diff --git a/src/Collection.php b/src/Collection.php
index 1dd517e09..9f7bef654 100644
--- a/src/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Collection.php
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap;
 
+use Countable;
+use Iterator;
+
 /**
  * Zend\Ldap\Collection wraps a list of LDAP entries.
  */
-class Collection implements \Iterator, \Countable
+class Collection implements Iterator, Countable
 {
     /**
      * Iterator
diff --git a/src/Collection/DefaultIterator.php b/src/Collection/DefaultIterator.php
index 1e83855b5..82b0ca7c3 100644
--- a/src/Collection/DefaultIterator.php
+++ b/src/Collection/DefaultIterator.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap\Collection;
 
+use Countable;
+use Iterator;
 use Zend\Ldap;
 use Zend\Ldap\Exception;
 use Zend\Stdlib\ErrorHandler;
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@
  * Zend\Ldap\Collection\DefaultIterator is the default collection iterator implementation
  * using ext/ldap
  */
-class DefaultIterator implements \Iterator, \Countable
+class DefaultIterator implements Iterator, Countable
 {
     const ATTRIBUTE_TO_LOWER = 1;
     const ATTRIBUTE_TO_UPPER = 2;
diff --git a/src/Node.php b/src/Node.php
index fd433e00b..dea86f187 100644
--- a/src/Node.php
+++ b/src/Node.php
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap;
 
+use Iterator;
+use RecursiveIterator;
 use Zend\EventManager\EventManager;
 
 /**
  * Zend\Ldap\Node provides an object oriented view into a LDAP node.
  */
-class Node extends Node\AbstractNode implements \Iterator, \RecursiveIterator
+class Node extends Node\AbstractNode implements Iterator, RecursiveIterator
 {
     /**
      * Holds the node's new Dn if node is renamed.
diff --git a/src/Node/AbstractNode.php b/src/Node/AbstractNode.php
index f92042c6f..a5162bc9c 100644
--- a/src/Node/AbstractNode.php
+++ b/src/Node/AbstractNode.php
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap\Node;
 
+use ArrayAccess;
+use Countable;
 use Zend\Ldap;
 use Zend\Ldap\Exception;
 
 /**
  * This class provides a base implementation for LDAP nodes
  */
-abstract class AbstractNode implements \ArrayAccess, \Countable
+abstract class AbstractNode implements ArrayAccess, Countable
 {
     protected static $systemAttributes = array('createtimestamp', 'creatorsname',
                                                'entrycsn', 'entrydn', 'entryuuid', 'hassubordinates', 'modifiersname',
diff --git a/src/Node/ChildrenIterator.php b/src/Node/ChildrenIterator.php
index 2674d9d1a..da67dbccb 100644
--- a/src/Node/ChildrenIterator.php
+++ b/src/Node/ChildrenIterator.php
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap\Node;
 
+use ArrayAccess;
+use Countable;
+use Iterator;
+use RecursiveIterator;
 use Zend\Ldap;
 
 /**
  * Zend\Ldap\Node\ChildrenIterator provides an iterator to a collection of children nodes.
  */
-class ChildrenIterator implements \Iterator, \Countable, \RecursiveIterator, \ArrayAccess
+class ChildrenIterator implements Iterator, Countable, RecursiveIterator, ArrayAccess
 {
     /**
      * An array of Zend\Ldap\Node objects
diff --git a/src/Node/Schema/AbstractItem.php b/src/Node/Schema/AbstractItem.php
index e1946e4fd..384c4d614 100644
--- a/src/Node/Schema/AbstractItem.php
+++ b/src/Node/Schema/AbstractItem.php
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Ldap\Node\Schema;
 
+use ArrayAccess;
+use Countable;
 use Zend\Ldap\Exception;
 
 /**
  * This class provides a base implementation for managing schema
  * items like objectClass and attributeType.
  */
-abstract class AbstractItem implements \ArrayAccess, \Countable
+abstract class AbstractItem implements ArrayAccess, Countable
 {
     /**
      * The underlying data