diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f77cccd..be0ad48 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi.git
 Package: python-pygeoapi
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-pkg-resources, python-click, python-flask, python-yaml
-Suggests: python-elasticsearch, python-geojson, python-shapely
+Suggests: python-elasticsearch, python-geojson
 Homepage: https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi
 Description: pygeoapi provides an API to geospatial
  data
diff --git a/pygeoapi-config.yml b/pygeoapi-config.yml
index adc193f..c1e3335 100644
--- a/pygeoapi-config.yml
+++ b/pygeoapi-config.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ datasets:
             name: CSV
             data: tests/data/obs.csv
             id_field: id
+            geometry:
+                x_field: long
+                y_field: long
 
     ne_110m_populated_places_simple:
         title: Populated Places
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/csv_.py b/pygeoapi/provider/csv_.py
index f9a5cdc..2ccdc48 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/csv_.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/csv_.py
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import csv
 import itertools
 import logging
 
-from shapely import wkt
-from shapely.geometry import mapping
-
 from pygeoapi.provider.base import BaseProvider
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -52,6 +49,8 @@ class CSVProvider(BaseProvider):
         """
 
         BaseProvider.__init__(self, provider_def)
+        self.geometry_x = provider_def['geometry']['x_field']
+        self.geometry_y = provider_def['geometry']['y_field']
 
     def _load(self, startindex=0, limit=10, resulttype='results',
               identifier=None, bbox=[], time=None, properties=[]):
@@ -84,7 +83,13 @@ class CSVProvider(BaseProvider):
             for row in itertools.islice(data_, startindex, startindex+limit):
                 feature = {'type': 'Feature'}
                 feature['ID'] = row.pop('id')
-                feature['geometry'] = mapping(wkt.loads(row.pop('geom')))
+                feature['geometry'] = {
+                    'type': 'Point',
+                    'coordinates': [
+                        row.pop(self.geometry_x),
+                        row.pop(self.geometry_y)
+                    ]
+                }
                 feature['properties'] = row
                 if identifier is not None and feature['ID'] == identifier:
                     found = True
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py b/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
index 4ac7596..6c15edc 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/sqlite.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class SQLiteProvider(BaseProvider):
 
         feature_collection = {"features": [],
                               "type": "FeatureCollection"}
-        feature_collection['numberMatched'] = str(hits)
+        feature_collection['numberMatched'] = hits
 
         return feature_collection
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c464210..fe0426a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ click
 elasticsearch
 Flask
 PyYAML
-Shapely
diff --git a/tests/data/obs.csv b/tests/data/obs.csv
index f173d9c..0f9430f 100644
--- a/tests/data/obs.csv
+++ b/tests/data/obs.csv
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-id,stn_id,datetime,value,geom
-371,35,"2001-10-30T14:24:55Z",89.9,POINT(-75 45)
-377,35,"2002-10-30T18:31:38Z",93.9,POINT(-75 45)
-238,2147,"2007-10-30T08:57:29Z",103.5,POINT(-79 43)
-297,2147,"2003-10-30T07:37:29Z",93.5,POINT(-79 43)
-964,604,"2000-10-30T18:24:39Z",99.9,POINT(-122 49)
+id,stn_id,datetime,value,lat,long
+371,35,"2001-10-30T14:24:55Z",89.9,45,-75
+377,35,"2002-10-30T18:31:38Z",93.9,45,-75
+238,2147,"2007-10-30T08:57:29Z",103.5,43,-79
+297,2147,"2003-10-30T07:37:29Z",93.5,43,-79
+964,604,"2000-10-30T18:24:39Z",99.9,49,-122
diff --git a/tests/test_csv__provider.py b/tests/test_csv__provider.py
index d315b9b..1539f79 100644
--- a/tests/test_csv__provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_csv__provider.py
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ path = '/tmp/pygeoapi-test.csv'
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def fixture():
-    data = """id,stn_id,datetime,value,geom
-371,35,"2001-10-30T14:24:55Z",89.9,POINT(-75 45)
-377,35,"2002-10-30T18:31:38Z",93.9,POINT(-75 45)
-238,2147,"2007-10-30T08:57:29Z",103.5,POINT(-79 43)
-297,2147,"2003-10-30T07:37:29Z",93.5,POINT(-79 43)
-964,604,"2000-10-30T18:24:39Z",99.9,POINT(-122 49)
+    data = """id,stn_id,datetime,value,lat,long
+371,35,"2001-10-30T14:24:55Z",89.9,45,-75
+377,35,"2002-10-30T18:31:38Z",93.9,45,-75
+238,2147,"2007-10-30T08:57:29Z",103.5,43,-79
+297,2147,"2003-10-30T07:37:29Z",93.5,43,-79
+964,604,"2000-10-30T18:24:39Z",99.9,49,-122
 """
     with open(path, 'w') as fh:
         fh.write(data)
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ def config():
     return {
         'name': 'CSV',
         'data': path,
-        'id_field': 'id'
+        'id_field': 'id',
+        'geometry': {
+            'x_field': 'long',
+            'y_field': 'lat'
+        }
     }