diff --git a/flopy/export/netcdf.py b/flopy/export/netcdf.py
index f0996c7ad0..042855ffc0 100644
--- a/flopy/export/netcdf.py
+++ b/flopy/export/netcdf.py
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ def initialize_geometry(self):
 
         self.log("building grid crs using proj4 string: {}".format(proj4_str))
         try:
-            self.grid_crs = Proj(proj4_str, preserve_units=True, errcheck=True)
+            self.grid_crs = Proj(proj4_str, preserve_units=True)
 
         except Exception as e:
             self.log("error building grid crs:\n{0}".format(str(e)))
diff --git a/flopy/utils/reference.py b/flopy/utils/reference.py
index 0d1ccf30a5..5fb2a965c3 100755
--- a/flopy/utils/reference.py
+++ b/flopy/utils/reference.py
@@ -261,9 +261,7 @@ def _parse_units_from_proj4(self):
             if "EPSG" in self.proj4_str.upper():
                 import pyproj
 
-                crs = pyproj.Proj(self.proj4_str,
-                                  preserve_units=True,
-                                  errcheck=True)
+                crs = pyproj.Proj(self.proj4_str, preserve_units=True)
                 proj_str = crs.srs
             else:
                 proj_str = self.proj4_str