diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 19026e21..25c65930 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Imports:
 		sp,
 		tibble,
 		tidyr,
-		units,
 		zip
 Suggests: 
 		gganimate,
diff --git a/R/vis-make_transition3.r b/R/vis-make_transition3.r
index 9de7f041..518012e2 100644
--- a/R/vis-make_transition3.r
+++ b/R/vis-make_transition3.r
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ make_transition3 <- function(poly, res = c(0.1, 0.1), receiver_points = NULL, ep
     recs_gl <- sf::st_transform(receiver_points, crs = epsg)
 
     # determine shortest distance from receiver to water polygon
-    dist_rec <- units::drop_units(sf::st_distance(recs_gl, poly_gl))
+    dist_rec <- as.matrix(sf::st_distance(recs_gl, poly_gl))
     recs_gl$rec_water_dist <- apply(dist_rec, 1, "min")
 
     # extract rec_water_dist > 0