@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Imports:

     methods,

     SummarizedExperiment,

     Matrix,

-    S4Vectors,

     ggplot2,

     ggrepel,

     scales,

@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ mockSVG <- function(size = 10, tot_genes = 1000, de_genes = 100,

     if (return_SPE) {

         out <- SpatialExperiment::SpatialExperiment(

             assays = list(counts = counts),

-            spatialData = S4Vectors::DataFrame(coordinates),

-            spatialCoordsNames = c("x", "y")

+            spatialCoords = as.matrix(coordinates)

         )

     }

     out