diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.Designer.cs b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.Designer.cs
index 8d537e23..1f9f6fba 100644
--- a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ internal static string ksUnrecognizedOwnerlessObjectClass {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Warning: {0} has the wrong default vernacular writing system (expecting {1}, was {2})..
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Error: {0} has the wrong default vernacular writing system (expecting {1}, was {2}).  Import aborted..
         /// </summary>
         internal static string ksWrongVernWs {
             get {
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ internal static string ksWrongVernWs {
         }
         
         /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Warning: {0} has an invalid version number (expecting {1}, was {2})..
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Error: {0} has an invalid version number (expecting {1}, was {2}).  Import aborted..
         /// </summary>
         internal static string ksWrongVersion {
             get {
diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.resx b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.resx
index 0ce9adc7..2c796e4a 100644
--- a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.resx
+++ b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/AppStrings.resx
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@
     <comment>Shown during import. The current entry is supposed to be shown as a subentry under "{1}".</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="ksWrongVernWs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Warning: {0} has the wrong default vernacular writing system (expecting {1}, was {2}).</value>
+    <value>Error: {0} has the wrong default vernacular writing system (expecting {1}, was {2}).  Import aborted.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ksWrongVersion" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Warning: {0} has an invalid version number (expecting {1}, was {2}).</value>
+    <value>Error: {0} has an invalid version number (expecting {1}, was {2}).  Import aborted.</value>
   </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/XmlImportData.cs b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/XmlImportData.cs
index 77e48708..6b265d47 100644
--- a/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/XmlImportData.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.LCModel/Application/ApplicationServices/XmlImportData.cs
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ public void ImportData(TextReader rdr, TextWriter wrtrLog, IProgress progress)
 					if (versionId != null && versionId != PhonologyServices.VersionId)
 					{
 						string sMsg = String.Format(AppStrings.ksWrongVersion, m_sFilename, PhonologyServices.VersionId, versionId);
-						LogMessage(sMsg, LineNumber(xrdr));
 						throw new Exception(sMsg);
 					}
 					string vernWs = xrdr.GetAttribute("DefaultVernWs");
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ public void ImportData(TextReader rdr, TextWriter wrtrLog, IProgress progress)
 					if (vernWs != null && vernWs != cacheVernWs)
 					{
 						string sMsg = String.Format(AppStrings.ksWrongVernWs, m_sFilename, cacheVernWs, vernWs);
-						LogMessage(sMsg, LineNumber(xrdr));
 						throw new Exception(sMsg);
 					}
 					xrdr.Read();