.Extractor):
+class ExtractLocalRender(publish.Extractor):
     """Render RenderQueue locally."""
 
-    order = openpype.api.Extractor.order - 0.47
+    order = publish.Extractor.order - 0.47
     label = "Extract Local Render"
     hosts = ["aftereffects"]
     families = ["renderLocal", "render.local"]
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ class ExtractLocalRender(openpype.api.Extractor):
 
         instance.data["representations"] = [repre_data]
 
-        ffmpeg_path = openpype.lib.get_ffmpeg_tool_path("ffmpeg")
+        ffmpeg_path = get_ffmpeg_tool_path("ffmpeg")
         # Generate thumbnail.
         thumbnail_path = os.path.join(staging_dir, "thumbnail.jpg")
 
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ class ExtractLocalRender(openpype.api.Extractor):
         ]
         self.log.debug("Thumbnail args:: {}".format(args))
         try:
-            output = openpype.lib.run_subprocess(args)
+            output = run_subprocess(args)
         except TypeError:
             self.log.warning("Error in creating thumbnail")
             six.reraise(*sys.exc_info())
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_save_scene.py b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_save_scene.py
index eb2977309f..343838eb49 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_save_scene.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/extract_save_scene.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import pyblish.api
 
-import openpype.api
+from openpype.pipeline import publish
 from openpype.hosts.aftereffects.api import get_stub
 
 
 class ExtractSaveScene(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
     """Save scene before extraction."""
 
-    order = openpype.api.Extractor.order - 0.48
+    order = publish.Extractor.order - 0.48
     label = "Extract Save Scene"
     hosts = ["aftereffects"]
 
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/remove_publish_highlight.py b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/remove_publish_highlight.py
index 5f3fcc3089..370f916f04 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/remove_publish_highlight.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/remove_publish_highlight.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import openpype.api
+from openpype.pipeline import publish
 from openpype.hosts.aftereffects.api import get_stub
 
 
-class RemovePublishHighlight(openpype.api.Extractor):
+class RemovePublishHighlight(publish.Extractor):
     """Clean utf characters which are not working in DL
 
         Published compositions are marked with unicode icon which causes
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class RemovePublishHighlight(openpype.api.Extractor):
         rendering, add it later back to avoid confusion.
     """
 
-    order = openpype.api.Extractor.order - 0.49  # just before save
+    order = publish.Extractor.order - 0.49  # just before save
     label = "Clean render comp"
     hosts = ["aftereffects"]
     families = ["render.farm"]