diff --git a/glue_astronomy/translators/nddata.py b/glue_astronomy/translators/nddata.py
index 4b50536..cc684b6 100644
--- a/glue_astronomy/translators/nddata.py
+++ b/glue_astronomy/translators/nddata.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def to_object(self, data_or_subset, attribute=None):
 
         values = data.get_data(attribute)
         values, mask = _get_value_and_mask(subset_state, data, values)
-        values = values * u.Unit(component.units)
+        values = u.Quantity(values, unit=component.units)
 
         if has_fitswcs:
             result = CCDData(values, mask=mask, wcs=wcs, meta=data.meta)
diff --git a/glue_astronomy/translators/spectral_cube.py b/glue_astronomy/translators/spectral_cube.py
index eca2166..8e236f8 100644
--- a/glue_astronomy/translators/spectral_cube.py
+++ b/glue_astronomy/translators/spectral_cube.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def to_object(self, data_or_subset, attribute=None, cls=SpectralCube):
             values = values.copy()
             mask = BooleanArrayMask(mask, wcs=wcs)
 
-        values = values * u.Unit(component.units)
+        values = u.Quantity(values, unit=component.units)
 
         # Drop Stokes axis if there is one for FITS WCS
         if isinstance(wcs, WCS) and wcs.sub([WCSSUB_STOKES]).naxis > 0:
diff --git a/glue_astronomy/translators/spectrum1d.py b/glue_astronomy/translators/spectrum1d.py
index f61eb6b..300a382 100644
--- a/glue_astronomy/translators/spectrum1d.py
+++ b/glue_astronomy/translators/spectrum1d.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def parse_attributes(attributes):
                 if attribute_label not in ('flux', 'uncertainty'):
                     attribute_label = 'flux'
 
-                values = values * u.Unit(component.units)
+                values = u.Quantity(values, unit=component.units)
 
                 # If the attribute is uncertainty, we must coerce it to a
                 #  specific uncertainty type. If no value exists in the glue