diff --git a/examples/tile-vector.js b/examples/tile-vector.js
index eb73c81f75..e25042023a 100644
--- a/examples/tile-vector.js
+++ b/examples/tile-vector.js
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ goog.require('ol.tilegrid.XYZ');
 
 var waterLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.TileVector({
-    format: new ol.format.TopoJSON({
-      defaultProjection: 'EPSG:4326'
-    }),
+    format: new ol.format.TopoJSON(),
     projection: 'EPSG:3857',
     tileGrid: new ol.tilegrid.XYZ({
       maxZoom: 19
@@ -31,9 +29,7 @@ var waterLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
 var roadStyleCache = {};
 var roadLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.TileVector({
-    format: new ol.format.TopoJSON({
-      defaultProjection: 'EPSG:4326'
-    }),
+    format: new ol.format.TopoJSON(),
     projection: 'EPSG:3857',
     tileGrid: new ol.tilegrid.XYZ({
       maxZoom: 19
diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index d8ba2cbfbd..6e2d5add74 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -1153,7 +1153,10 @@ olx.format.ReadOptions;
 
 /**
  * Projection of the data we are reading. If not provided, the projection will
- * be derived from the data (where possible).
+ * be derived from the data (where possible) or the `defaultDataProjection` of
+ * the format is assigned (where set). If the projection can not be derived from
+ * the data and if no `defaultDataProjection` is set for a format, the features
+ * will not be reprojected.
  * @type {ol.proj.ProjectionLike|undefined}
  */
 olx.format.ReadOptions.prototype.dataProjection;
@@ -1175,22 +1178,25 @@ olx.format.WriteOptions;
 
 
 /**
- * Projection of the data we are writing. If not provided, features will be
- * written in the `featureProjection`.
+ * Projection of the data we are writing. If not provided, the
+ * `defaultDataProjection` of the format is assigned (where set). If no
+ * `defaultDataProjection` is set for a format, the features will be returned
+ * in the `featureProjection`.
  * @type {ol.proj.ProjectionLike|undefined}
  */
 olx.format.WriteOptions.prototype.dataProjection;
 
 
 /**
- * Projection of the feature geometries serialized by the format writer.
+ * Projection of the feature geometries that will be serialized by the format
+ * writer.
  * @type {ol.proj.ProjectionLike}
  */
 olx.format.WriteOptions.prototype.featureProjection;
 
 
 /**
- * @typedef {{defaultProjection: ol.proj.ProjectionLike,
+ * @typedef {{defaultDataProjection: ol.proj.ProjectionLike,
  *     geometryName: (string|undefined)}}
  * @api
  */
@@ -1198,10 +1204,10 @@ olx.format.GeoJSONOptions;
 
 
 /**
- * Default projection.
+ * Default data projection.
  * @type {ol.proj.ProjectionLike}
  */
-olx.format.GeoJSONOptions.prototype.defaultProjection;
+olx.format.GeoJSONOptions.prototype.defaultDataProjection;
 
 
 /**
@@ -1226,17 +1232,17 @@ olx.format.PolylineOptions.prototype.factor;
 
 
 /**
- * @typedef {{defaultProjection: ol.proj.ProjectionLike}}
+ * @typedef {{defaultDataProjection: ol.proj.ProjectionLike}}
  * @api
  */
 olx.format.TopoJSONOptions;
 
 
 /**
- * Default projection.
+ * Default data projection.
  * @type {ol.proj.ProjectionLike}
  */
-olx.format.TopoJSONOptions.prototype.defaultProjection;
+olx.format.TopoJSONOptions.prototype.defaultDataProjection;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/ol/format/featureformat.js b/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
index 0627c4b90c..229f7bb83d 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ goog.require('ol.proj');
  * @constructor
  */
 ol.format.Feature = function() {
+
+  /**
+   * @protected
+   * @type {ol.proj.Projection}
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = null;
 };
 
 
@@ -43,7 +49,28 @@ ol.format.Feature.prototype.getReadOptions = function(
       featureProjection: opt_options.featureProjection
     };
   }
-  return options;
+  return this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(options);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {olx.format.WriteOptions|olx.format.ReadOptions|undefined} options
+ *     Options.
+ * @protected
+ * @return {olx.format.WriteOptions|olx.format.ReadOptions|undefined}
+ *     Updated options.
+ */
+ol.format.Feature.prototype.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection = function(
+    options) {
+  var updatedOptions;
+  if (goog.isDef(options)) {
+    updatedOptions = {
+      featureProjection: options.featureProjection,
+      dataProjection: goog.isDefAndNotNull(options.dataProjection) ?
+          options.dataProjection : this.defaultDataProjection
+    };
+  }
+  return updatedOptions;
 };
 
