diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
index c5ffdfc28e3dfb..eb3d21d903b4aa 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('useMetricOptions', () => {
       match: [
         MockApiClient.matchQuery({
           dataset: DiscoverDatasets.TRACEMETRICS,
-          field: ['metric.name', 'metric.type', 'metric.unit', 'count(metric.name)'],
+          field: ['metric.name', 'metric.type', 'count(metric.name)'],
           referrer: 'api.explore.metric-options',
         }),
       ],
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('useMetricOptions', () => {
       expect.objectContaining({
         query: expect.objectContaining({
           dataset: 'tracemetrics',
-          field: ['metric.name', 'metric.type', 'metric.unit', 'count(metric.name)'],
+          field: ['metric.name', 'metric.type', 'count(metric.name)'],
           referrer: 'api.explore.metric-options',
           statsPeriod: '3d',
         }),
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
index b104eac8212154..3c1d08448d1b4c 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ function metricOptionsQueryKey({
     field: [
       TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_NAME,
       TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_TYPE,
-      TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_UNIT,
       `count(${TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_NAME})`,
     ],
     query: searchValue.formatString(),
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricToolbar/metricSelector.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricToolbar/metricSelector.tsx
index eaf69a3b73b554..6c0cf3c945d894 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricToolbar/metricSelector.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricToolbar/metricSelector.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export function MetricSelector({traceMetric}: {traceMetric: TraceMetric}) {
           type: option[TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_TYPE] as TraceMetricTypeValue,
         }),
         metricType: option[TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_TYPE],
-        metricUnit: option[TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_UNIT],
         metricName: option[TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_NAME],
         trailingItems: (
           <MetricTypeBadge metricType={option[TraceMetricKnownFieldKey.METRIC_TYPE]} />