diff --git a/datumaro/util/test_utils.py b/datumaro/util/test_utils.py
index 08ffa4ed53a..63bd4222c04 100644
--- a/datumaro/util/test_utils.py
+++ b/datumaro/util/test_utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import tempfile
 
 from datumaro.components.extractor import AnnotationType
-from datumaro.components.project import Project
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.util import find
 
 
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ def test_save_and_load(test, source_dataset, converter, test_dir, importer,
 
     if importer_args is None:
         importer_args = {}
-    parsed_dataset = Project.import_from(test_dir, importer, **importer_args) \
-        .make_dataset()
+    parsed_dataset = Dataset.import_from(test_dir, importer, **importer_args)
 
     if target_dataset is None:
         target_dataset = source_dataset
diff --git a/tests/test_camvid_format.py b/tests/test_camvid_format.py
index 12192279b91..85e0b6e7d97 100644
--- a/tests/test_camvid_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_camvid_format.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 import datumaro.plugins.camvid_format as Camvid
 import numpy as np
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (AnnotationType, DatasetItem,
-                                           Extractor, LabelCategories, Mask)
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset, Project
+    Extractor, LabelCategories, Mask)
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.plugins.camvid_format import CamvidConverter, CamvidImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
-                                      test_save_and_load)
+    test_save_and_load)
 
 
 class CamvidFormatTest(TestCase):
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ),
         ], categories=Camvid.make_camvid_categories())
 
-        parsed_dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'camvid').make_dataset()
+        parsed_dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'camvid')
 
         compare_datasets(self, source_dataset, parsed_dataset)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_coco_format.py b/tests/test_coco_format.py
index a25f15f5616..f97d9255f88 100644
--- a/tests/test_coco_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_coco_format.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from datumaro.components.project import Project, Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem,
     AnnotationType, Label, Mask, Points, Polygon, Bbox, Caption,
     LabelCategories, PointsCategories
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ),
         ], categories=['TEST',])
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'coco') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'coco')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_dataset.py b/tests/test_dataset.py
index f7613c4e1a7..d2e5e4b3c8f 100644
--- a/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from datumaro.components.project import Environment
+from datumaro.components.environment import Environment
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (Extractor, DatasetItem,
     Label, Mask, Points, Polygon, PolyLine, Bbox, Caption,
     LabelCategories, AnnotationType, Transform
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ def transform_item(self, item):
 
         actual = dataset.transform('qq')
 
-        self.assertTrue(isinstance(actual, Dataset))
-        self.assertEqual(env, actual.env)
         compare_datasets(self, expected, actual)
 
     def test_can_join_annotations(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_imagenet_format.py b/tests/test_imagenet_format.py
index b6bd4e0c976..779e46b3100 100644
--- a/tests/test_imagenet_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_imagenet_format.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 import numpy as np
 import os.path as osp
 
-from datumaro.components.project import Project, Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem, Label,
     LabelCategories, AnnotationType
 )
-from datumaro.plugins.imagenet_format import ImagenetConverter
-from datumaro.plugins.imagenet_format import ImagenetImporter
+from datumaro.plugins.imagenet_format import ImagenetConverter, ImagenetImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import TestDir, compare_datasets
 
 class ImagenetFormatTest(TestCase):
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ def test_can_import(self):
                 'label_' + str(label) for label in range(2)),
         })
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'imagenet').make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'imagenet')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset, require_images=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_imagenet_txt_format.py b/tests/test_imagenet_txt_format.py
index 251c71fcc91..1cd51599230 100644
--- a/tests/test_imagenet_txt_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_imagenet_txt_format.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 import numpy as np
 import os.path as osp
 
-from datumaro.components.project import Project, Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem, Label,
     LabelCategories, AnnotationType
 )
-from datumaro.plugins.imagenet_txt_format import ImagenetTxtConverter, ImagenetTxtImporter
+from datumaro.plugins.imagenet_txt_format import \
+    ImagenetTxtConverter, ImagenetTxtImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import TestDir, compare_datasets
 
 
@@ -111,8 +112,7 @@ def test_can_import(self):
                 'label_%s' % label for label in range(10)),
         })
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'imagenet_txt') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'imagenet_txt')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset, require_images=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_labelme_format.py b/tests/test_labelme_format.py
index f51922224f9..244a590b07f 100644
--- a/tests/test_labelme_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_labelme_format.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 import os.path as osp
 
 from unittest import TestCase
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem,
     AnnotationType, Bbox, Mask, Polygon, LabelCategories
 )
-from datumaro.components.project import Project
 from datumaro.plugins.labelme_format import LabelMeImporter, LabelMeConverter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
     test_save_and_load)
@@ -181,6 +180,5 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ]),
         })
 