 
@@ -146,25 +173,3 @@ ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions = function(
     return geometry;
   }
 };
-
-
-/**
- * @param {olx.format.WriteOptions|olx.format.ReadOptions|undefined} options
- *     Options.
- * @param {ol.proj.ProjectionLike} defaultDataProjection Default projection.
- * @protected
- * @return {olx.format.WriteOptions|olx.format.ReadOptions|undefined}
- *     Updated options.
- */
-ol.format.Feature.setDefaultDataProjection = function(
-    options, defaultDataProjection) {
-  if (goog.isDef(options)) {
-    if (!goog.isDef(options.dataProjection)) {
-      options = {
-        featureProjection: options.featureProjection,
-        dataProjection: defaultDataProjection
-      };
-    }
-  }
-  return options;
-};
diff --git a/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js b/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
index f6cfc07a70..3c34782ee9 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ ol.format.GeoJSON = function(opt_options) {
   goog.base(this);
 
   /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {ol.proj.Projection}
+   * @inheritDoc
    */
-  this.defaultProjection_ = ol.proj.get(options.defaultProjection ?
-      options.defaultProjection : 'EPSG:4326');
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get(
+      goog.isDefAndNotNull(options.defaultDataProjection) ?
+          options.defaultDataProjection : 'EPSG:4326');
 
 
   /**
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ ol.format.GeoJSON.prototype.readProjectionFromObject = function(object) {
       return null;
     }
   } else {
-    return this.defaultProjection_;
+    return this.defaultDataProjection;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/gpxformat.js b/src/ol/format/gpxformat.js
index bcec5da2fb..707c11778f 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/gpxformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/gpxformat.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.dom.NodeType');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
-goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.XMLFeature');
 goog.require('ol.format.XSD');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
@@ -31,6 +30,11 @@ ol.format.GPX = function(opt_options) {
 
   goog.base(this);
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+
   /**
    * @type {function(ol.Feature, Node)|undefined}
    * @private
@@ -498,7 +502,7 @@ ol.format.GPX.prototype.readProjection;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.GPX.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -506,7 +510,7 @@ ol.format.GPX.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.GPX.prototype.readProjectionFromNode = function(node) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -866,9 +870,6 @@ ol.format.GPX.prototype.writeFeaturesNode = function(features, opt_options) {
   //FIXME Serialize metadata
   var gpx = ol.xml.createElementNS('http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1', 'gpx');
 
-  // for convenience set a default dataProjection
-  opt_options = ol.format.Feature.setDefaultDataProjection(
-      opt_options, this.readProjectionFromDocument(null));
   features = ol.format.XMLFeature.transformFeaturesWithOptions(
       features, true, opt_options);
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/igcformat.js b/src/ol/format/igcformat.js
index 664cd35a10..d1347e9e39 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/igcformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/igcformat.js
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ ol.format.IGC = function(opt_options) {
 
   goog.base(this);
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {ol.format.IGCZ}
@@ -217,5 +222,5 @@ ol.format.IGC.prototype.readProjection;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.IGC.prototype.readProjectionFromText = function(text) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/format/jsonfeatureformat.js b/src/ol/format/jsonfeatureformat.js
index 3fe530b574..109613a1ce 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/jsonfeatureformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/jsonfeatureformat.js
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.readProjectionFromObject = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.writeFeature = function(feature, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeatureObject(feature, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeatureObject(
+      feature,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -146,7 +148,9 @@ ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.writeFeatureObject = goog.abstractMethod;
  */
 ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.writeFeatures = function(
     features, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeaturesObject(features, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeaturesObject(
+      features,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -164,7 +168,9 @@ ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.writeFeaturesObject = goog.abstractMethod;
  */
 ol.format.JSONFeature.prototype.writeGeometry = function(
     geometry, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeGeometryObject(geometry, opt_options);
+  return this.writeGeometryObject(
+      geometry,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
index 8dc1aaf0c8..fa4d28948a 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.color');
 goog.require('ol.feature');
-goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.XMLFeature');
 goog.require('ol.format.XSD');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
@@ -71,6 +70,11 @@ ol.format.KML = function(opt_options) {
 
   goog.base(this);
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+
   var defaultStyle = goog.isDef(options.defaultStyle) ?
       options.defaultStyle : ol.format.KML.DEFAULT_STYLE_ARRAY_;
 
