diff --git a/R/auto_crs.R b/R/auto_crs.R
index e6717523..30fe6f83 100644
--- a/R/auto_crs.R
+++ b/R/auto_crs.R
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
 auto_crs = function(x, world_crs = "+proj=eck4") {
-	if (identical(x, TRUE)) return(world_crs)
-
-	is_ll = sf::st_is_longlat(x)
-	if (is.na(is_ll)) {
-		x = suppressWarnings(sf::st_crs(x) <- st_crs('OGC:CRS84'))
-	} else if (!is_ll) {
-		x = sf::st_transform(x = x, crs = st_crs('OGC:CRS84'))
-	}
-
-	b = sf::st_bbox(x)
-
-	lat_mean = (b["ymax"] + b["ymin"]) / 2
-	lon_mean = (b["xmax"] + b["xmin"]) / 2
-
-
-	earth_surface = 5.1e14
-
-	area = b |>
-		sf::st_as_sfc() |>
-		sf::st_area() |>
-		as.numeric()
-
-	if (area > earth_surface * 0.25 && lat_mean > -50 && lat_mean < 50) {
-		world_crs
-	} else {
-		paste0("+proj=ortho +lat_0=", round(lat_mean), " +lon_0=", round(lon_mean))
-	}
+	# placeholder for new automatic-crs function implemented elsewhere
 
+	# for the time being: use unprojected coordinates
+	4326
 }