-        parsed = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'label_me') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        parsed = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'label_me')
         compare_datasets(self, expected=target_dataset, actual=parsed)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_mot_format.py b/tests/test_mot_format.py
index fd647426bbf..259bde298ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_mot_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_mot_format.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 import os.path as osp
 
 from unittest import TestCase
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem,
     AnnotationType, Bbox, LabelCategories
 )
-from datumaro.components.project import Project
 from datumaro.plugins.mot_format import MotSeqGtConverter, MotSeqImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
     test_save_and_load)
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ def test_can_import(self):
                 'label_' + str(label) for label in range(10)),
         })
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'mot_seq') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'mot_seq')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_mots_format.py b/tests/test_mots_format.py
index 2a6ec057e4e..f8358dda3cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_mots_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_mots_format.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from datumaro.components.extractor import DatasetItem, Mask
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset, Project
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.plugins.mots_format import MotsPngConverter, MotsImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
     test_save_and_load)
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ]),
         ], categories=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
 
-        parsed = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'mots').make_dataset()
+        parsed = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'mots')
         compare_datasets(self, expected=target, actual=parsed)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_tfrecord_format.py b/tests/test_tfrecord_format.py
index f9491c39eff..39cbe7c9b49 100644
--- a/tests/test_tfrecord_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_tfrecord_format.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem,
     AnnotationType, Bbox, Mask, LabelCategories
 )
-from datumaro.components.project import Project
 from datumaro.util.image import Image, ByteImage, encode_image
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
     test_save_and_load)
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ def test_can_import(self):
                 'label_' + str(label) for label in range(10)),
         })
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'tf_detection_api') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'tf_detection_api')
 
         compare_datasets(self, target_dataset, dataset)
diff --git a/tests/test_vgg_face2_format.py b/tests/test_vgg_face2_format.py
index 5c3bc02465a..71fd1d32225 100644
--- a/tests/test_vgg_face2_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_vgg_face2_format.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 from datumaro.components.extractor import Bbox, DatasetItem, Points
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset, Project
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.plugins.vgg_face2_format import (VggFace2Converter,
     VggFace2Importer)
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import TestDir, compare_datasets
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ),
         ], categories=[])
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'vgg_face2') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'vgg_face2')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset)
diff --git a/tests/test_voc_format.py b/tests/test_voc_format.py
index b33aaa125f5..9a4502f6e91 100644
--- a/tests/test_voc_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_voc_format.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     VocSegmentationConverter,
 )
 from datumaro.plugins.voc_format.importer import VocImporter
-from datumaro.components.project import Project
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.util.image import Image
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import (TestDir, compare_datasets,
     test_save_and_load)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def __iter__(self):
                         image=np.ones((10, 20, 3))),
                 ])
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'voc').make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'voc')
 
         compare_datasets(self, DstExtractor(), dataset)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_widerface_format.py b/tests/test_widerface_format.py
index b3af94dda1c..ed51379ba6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_widerface_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_widerface_format.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 from datumaro.components.extractor import Bbox, DatasetItem
-from datumaro.components.project import Dataset, Project
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.plugins.widerface_format import WiderFaceConverter, WiderFaceImporter
 from datumaro.util.test_utils import TestDir, compare_datasets
 
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ def test_can_import(self):
             ),
         ])
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'wider_face') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'wider_face')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset)
diff --git a/tests/test_yolo_format.py b/tests/test_yolo_format.py
index 549811fd1ce..615bb6d19f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_yolo_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_yolo_format.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from datumaro.components.extractor import (DatasetItem,
     AnnotationType, Bbox, LabelCategories,
 )
-from datumaro.components.project import Project, Dataset
+from datumaro.components.dataset import Dataset
 from datumaro.plugins.yolo_format.extractor import YoloImporter
 from datumaro.plugins.yolo_format.converter import YoloConverter
 from datumaro.util.image import Image, save_image
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def test_can_import(self):
                 'label_' + str(i) for i in range(10)),
         })
 
-        dataset = Project.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'yolo') \
-            .make_dataset()
+        dataset = Dataset.import_from(DUMMY_DATASET_DIR, 'yolo')
 
         compare_datasets(self, expected_dataset, dataset)