diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7591efdd..6fe3fd18 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     "maputnik-design": "github:maputnik/design",
     "ol": "^6.0.0-beta.8",
     "ol-mapbox-style": "^5.0.0-beta.2",
-    "proj4": "^2.5.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.2",
     "react": "^16.5.2",
     "react-aria-menubutton": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/src/components/App.jsx b/src/components/App.jsx
index 2c088cdd..bd840268 100644
--- a/src/components/App.jsx
+++ b/src/components/App.jsx
@@ -483,11 +483,6 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     return metadata['maputnik:renderer'] || 'mbgljs';
   }
 
-  getProjectionCode () {
-    const metadata = this.state.mapStyle.metadata || {};
-    return this.state.openlayersDebugOptions.enableProjections ? metadata['maputnik:projection'] : "EPSG:3857";
-  }
-
   mapRenderer() {
     const metadata = this.state.mapStyle.metadata || {};
 
@@ -507,7 +502,6 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     if(renderer === 'ol') {
       mapElement = <OpenLayersMap
         {...mapProps}
-        projectionCode={this.getProjectionCode()}
         debugToolbox={this.state.openlayersDebugOptions.debugToolbox}
         onLayerSelect={this.onLayerSelect}
       />
diff --git a/src/components/map/OpenLayersMap.jsx b/src/components/map/OpenLayersMap.jsx
index f70bd2fa..cc87e1ec 100644
--- a/src/components/map/OpenLayersMap.jsx
+++ b/src/components/map/OpenLayersMap.jsx
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ import 'ol/ol.css'
 import {apply} from 'ol-mapbox-style';
 import {Map, View, Proj, Overlay} from 'ol';
 
-import proj4 from 'proj4';
-import {register} from 'ol/proj/proj4';
-import {get as getProjection, toLonLat} from 'ol/proj';
+import {toLonLat} from 'ol/proj';
 import {toStringHDMS} from 'ol/coordinate';
 
-// Register some projections...
-proj4.defs('EPSG:3031', '+proj=stere +lat_0=-90 +lat_ts=-71 +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs ');
-register(proj4);
-
 
 function renderCoords (coords) {
   if (!coords || coords.length < 2) {
@@ -64,21 +58,7 @@ export default class OpenLayersMap extends React.Component {
     apply(this.map, newMapStyle);
   }
 
-  updateProjection () {
-    this.projection = getProjection(this.props.projectionCode || "EPSG:3857");
-  }
-
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
-    if (this.props.projectionCode !== prevProps.projectionCode) {
-      this.updateProjection();
-      this.map.setView(
-        new View({
-          projection: this.projection,
-          zoom: 1,
-          center: [180, -90]
-        })
-      );
-    }
     if (this.props.mapStyle !== prevProps.mapStyle) {
       this.updateStyle(this.props.mapStyle);
     }
@@ -93,20 +73,17 @@ export default class OpenLayersMap extends React.Component {
       }
     });
 
-    this.updateProjection();
-
     const map = new Map({
       target: this.container,
       overlays: [this.overlay],
       view: new View({
-        projection: this.projection,
         zoom: 1,
         center: [180, -90],
       })
     });
 
     map.on('pointermove', (evt) => {
-      var coords = toLonLat(evt.coordinate, this.projection);
+      var coords = toLonLat(evt.coordinate);
       this.setState({
         cursor: [
           coords[0].toFixed(2),
@@ -116,7 +93,7 @@ export default class OpenLayersMap extends React.Component {
     })
 
     map.on('postrender', (evt) => {
-      const center = toLonLat(map.getView().getCenter(), this.projection);
+      const center = toLonLat(map.getView().getCenter());
       this.setState({
         center: [
           center[0].toFixed(2),
diff --git a/src/components/modals/SettingsModal.jsx b/src/components/modals/SettingsModal.jsx
index 80c93b4c..5e7e4ea9 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/SettingsModal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modals/SettingsModal.jsx
@@ -110,20 +110,6 @@ class SettingsModal extends React.Component {
         />
       </InputBlock>
 
-      {this.props.openlayersDebugOptions.enableProjections &&
-        <InputBlock label={"Projection (experimental)"} doc={"Projection of the data"}>
-          <SelectInput {...inputProps}
-            data-wd-key="modal-settings.maputnik:projection" 
-            options={[
-              ['EPSG:3857', '[EPSG:3857] Web Mercator'],
-              ['EPSG:3031', '[EPSG:3031] Antarctic Polar Stereographic (experimental)'],
-            ]}
-            value={metadata['maputnik:projection'] || 'EPSG:3857'}
-            onChange={this.changeMetadataProperty.bind(this, 'maputnik:projection')}
-          />
-        </InputBlock>
-      }
-
       </div>
     </Modal>
   }