diff --git a/packages/turf-square/index.ts b/packages/turf-square/index.ts
index 7818261b9..e3d3765fc 100644
--- a/packages/turf-square/index.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-square/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { distance } from "@turf/distance";
 import { BBox } from "geojson";
 
 /**
@@ -21,22 +20,24 @@ function square(bbox: BBox): BBox {
   var east = bbox[2];
   var north = bbox[3];
 
-  var horizontalDistance = distance(bbox.slice(0, 2), [east, south]);
-  var verticalDistance = distance(bbox.slice(0, 2), [west, north]);
-  if (horizontalDistance >= verticalDistance) {
+  // Spans are compared in degrees, the same units they are grown in below, so
+  // that the result always surrounds the input.
+  var horizontalSpan = east - west;
+  var verticalSpan = north - south;
+  if (horizontalSpan >= verticalSpan) {
     var verticalMidpoint = (south + north) / 2;
     return [
       west,
-      verticalMidpoint - (east - west) / 2,
+      verticalMidpoint - horizontalSpan / 2,
       east,
-      verticalMidpoint + (east - west) / 2,
+      verticalMidpoint + horizontalSpan / 2,
     ];
   } else {
     var horizontalMidpoint = (west + east) / 2;
     return [
-      horizontalMidpoint - (north - south) / 2,
+      horizontalMidpoint - verticalSpan / 2,
       south,
-      horizontalMidpoint + (north - south) / 2,
+      horizontalMidpoint + verticalSpan / 2,
       north,
     ];
   }
diff --git a/packages/turf-square/package.json b/packages/turf-square/package.json
index 0f0908812..d2f1334bb 100644
--- a/packages/turf-square/package.json
+++ b/packages/turf-square/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   "version": "7.4.0",
   "description": "Takes a bounding box and calculates the minimum square bounding box that would contain the input.",
   "author": "Turf Authors",
+  "contributors": [
+    "Jayesh Bhade <@Jaybhade>"
+  ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues"
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@
     "typescript": "catalog:"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@turf/distance": "workspace:*",
     "@turf/helpers": "workspace:*",
     "@types/geojson": "catalog:"
   },
diff --git a/packages/turf-square/test.ts b/packages/turf-square/test.ts
index a83e6f927..588c29594 100644
--- a/packages/turf-square/test.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-square/test.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@ test("square", function (t) {
   t.deepEqual(sq2, [0, -2.5, 10, 7.5]);
   t.end();
 });
+
+test("square -- surrounds the input away from the equator", function (t) {
+  // Wider than they are tall in degrees, but the great circle distance along
+  // their southern edge is the shorter of the two.
+  const bbox1: BBox = [0, 60, 10, 66];
+  const bbox2: BBox = [100, -70, 112, -63];
+
+  t.deepEqual(square(bbox1), [0, 58, 10, 68]);
+  t.deepEqual(square(bbox2), [100, -72.5, 112, -60.5]);
+  t.end();
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f69d9af21..3819f9c56 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -5132,9 +5132,6 @@ importers:
 
   packages/turf-square:
     dependencies:
-      '@turf/distance':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../turf-distance
       '@turf/helpers':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../turf-helpers