diff --git a/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.cc b/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.cc
index c35203fe4e170b8c9493df534417fc5fb2a57af6..f495f6a84b0e7b28162b3465794330a5bdfc9cba 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.cc
@@ -409,13 +409,6 @@ void MissionItem::setParam7(double param)
     }
 }
 
-void MissionItem::setCoordinate(const QGeoCoordinate& coordinate)
-{
-    setParam5(coordinate.latitude());
-    setParam6(coordinate.longitude());
-    setParam7(coordinate.altitude());
-}
-
 QGeoCoordinate MissionItem::coordinate(void) const
 {
     if(!std::isfinite(param5()) || !std::isfinite(param6())) {
diff --git a/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.h b/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.h
index ccc2b53bd6623ce9051569e525fc46905bd499e4..fb8cab6d98f18251f3954f377776b34c4c6944be 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.h
+++ b/src/MissionManager/MissionItem.h
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ public:
     void setParam5          (double param5);
     void setParam6          (double param6);
     void setParam7          (double param7);
-    void setCoordinate      (const QGeoCoordinate& coordinate);
     
     void save(QJsonObject& json) const;
     bool load(QTextStream &loadStream);
diff --git a/src/MissionManager/MissionManagerTest.cc b/src/MissionManager/MissionManagerTest.cc
index 4a2fdc7965ef59e98af36bd6ae3251f3811b9c78..f354ee39480dd31e96bb05334938b221e99dcb1b 100644
--- a/src/MissionManager/MissionManagerTest.cc
+++ b/src/MissionManager/MissionManagerTest.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ void MissionManagerTest::_writeItems(MockLinkMissionItemHandler::FailureMode_t f
     // Editor has a home position item on the front, so we do the same
     MissionItem* homeItem = new MissionItem(NULL /* Vehicle */, this);
     homeItem->setCommand(MAV_CMD_NAV_WAYPOINT);
-    homeItem->setCoordinate(QGeoCoordinate(47.3769, 8.549444, 0));
+    homeItem->setParam5(47.3769);
+    homeItem->setParam6(8.549444);
+    homeItem->setParam7(0);
     homeItem->setSequenceNumber(0);
     missionItems.append(homeItem);