diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
index 74fe24a0b1..5c13c4a0d3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/products_helper.rb
@@ -11,19 +11,20 @@ module Admin
     end
 
     def prepare_new_variant(product)
-      product.variants.build do |variant|
-        variant.unit_value = 1.0 * (product.variant_unit_scale || 1)
-        variant.unit_presentation = VariantUnits::OptionValueNamer.new(variant).name
-      end
+      product.variants.build
     end
 
     def unit_value_with_description(variant)
-      scaled_unit_value = (variant.unit_value || 1) / (variant.product.variant_unit_scale || 1)
-      precised_unit_value = number_with_precision(
-        scaled_unit_value,
-        precision: nil,
-        strip_insignificant_zeros: true
-      )
+      precised_unit_value = nil
+
+      if variant.unit_value
+        scaled_unit_value = variant.unit_value / (variant.product.variant_unit_scale || 1)
+        precised_unit_value = number_with_precision(
+          scaled_unit_value,
+          precision: nil,
+          strip_insignificant_zeros: true
+        )
+      end
 
       [precised_unit_value, variant.unit_description].compact_blank.join(" ")
     end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
index a1244e1d47..ad29b77108 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/products_v3/_variant_row.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       = f.hidden_field :unit_value
       = f.hidden_field :unit_description
       = f.text_field :unit_value_with_description,
-          value: unit_value_with_description(variant), 'aria-label': t('admin.products_page.columns.unit_value'), required: true
+          value: unit_value_with_description(variant), 'aria-label': t('admin.products_page.columns.unit_value')
     .field
       = f.label :display_as, t('admin.products_page.columns.display_as')
       = f.text_field :display_as, placeholder: VariantUnits::OptionValueNamer.new(variant).name
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
index 8a06f12c4b..cdd4df9e2a 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin/products_helper_spec.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::ProductsHelper do
     context 'when unit_value is nil' do
       before { variant.update_column(:unit_value, nil) }
 
-      it 'defaults to 1 and returns the scaled unit value with the description' do
-        expect(helper.unit_value_with_description(variant)).to eq('0.001 kg')
+      it 'returns the description' do
+        expect(helper.unit_value_with_description(variant)).to eq('kg')
       end
     end
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::ProductsHelper do
     context 'when both unit_value and unit_description are nil' do
       before { variant.update_columns(unit_description: nil, unit_value: nil) }
 
-      it 'returns the default unit value without description' do
-        expect(helper.unit_value_with_description(variant)).to eq('0.001')
+      it 'returns empty string' do
+        expect(helper.unit_value_with_description(variant)).to eq('')
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
index 0b184f4353..ea0bfcb6bf 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/products_v3/update_spec.rb
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'As an enterprise user, I can update my products' do
             expect(page).to have_field "SKU", with: "n" * 256
             expect(page).to have_content "is too long"
             expect(page.find_button("Unit")).to have_text "" # have_button selector don't work here
+            expect(page).to have_content "can't be blank"
             expect(page).to have_field "Price", with: "10.25" # other updated value is retained
           end