diff --git a/apps/map/admin.py b/apps/map/admin.py
index 04be4b3..2b2b5e1 100644
--- a/apps/map/admin.py
+++ b/apps/map/admin.py
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django import forms
-
-from dal import autocomplete
 from leaflet.admin import LeafletGeoAdmin
 
-from .models import CaseStudy, SpatialRefSys
-
-
-class CaseStudyAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
-    class Meta:
-        model = CaseStudy
-        widgets = {
-            'coordinate_reference_system': autocomplete.ModelSelect2(
-                url='srs-autocomplete'
-            )
-        }
-        fields = '__all__'
+from .models import CaseStudy
 
 
 class CaseStudyAdmin(LeafletGeoAdmin):
@@ -44,8 +30,4 @@ class CaseStudyAdmin(LeafletGeoAdmin):
         ))
     unapprove.short_description = "Un-approve selected case studies"
 
-    form = CaseStudyAdminForm
-
-
 admin.site.register(CaseStudy, CaseStudyAdmin)
-admin.site.register(SpatialRefSys)
diff --git a/apps/map/forms.py b/apps/map/forms.py
index 3a2ee20..25e847f 100644
--- a/apps/map/forms.py
+++ b/apps/map/forms.py
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-
 from crispy_forms.helper import FormHelper
 from crispy_forms.layout import Submit, Layout, HTML, Fieldset, Div
 from crispy_forms.bootstrap import Tab, TabHolder, PrependedText, FormActions
-from dal import autocomplete
 from leaflet.forms.widgets import LeafletWidget
 
 from .models import CaseStudy
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ class ShortCaseStudyForm(BaseCaseStudyForm):
             'community_voices'
         ]
 
-
 class LongCaseStudyForm(BaseCaseStudyForm):
     """Long version of the CaseStudy form."""
 
@@ -120,9 +117,6 @@ class LongCaseStudyForm(BaseCaseStudyForm):
             choices=POSITIVE_CASE_TYPE_CHOICES
         )
 
-        self.fields['project_owners'].required = True
-        self.fields['shareholders'].required = True
-
         self.helper.form_action = reverse('long-form')
         self.helper.layout = Layout(
             TabHolder(
@@ -275,8 +269,3 @@ class LongCaseStudyForm(BaseCaseStudyForm):
 
     class Meta(BaseCaseStudyForm.Meta):
         exclude = ('approved',)
-        widgets = {
-            'coordinate_reference_system': autocomplete.ModelSelect2(
-                url='srs-autocomplete'
-            )
-        }
diff --git a/apps/map/migrations/0051_auto_20180404_0024.py b/apps/map/migrations/0051_auto_20180404_0024.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3ffe7..0000000
--- a/apps/map/migrations/0051_auto_20180404_0024.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Generated by Django 1.11.6 on 2018-04-04 00:24
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-import django.db.models.deletion
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ('map', '0050_auto_20180402_1237'),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='casestudy',
-            name='coordinate_reference_system',
-            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='gis.PostGISSpatialRefSys'),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/apps/map/models.py b/apps/map/models.py
index 0429732..c9a7035 100644
--- a/apps/map/models.py
+++ b/apps/map/models.py
@@ -1,32 +1,17 @@
 import datetime
 from urllib import parse
-
 from django.contrib.gis.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.db import connection
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
-
 from django_extensions.db.fields import AutoSlugField
 from django_countries.fields import CountryField
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from multiselectfield import MultiSelectField
 from phonenumber_field.modelfields import PhoneNumberField
 
 from . import validators
 
 
-class SpatialRefSys(connection.ops.spatial_ref_sys()):
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__unicode__()
-
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        return '{0.auth_name}:{0.auth_srid} {0.name}'.format(self)
-
-    class Meta:
-        proxy = True
-        verbose_name = "spatial reference system"
-
-
 class Shapefile(models.Model):
     file = models.FileField(
         upload_to='shapefiles/',
@@ -1022,9 +1007,13 @@ class CaseStudy(models.Model):
     )
 
