diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
index 6d905f500c54..8d8fba8ff288 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Feature.scala
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ object Feature:
   val pureFunctions = experimental("pureFunctions")
   val captureChecking = experimental("captureChecking")
 
-  val globalOnlyImports: Set[TermName] = Set(pureFunctions, captureChecking)
-
   /** Is `feature` enabled by by a command-line setting? The enabling setting is
    *
    *       -language:<prefix>feature
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
index d2a88a422b2e..b30e0e71e8d2 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import ast.untpd
 import util.{NoSource, SimpleIdentityMap, SourceFile, HashSet, ReusableInstance}
 import typer.{Implicits, ImportInfo, SearchHistory, SearchRoot, TypeAssigner, Typer, Nullables}
 import inlines.Inliner
+import ast.{tpd, untpd}
+import config.Feature
 import Nullables._
 import Implicits.ContextualImplicits
 import config.Settings._
@@ -648,6 +650,14 @@ object Contexts {
         case Some(false) if ctx.settings.YexplicitNulls.value =>
           setMode(this.mode | Mode.SafeNulls)
         case _ =>
+
+      importInfo.qualifier match
+        case ref: untpd.RefTree =>
+          val prefix = ref.name.asTermName
+          for case untpd.ImportSelector(untpd.Ident(imported), untpd.EmptyTree, _) <- importInfo.selectors do
+            Feature.handleGlobalLanguageImport(prefix, imported)
+        case _ => ()
+
       updateStore(importInfoLoc, importInfo)
     def setTypeAssigner(typeAssigner: TypeAssigner): this.type = updateStore(typeAssignerLoc, typeAssigner)
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
index 653f61447492..add34b9aa2f7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/parsing/Parsers.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import rewrites.Rewrites.{patch, overlapsPatch}
 import reporting._
 import config.Feature
-import config.Feature.{sourceVersion, migrateTo3, globalOnlyImports}
+import config.Feature.{sourceVersion, migrateTo3}
 import config.SourceVersion._
 import config.SourceVersion