diff --git a/examples/spherical-mercator.html b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
index fd6a3250da..88e207f27a 100644
--- a/examples/spherical-mercator.html
+++ b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 
     var map = new OpenLayers.Map({
         div: "map",
-        projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
-        displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),
+        projection: "EPSG:900913",
+        displayProjection: "EPSG:4326",
         units: "m",
         numZoomLevels: 18,
         maxResolution: 156543.0339,
-        maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508, -20037508, 20037508, 20037508),
+        maxExtent: [-20037508, -20037508, 20037508, 20037508],
     });
 
     // create Google Mercator layers