@@ -1654,7 +1658,7 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.readProjection;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.KML.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -1662,7 +1666,7 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.KML.prototype.readProjectionFromNode = function(node) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -2523,9 +2527,6 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.writeFeaturesNode = function(features, opt_options) {
   ol.xml.setAttributeNS(kml, xmlSchemaInstanceUri, 'xsi:schemaLocation',
       ol.format.KML.SCHEMA_LOCATION_);
 
-  // for convenience set a default dataProjection
-  opt_options = ol.format.Feature.setDefaultDataProjection(
-      opt_options, this.readProjectionFromDocument(null));
   features = ol.format.XMLFeature.transformFeaturesWithOptions(
       features, true, opt_options);
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
index 7627b428df..7831e7f32f 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ goog.require('ol.xml');
  */
 ol.format.OSMXML = function() {
   goog.base(this);
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.format.OSMXML, ol.format.XMLFeature);
 
@@ -231,7 +236,7 @@ ol.format.OSMXML.prototype.readProjection;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.OSMXML.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -239,5 +244,5 @@ ol.format.OSMXML.prototype.readProjectionFromDocument = function(doc) {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.OSMXML.prototype.readProjectionFromNode = function(node) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/format/polylineformat.js b/src/ol/format/polylineformat.js
index 85b357c094..0cb41b57bb 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/polylineformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/polylineformat.js
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ ol.format.Polyline = function(opt_options) {
 
   goog.base(this);
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {number}
@@ -309,12 +314,9 @@ ol.format.Polyline.prototype.readGeometryFromText =
   var coordinates = ol.geom.flat.inflate.coordinates(
       flatCoordinates, 0, flatCoordinates.length, 2);
 
-  // for convenience set a default dataProjection
-  opt_options = ol.format.Feature.setDefaultDataProjection(
-      opt_options, this.readProjectionFromText(''));
-
   return ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(
-      new ol.geom.LineString(coordinates), false, false, opt_options);
+      new ol.geom.LineString(coordinates), false, false,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ ol.format.Polyline.prototype.readProjection;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.Polyline.prototype.readProjectionFromText = function(text) {
-  return ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326');
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
@@ -379,12 +381,10 @@ ol.format.Polyline.prototype.writeGeometry;
 ol.format.Polyline.prototype.writeGeometryText =
     function(geometry, opt_options) {
   goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(geometry, ol.geom.LineString);
-  // for convenience set a default dataProjection
-  opt_options = ol.format.Feature.setDefaultDataProjection(
-      opt_options, this.readProjectionFromText(''));
   geometry = /** @type {ol.geom.LineString} */
       (ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(
-          geometry, true, true, opt_options));
+          geometry, true, true,
+          this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options)));
   var flatCoordinates = geometry.getFlatCoordinates();
   var stride = geometry.getStride();
   return ol.format.Polyline.encodeDeltas(flatCoordinates, stride, this.factor_);
diff --git a/src/ol/format/textfeatureformat.js b/src/ol/format/textfeatureformat.js
index 0b30b5dc4a..583d0a3062 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/textfeatureformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/textfeatureformat.js
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.getType = function() {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readFeature = function(source, opt_options) {
-  return this.readFeatureFromText(this.getText_(source), opt_options);
+  return this.readFeatureFromText(
+      this.getText_(source),
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readFeatureFromText = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readFeatures = function(source, opt_options) {
-  return this.readFeaturesFromText(this.getText_(source), opt_options);
+  return this.readFeaturesFromText(
+      this.getText_(source),
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -82,7 +86,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readFeaturesFromText = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readGeometry = function(source, opt_options) {
-  return this.readGeometryFromText(this.getText_(source), opt_options);
+  return this.readGeometryFromText(
+      this.getText_(source),
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -115,7 +121,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.readProjectionFromText = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.writeFeature = function(feature, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeatureText(feature, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeatureText(
+      feature,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -133,7 +141,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.writeFeatureText = goog.abstractMethod;
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.writeFeatures = function(
     features, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeaturesText(features, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeaturesText(
+      features,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -151,7 +161,9 @@ ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.writeFeaturesText = goog.abstractMethod;
  */
 ol.format.TextFeature.prototype.writeGeometry = function(
     geometry, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeGeometryText(geometry, opt_options);
+  return this.writeGeometryText(
+      geometry,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/topojsonformat.js b/src/ol/format/topojsonformat.js
index 5e272850d1..ab7bd47794 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/topojsonformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/topojsonformat.js
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ ol.format.TopoJSON = function(opt_options) {
   goog.base(this);
 
