diff --git a/app/services/variant_units/variant_and_line_item_naming.rb b/app/services/variant_units/variant_and_line_item_naming.rb
index 4e4837cfa1..9980abe083 100644
--- a/app/services/variant_units/variant_and_line_item_naming.rb
+++ b/app/services/variant_units/variant_and_line_item_naming.rb
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ module VariantUnits
 
       return variant.display_as if variant_display_as?
 
-      return product.variant_unit_name if product.variant_unit_scale.nil? 
-
       options_text
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
index f04172c434..548f82e1d8 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/variant_spec.rb
@@ -594,13 +594,6 @@ module Spree
           expect(v.unit_to_display).to eq("ponies")
           expect(v1.unit_to_display).to eq("ponies")
         end
-
-        it "displays variant unit name if no unit scale" do
-          p = create(:simple_product, variant_unit: 'items', variant_unit_scale: nil, variant_unit_name: 'items_unit')
-          v = build_stubbed(:variant, product: p)
-
-          expect(v.unit_to_display).to eq("items_unit")
-        end
       end
 
       describe "setting the variant's weight from the unit value" do