diff --git a/.builds/openbsd.yml b/.builds/openbsd.yml
index c4db2f6216bea..646e41a5363fc 100644
--- a/.builds/openbsd.yml
+++ b/.builds/openbsd.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tasks:
     cd Nim
     git clone --depth 1 -q https://github.com/nim-lang/csources.git
     gmake -C csources -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpuonline)
-    bin/nim c koch
+    bin/nim c --lib:lib koch # see https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/14291
     echo 'export PATH=$HOME/Nim/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.buildenv
 - test: |
     cd Nim
diff --git a/build_all.sh b/build_all.sh
index d3bba2211c482..1ac2dbddb000f 100644
--- a/build_all.sh
+++ b/build_all.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ build_nim_csources(){
 [ -f $nim_csources ] || echo_run build_nim_csources $@
 
 # Note: if fails, may need to `cd csources && git pull`
-echo_run bin/nim c --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg koch
+# --lib:lib needed for bootstrap on some platforms, see https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/14291
+echo_run bin/nim c --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg --lib:lib koch
 
 echo_run ./koch boot -d:release --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg
 echo_run ./koch tools --skipUserCfg --skipParentCfg # Compile Nimble and other tools.
diff --git a/compiler/nim.nim b/compiler/nim.nim
index dba5b8bc3cfb4..f0fd3a97bb0cd 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.nim
+++ b/compiler/nim.nim
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import
   idents, lineinfos, cmdlinehelper,
   pathutils
 
-from browsers import openDefaultBrowser
-from nodejs import findNodeJs
+from std/browsers import openDefaultBrowser
+from std/nodejs import findNodeJs
 
 when hasTinyCBackend:
   import tccgen
diff --git a/koch.nim b/koch.nim
index 8b7eecf7cb432..df92e8b15465d 100644
--- a/koch.nim
+++ b/koch.nim
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ when defined(amd64) and defined(windows) and defined(vcc):
 when defined(i386) and defined(windows) and defined(vcc):
   {.link: "icons/koch-i386-windows-vcc.res".}
 
-import
-  os, strutils, parseopt, osproc
+import std/[os, strutils, parseopt, osproc]
+  # if this fails with: `Error: cannot open file: std/os`, see
+  # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/14291 for explanation + how to fix.
 
 import tools / kochdocs
 import tools / deps
diff --git a/lib/pure/typetraits.nim b/lib/pure/typetraits.nim
index 0ac6d0d1ca3e2..9a215a35312ae 100644
--- a/lib/pure/typetraits.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/typetraits.nim
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ since (1, 1):
   type StaticParam*[value: static type] = object
     ## used to wrap a static value in `genericParams`
 
-# NOTE: See https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/13758 - `import std/macros` does not work on OpenBSD
-import macros
+import std/macros
 
 macro genericParamsImpl(T: typedesc): untyped =
   # auxiliary macro needed, can't do it directly in `genericParams`