diff --git a/lib/less/index.js b/lib/less/index.js
index 22483c80..4df5f307 100644
--- a/lib/less/index.js
+++ b/lib/less/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var path = require('path'),
+    sys = require('sys'),
     fs = require('fs');
 
 require.paths.unshift(path.join(__dirname, '..'));
@@ -81,25 +82,25 @@ less.Parser.importer = function (file, paths, callback) {
 
     if (pathname) {
         fs.stat(pathname, function (e, stats) {
-            if (e) process.stdio.writeError(e);
+            if (e) sys.puts(e);
 
             fs.open(pathname, process.O_RDONLY, stats.mode, function (e, fd) {
-                if (e) process.stdio.writeError(e);
+                if (e) sys.puts(e);
 
                 fs.read(fd, stats.size, 0, "utf8", function (e, data) {
-                    if (e) process.stdio.writeError(e);
+                    if (e) sys.puts(e);
 
                     new(less.Parser)({
                         paths: [path.dirname(pathname)]
                     }).parse(data, function (e, root) {
-                        if (e) process.stdio.writeError(e);
+                        if (e) sys.puts(e);
                         callback(root);
                     });
                 });
             });
         });
     } else {
-        process.stdio.writeError("file '" + file + "' wasn't found.\n");
+        sys.puts("file '" + file + "' wasn't found.\n");
         process.exit(1);
     }
 }