     # 4.3.2
-    coordinate_reference_system = models.ForeignKey(
-        SpatialRefSys, null=True, blank=True,
-        default=4326
+    coordinate_reference_system = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_("Coordinate reference system"),
+        help_text=_("Enter the coordinate reference system of the shapefiles."),
+        max_length=12,
+        default=None,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True
     )
 
     # 4.3.3
diff --git a/apps/map/templates/map/form.html b/apps/map/templates/map/form.html
index 77a2232..c9b558e 100644
--- a/apps/map/templates/map/form.html
+++ b/apps/map/templates/map/form.html
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {% extends "base_page.html" %}
-{% load compress crispy_forms_tags i18n leaflet_tags static %}
+{% load compress %}
+{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load leaflet_tags %}
 
 
 {% block stylesheets %}
@@ -17,8 +20,6 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block scripts %}
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'admin/js/vendor/jquery/jquery.js' %}"></script>
-  {{ form.media }}
   {% leaflet_js %}
   <script type="text/javascript">
     YourGeometryField = L.GeometryField.extend({
diff --git a/apps/map/urls.py b/apps/map/urls.py
index 8ae0ba6..42459b5 100644
--- a/apps/map/urls.py
+++ b/apps/map/urls.py
@@ -8,15 +8,11 @@ from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$', RedirectView.as_view(url=reverse_lazy('map')), name='index'),
-
+    url(r'^data.geojson$', GeoJSONLayerView.as_view(model=CaseStudy, geometry_field='location'), name='data'),
     url(r'^case-study/create/?$', views.Create.as_view(), name="create"),
     url(r'^case-study/create/short/?$', views.ShortForm.as_view(), name='short-form'),
     url(r'^case-study/create/long/?$', views.LongForm.as_view(), name='long-form'),
     url(r'^case-study/create/success/?$', views.FormSuccess.as_view(), name='form-success'),
     url(r'^case-study/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/?$', views.CaseStudyDetail.as_view(), name='detail'),
-    url(r'^map/?$', views.Map.as_view(), name='map'),
-
-    # API
-    url(r'^data.geojson$', GeoJSONLayerView.as_view(model=CaseStudy, geometry_field='location'), name='data'),
-    url(r'^srs-autocomplete/$', views.SpatialRefSysAutocomplete.as_view(), name='srs-autocomplete'),
+    url(r'^map/?$', views.Map.as_view(), name='map')
 ]
diff --git a/apps/map/views.py b/apps/map/views.py
index 58f1ba4..2c8d93e 100644
--- a/apps/map/views.py
+++ b/apps/map/views.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db.models import Q
 from django.views.generic import DetailView
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.urls import reverse
-
-from dal import autocomplete
-
-from .models import CaseStudy, SpatialRefSys
+from .models import CaseStudy
 from .forms import ShortCaseStudyForm, LongCaseStudyForm
 
 NOTIFY_MESSAGE = """
@@ -76,16 +72,3 @@ class CaseStudyDetail(DetailView):
     template_name = "map/detail.html"
     model = CaseStudy
     context_object_name = "case_study"
-
-
-class SpatialRefSysAutocomplete(autocomplete.Select2QuerySetView):
-    def get_queryset(self):
-        qs = SpatialRefSys.objects.all()
-
-        if self.q:
-            qs = qs.filter(
-                Q(auth_name__icontains=self.q)
-                | Q(auth_srid__icontains=self.q)
-            )
-
-        return qs
diff --git a/ojusomap/settings.py b/ojusomap/settings.py
index 7efe2bb..cfed7b2 100644
--- a/ojusomap/settings.py
+++ b/ojusomap/settings.py
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'cas_server',
     'compressor',
     'crispy_forms',
-    'dal',
-    'dal_select2',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index be4dbd8..ecd36d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ boto3==1.4.7
 Django==1.11.6
 django-appconf==1.0.2
 django-anymail==2.0
-django-autocomplete-light==3.2.10
 django-avatar==4.0.1
 django-bootstrap3==8.2.3
 django-braces==1.11.0