diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ae683ab..6302fca 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: spatialgridr
 Title: Grid spatial data
-Version: 0.0.2.2
+Version: 0.0.2.3
 Authors@R: person(given = "Jason", family = "Flower", email = "jflower@ucsb.edu", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6731-8182"))
 Description: An R package that allows easy gridding of spatial data. 
 License: GPL (>= 3) + file LICENSE
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ Imports:
     checkmate,
     dplyr,
     exactextractr,
+    magrittr,
+    mregions2,
     methods,
     remotes,
     rlang,
+    rnaturalearth,
+    rnaturalearthhires (>= 1.0.0.9000),
     sf,
     stats,
     terra,
     utils
 Suggests: 
     codetools,
-    mregions2 (>= 1.0.0),
-    rnaturalearth,
-    rnaturalearthhires (>= 1.0.0.9000),
     testthat (>= 3.0.0)
 URL: https://emlab-ucsb.github.io/spatialgridr/
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Remotes: 
-    github::lifewatch/mregions2,
     github::ropensci/rnaturalearthhires
 Config/roxygen2/version: 8.0.0
diff --git a/R/get_boundary.R b/R/get_boundary.R
index 1653b35..73efcc7 100644
--- a/R/get_boundary.R
+++ b/R/get_boundary.R
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ get_boundary <- function(name = "Australia", type = "eez", country_type = "count
   checkmate::assert_choice(country_type, c(country_types, "ocean", "high_seas", "seas_oceans"))
 
   if(type %in% mregions_types){
-    rlang::check_installed("mregions2", reason = "to use `get_boundary()` to access marine boundaries", action = \(pkg, ...) remotes::install_github("lifewatch/mregions2"))
     query_type <- mregions_types_lookup[which(mregions_types == type)]
 
     if(type == "high_seas") return(mregions2::mrp_get("high_seas"))
@@ -108,9 +107,6 @@ get_boundary <- function(name = "Australia", type = "eez", country_type = "count
 
     eval(parse(text = paste0("mregions2::mrp_get(\"", query_type, "\", cql_filter = \"", mregions_country_type, " = '", name, "'\")")))
   } else{
-    rlang::check_installed("rnaturalearth", reason = "to use `get_boundary()` to access land boundaries", action = \(pkg, ...) remotes::install_github("ropensci/rnaturalearth"))
-    rlang::check_installed("rnaturalearthhires", reason = "to use `get_boundary()` to access high resolution land boundaries", action = \(pkg, ...) remotes::install_github("ropensci/rnaturalearthhires"))
-
     if(is.null(name)) {
       message("You have requested all ", type, " boundaries.")
       if(type == "country") return(rnaturalearth::ne_countries(scale = 10, returnclass = "sf")) else{