diff --git a/R/data.R b/R/data.R
index 09f8af6..9ce0db8 100644
--- a/R/data.R
+++ b/R/data.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #' Information on included species from the Ensembl database.
 #'
-#' @format A [data.table] with 99 rows and 2 variables:
+#' @format A [data.table] with the following columns:
 #' \describe{
 #'   \item{id}{Unique species ID}
 #'   \item{name}{Human readable species name}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #' This includes only genes on the primary suggested assembly of the human
 #' nuclear DNA.
 #'
-#' @format A [data.table] with 60568 rows and 3 variables:
+#' @format A [data.table] with the following columns:
 #' \describe{
 #'   \item{id}{Ensembl gene ID}
 #'   \item{name}{The gene's HGNC name}
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@
 #' This dataset contains each known value for a gene's distance to the telomeres
 #' per species. The data is sourced from Ensembl.
 #'
-#' @format A [data.table] with 1506182 rows and 4 variables:
+#' @format A [data.table] with the following columns:
 #' \describe{
 #'   \item{species}{Species ID}
 #'   \item{gene}{Gene ID}
-#'   \item{position}{Gene start position}
 #'   \item{distance}{Distance to nearest telomere}
 #' }
 "distances"
diff --git a/data/distances.rda b/data/distances.rda
index 52a94f2..c62b964 100644
Binary files a/data/distances.rda and b/data/distances.rda differ
diff --git a/man/distances.Rd b/man/distances.Rd
index 284b4ef..66ccf83 100644
--- a/man/distances.Rd
+++ b/man/distances.Rd
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 \alias{distances}
 \title{Information on gene positions across species.}
 \format{
-A \link{data.table} with 1506182 rows and 4 variables:
+A \link{data.table} with the following columns:
 \describe{
 \item{species}{Species ID}
 \item{gene}{Gene ID}
-\item{position}{Gene start position}
 \item{distance}{Distance to nearest telomere}
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/genes.Rd b/man/genes.Rd
index 7ec959d..8b6671a 100644
--- a/man/genes.Rd
+++ b/man/genes.Rd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \alias{genes}
 \title{Information on human genes within the Ensembl database.}
 \format{
-A \link{data.table} with 60568 rows and 3 variables:
+A \link{data.table} with the following columns:
 \describe{
 \item{id}{Ensembl gene ID}
 \item{name}{The gene's HGNC name}
diff --git a/man/species.Rd b/man/species.Rd
index 8185473..4b11b6b 100644
--- a/man/species.Rd
+++ b/man/species.Rd
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \alias{species}
 \title{Information on included species from the Ensembl database.}
 \format{
-A \link{data.table} with 99 rows and 2 variables:
+A \link{data.table} with the following columns:
 \describe{
 \item{id}{Unique species ID}
 \item{name}{Human readable species name}
diff --git a/scripts/ensembl.R b/scripts/ensembl.R
index e640a0b..83a4567 100644
--- a/scripts/ensembl.R
+++ b/scripts/ensembl.R
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ human_data[, chromosome_length := max(end_position), by = chromosome_name]
 distances <- human_data[, .(
     species = "hsapiens",
     gene = ensembl_gene_id,
-    position = start_position,
     distance = pmin(
         start_position,
         chromosome_length - end_position
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ for (species_id in species[!id == "hsapiens", id]) {
     species_distances <- species_distances[, .(
         species = species_id,
         gene = hsapiens_homolog_ensembl_gene,
-        position = start_position,
         distance = pmin(
             start_position,
             chromosome_length - end_position