diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9994492c..85af83d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+ * `import` now returns nil instead of the last module's string representation (#1174)
 
 ## [v0.3.5]
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/basilisp/core.lpy b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
index 497e4b91..10da2ab2 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/core.lpy
+++ b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
@@ -4936,7 +4936,8 @@
   ;; to the new ns, the global python namespace can still refer to the
   ;; old python global ns where the import would have been evaluated
   ;; otherwise.
-  (let [form `(import* ~@modules)]
+  (let [form `(do (import* ~@modules)
+                  nil)]
     `(eval '~form  *ns*)))
 
 (defn ^:private rewrite-clojure-libspec