diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 50ae93321..48a38cd52 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         "@bimdata/viewer": "2.17.0-beta.4",
         "@paddle/paddle-js": "^1.6.2",
         "async": "^3.2.6",
-        "dms-conversion": "^3.1.4",
         "lodash": "^4.17.23",
         "maplibre-gl": "^5.20.1",
         "oidc-client-ts": "^3.5.0",
@@ -6605,12 +6604,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/dms-conversion": {
-      "version": "3.1.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dms-conversion/-/dms-conversion-3.1.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-o8umMOgrbh3dS3RJH0jbjEYGHA/mycyLbO8/vA8BIhHZhQj0to5dZwn2EchHTNa6YLv8VtOIMcN4Kv0TOVBN8g==",
-      "license": "Unlicense"
-    },
     "node_modules/dot-prop": {
       "version": "5.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dot-prop/-/dot-prop-5.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 006f82ce2..f38b7b11e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "@bimdata/viewer": "2.17.0-beta.4",
     "@paddle/paddle-js": "^1.6.2",
     "async": "^3.2.6",
-    "dms-conversion": "^3.1.4",
     "lodash": "^4.17.23",
     "maplibre-gl": "^5.20.1",
     "oidc-client-ts": "^3.5.0",
diff --git a/src/utils/location.js b/src/utils/location.js
index 851c6102b..e606f0343 100644
--- a/src/utils/location.js
+++ b/src/utils/location.js
@@ -10,14 +10,68 @@
  *  DD is negative if South or West
  */
 
-import DmsCoordinates, { parseDms } from "dms-conversion";
+
+// ---
+
+/**
+ * The DMS_REGEX and parseDMS/parseDD utils function are extracted from "dms-conversion" package (https://github.com/WSDOT-GIS/dms-js).
+ * We had to do this because vite 8 doesn't seem to handle `import DmsCoordinates, { parseDms } from "dms-conversion"` properly... 
+ */
+
+// Matches DMS DmsCoordinates
+const DMS_REGEX = /^(-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)[°:d]?\s?(?:(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)['′ʹ:]?\s?(?:(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)["″ʺ]?)?)?\s?([NSEW])?/i;
+
+const truncate = n => n > 0 ? Math.floor(n) : Math.ceil(n);
+
+/**
+ * Parses a Degrees Minutes Seconds string into a Decimal Degrees number.
+ *
+ * @param {string} dmsStr A string containing a coordinate in either DMS or DD format.
+ * @return {Number} If dmsStr is a valid coordinate string, the value in decimal degrees will be returned. Otherwise NaN will be returned.
+ */
+function parseDMS(dmsStr) {
+    let output = NaN;
+    const dmsMatch = DMS_REGEX.exec(dmsStr);
+    if (dmsMatch) {
+        const degrees = Number(dmsMatch[1]);
+        const minutes = typeof (dmsMatch[2]) !== "undefined" ? Number(dmsMatch[2]) / 60 : 0;
+        const seconds = typeof (dmsMatch[3]) !== "undefined" ? Number(dmsMatch[3]) / 3600 : 0;
+        const hemisphere = dmsMatch[4] || null;
+        if (hemisphere !== null && /[SW]/i.test(hemisphere)) {
+            output = -Math.abs(degrees) - minutes - seconds;
+        }
+        else {
+            output = degrees + minutes + seconds;
+        }
+    }
+    return output;
+}
+
+ /**
+  * 
+  * @param {Number} ddValue A number (coordinate) in decimal degrees
+  * @param {String} type Either "latitude" or "longitude"
+  * @returns {Array} DMS array
+  */
+function parseDD(ddValue, type) {
+  const direction = type === "longitude"
+    ? ddValue < 0 ? "W" : "E"
+    : ddValue < 0 ? "S" : "N";
+  const absDD = Math.abs(ddValue);
+  const degrees = truncate(absDD);
+  const minutes = truncate((absDD - degrees) * 60);
+  const seconds = (absDD - degrees - minutes / 60) * Math.pow(60, 2);
+  return [degrees, minutes, seconds, direction];
+}
+
+// ---
 
 
 /**
  * Convert an array of DMS coordinate values into DD system equivalent.
  *
  * @param {Array} param DMS coordinate
- * @param {String} param either latitude or longitude
+ * @param {String} type either "latitude" or "longitude"
  * @returns {Number} DD coordinate
  */
 function DMS2DD([degrees, minutes, seconds, secondsFraction = 0], type) {
@@ -44,7 +98,7 @@ function DMS2DD([degrees, minutes, seconds, secondsFraction = 0], type) {
   }
   seconds += secondsFraction/1000000;
   const dmsString = `${degrees}°${minutes}′${seconds}″ ${direction}`;
-  return parseDms(dmsString);
+  return parseDMS(dmsString);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -55,16 +109,14 @@ function DMS2DD([degrees, minutes, seconds, secondsFraction = 0], type) {
  * @returns {[Array, Array]} latitude and longitude DMS coordinate
  */
 function DD2DMS(lat, long) {
-  const dmsCoords = new DmsCoordinates(lat, long);
-  const { longitude, latitude } = dmsCoords.dmsArrays;
-  let [latD, latM, latS, latDir] = latitude;
+  let [latD, latM, latS, latDir] = parseDD(lat, "latitude");
   if (latDir == "S") {
     latD *= -1;
     latM *= -1;
     latS *= -1;
   }
 
-  let [longD, longM, longS, longDir] = longitude;
+  let [longD, longM, longS, longDir] = parseDD(long, "longitude");
   if (longDir == "W") {
     longD *= -1;
     longM *= -1;
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/location.spec.js b/tests/unit/utils/location.spec.js
index 4c94cf4e5..2908554f2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/location.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/location.spec.js
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ describe("DMS2DD location convert", () => {
   it("Should work with valid negative values", () => {
     expect(DMS2DD([-33, -52, -11.438039999997507])).toBeCloseTo(-33.8698439);
   });
+
   it("Should work with valid positive values", () => {
     expect(DMS2DD([55, 45, 1.948320000002468])).toBeCloseTo(55.7505412);
   });
 
-  it("Should work with string", () => {  // We have strings in some old IFCs
+  it("Should work with string", () => { // We have strings in some old IFCs
     expect(DMS2DD(["55", "45", "1.948320000002468"])).toBeCloseTo(55.7505412);
   });
 });
 
-
 describe("DD2DMS location convert", () => {
   it("Should work with legacy errors values", () => {
     expect(DD2DMS(-33.8698439, 151.2082848 )).toStrictEqual([[-33, -52, -11.438039999997507], [151, 12, 29.82528000000453]]);
   });
+
   it("Should work with valid positive values", () => {
     expect(DD2DMS(55.7505412, 37.6174782)).toStrictEqual([[55, 45, 1.948320000002468], [37, 37, 2.9215200000026087]]);
   });
-
 });