diff --git a/config/FreeBSD b/config/FreeBSD
index ad4ecf2d8c..5c66a94c6e 100644
--- a/config/FreeBSD
+++ b/config/FreeBSD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #define    HdfDefines  -DFreeBSD
-#define    StdDefines  -DSYSV -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DByteSwapped -DACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H
+#define    StdDefines  -DSYSV -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -DByteSwapped
 #define    ByteSwapped
 #define    Cstatic
 #define    Cdynamic
diff --git a/ni/src/lib/nfp/TransformCoordinate.c b/ni/src/lib/nfp/TransformCoordinate.c
index 89d816423e..c0877eeec1 100644
--- a/ni/src/lib/nfp/TransformCoordinate.c
+++ b/ni/src/lib/nfp/TransformCoordinate.c
@@ -1,50 +1,39 @@
-#define ACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H 1
-
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <proj_api.h>
+#include <proj.h>
 #include "TransformCoordinate.h"
 
 int TransformCoordinate(char * SrcProjStr, char * DstProjStr,
-        double * x, double * y, double * z,
-        unsigned int nPoint) {
-    projPJ SrcProj, DstProj;
-    int Err, i;
-
-    /* Constructing the projections */
-    if (!(SrcProj = pj_init_plus(SrcProjStr))) {
-        printf("FATAL ERROR: Can not make a projection out of <%s>\n", SrcProjStr);
-        return (1);
-    }
-    if (!(DstProj = pj_init_plus(DstProjStr))) {
-        printf("FATAL ERROR: Can not make a projection out of <%s>\n", DstProjStr);
-        return (2);
-    }
-
-    /* Converting to radian if needed */
-    if (pj_is_latlong(SrcProj)) {
-        for (i = 0; i < nPoint; i++) {
-            x[i] *= DEG_TO_RAD;
-            y[i] *= DEG_TO_RAD;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Transforming the coordinates */
-    if ((Err = pj_transform(SrcProj, DstProj, nPoint, 1, x, y, z)) != 0) {
-        printf("FATAL ERROR: %s\n", pj_strerrno(Err));
-        return (3);
-    }
-
-    /* converting to degree if needed */
-    if (pj_is_latlong(DstProj)) {
-        for (i = 0; i < nPoint; i++) {
-            x[i] *= RAD_TO_DEG;
-            y[i] *= RAD_TO_DEG;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* freeing the projection */
-    pj_free(DstProj);
-    pj_free(SrcProj);
-    return (0);
+                        double * x, double * y, double * z,
+                        unsigned int nPoint) {
+  PJ_CONTEXT *CTX;
+  PJ *P;
+  size_t stride = sizeof(double);
+  int Err, i;
+
+  CTX = proj_context_create();
+  P = proj_create_crs_to_crs(CTX, SrcProjStr, DstProjStr, NULL);
+
+  /* Constructing the projections */
+  if (P==0) {
+    printf("FATAL ERROR: Can not make a transform out of <%s> and <%s>\n",
+           SrcProjStr, DstProjStr);
+    return (1);
+  }
+
+  /* Transforming the coordinates */
+  Err = proj_trans_generic(P, PJ_FWD,
+                           x, stride, nPoint,
+                           y, stride, nPoint,
+                           z, stride, nPoint,
+                           0, 0, 0);
+  if (Err != 0) {
+    printf("FATAL ERROR: Could convert only %i out of %u points\n",
+           Err, nPoint);
+    return (3);
+  }
+
+  /* freeing the projection */
+  proj_destroy(P);
+  proj_context_destroy(CTX);
+  return (0);
 }
-