   /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {ol.proj.Projection}
+   * @inheritDoc
    */
-  this.defaultProjection_ =
-      ol.proj.get(options.defaultProjection || 'EPSG:4326');
+  this.defaultDataProjection = ol.proj.get(
+      goog.isDefAndNotNull(options.defaultDataProjection) ?
+          options.defaultDataProjection : 'EPSG:4326');
 
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.format.TopoJSON, ol.format.JSONFeature);
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ ol.format.TopoJSON.transformVertex_ = function(vertex, scale, translate) {
  * @api
  */
 ol.format.TopoJSON.prototype.readProjection = function(object) {
-  return this.defaultProjection_;
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/xmlfeatureformat.js b/src/ol/format/xmlfeatureformat.js
index d6c23aaeb0..90ecddc10f 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/xmlfeatureformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/xmlfeatureformat.js
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.readProjectionFromNode = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.writeFeature = function(feature, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeatureNode(feature, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeatureNode(
+      feature,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -216,7 +218,9 @@ ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.writeFeatureNode = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.writeFeatures = function(features, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeFeaturesNode(features, opt_options);
+  return this.writeFeaturesNode(
+      features,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
@@ -233,7 +237,9 @@ ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.writeFeaturesNode = goog.abstractMethod;
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.format.XMLFeature.prototype.writeGeometry = function(geometry, opt_options) {
-  return this.writeGeometryNode(geometry, opt_options);
+  return this.writeGeometryNode(
+      geometry,
+      this.adaptOptionsWithDefaultDataProjection(opt_options));
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/source/geojsonsource.js b/src/ol/source/geojsonsource.js
index ab4ab5803a..b1f11c89c7 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/geojsonsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/geojsonsource.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ol.source.GeoJSON = function(opt_options) {
     attributions: options.attributions,
     extent: options.extent,
     format: new ol.format.GeoJSON({
-      defaultProjection: options.defaultProjection
+      defaultDataProjection: options.defaultProjection
     }),
     logo: options.logo,
     object: options.object,
diff --git a/src/ol/source/topojsonsource.js b/src/ol/source/topojsonsource.js
index 2befa91465..8eec88abd1 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/topojsonsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/topojsonsource.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ol.source.TopoJSON = function(opt_options) {
     attributions: options.attributions,
     extent: options.extent,
     format: new ol.format.TopoJSON({
-      defaultProjection: options.defaultProjection
+      defaultDataProjection: options.defaultProjection
     }),
     logo: options.logo,
     object: options.object,
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
index 2c6b220ff5..a3da003c8f 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ describe('ol.format.GeoJSON', function() {
       var str = JSON.stringify(data),
           array = format.readFeatures(str);
       var geojson = format.writeFeatures(array, {
-        dataProjection: 'EPSG:4326',
         featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'
       });
       var result = format.readFeatures(geojson);
@@ -554,6 +553,20 @@ describe('ol.format.GeoJSON', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('transforms and encodes a point', function() {
+      var point = new ol.geom.Point([2, 3]);
+      var geojson = format.writeGeometry(point, {
+        featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'
+      });
+      var newPoint = format.readGeometry(geojson, {
+        featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'
+      });
+      expect(point.getCoordinates()[0]).to.eql(newPoint.getCoordinates()[0]);
+      expect(
+          Math.abs(point.getCoordinates()[1] - newPoint.getCoordinates()[1]))
+          .to.be.lessThan(0.0000001);
+    });
+
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/igcformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/igcformat.test.js
index 24921941b0..c3b9c88440 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/igcformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/igcformat.test.js
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ describe('ol.format.IGC', function() {
 
     it('does transform and read a feature', function() {
       var feature = format.readFeature(igc, {
-        dataProjection: 'EPSG:4326',
         featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'
       });
       expect(feature).to.be.an(ol.Feature);
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ describe('ol.format.IGC', function() {
 
     it('does transform and read features', function() {
       var features = format.readFeatures(igc, {
-        dataProjection: 'EPSG:4326',
         featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'
       });
       expect(features.length).to.eql(1);