diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
index 7821c5dcb2c..b4f739f934c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ export default class CloudWatchDatasource {
       if (res.results) {
         _.forEach(res.results, queryRes => {
           _.forEach(queryRes.series, series => {
-            data.push({ target: series.name, datapoints: series.points, unit: queryRes.meta.unit || 'none' });
+            const s = { target: series.name, datapoints: series.points } as any;
+            if (queryRes.meta.unit) {
+              s.unit = queryRes.meta.unit;
+            }
+            data.push(s);
           });
         });
       }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/datasource.ts
index 7ea748e1082..b77abdbdab3 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/datasource.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default class StackdriverDatasource {
   }
 
   resolvePanelUnitFromTargets(targets: any[]) {
-    let unit = 'none';
+    let unit;
     if (targets.length > 0 && targets.every(t => t.unit === targets[0].unit)) {
       if (stackdriverUnitMappings.hasOwnProperty(targets[0].unit)) {
         unit = stackdriverUnitMappings[targets[0].unit];
@@ -109,13 +109,16 @@ export default class StackdriverDatasource {
 
         const unit = this.resolvePanelUnitFromTargets(options.targets);
         queryRes.series.forEach(series => {
-          result.push({
+          let timeSerie: any = {
             target: series.name,
             datapoints: series.points,
             refId: queryRes.refId,
             meta: queryRes.meta,
-            unit,
-          });
+          };
+          if (unit) {
+            timeSerie = { ...timeSerie, unit };
+          }
+          result.push(timeSerie);
         });
       });
     }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/specs/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/specs/datasource.test.ts
index 3117be402a9..ab0c0653816 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/specs/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/stackdriver/specs/datasource.test.ts
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ describe('StackdriverDataSource', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           res = ds.resolvePanelUnitFromTargets([{ unit: 'megaseconds' }]);
         });
-        it('should return none', () => {
-          expect(res).toEqual('none');
+        it('should return undefined', () => {
+          expect(res).toBeUndefined();
         });
       });
       describe('and the stackdriver unit has a corresponding grafana unit', () => {
@@ -262,16 +262,16 @@ describe('StackdriverDataSource', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           res = ds.resolvePanelUnitFromTargets([{ unit: 'megaseconds' }, { unit: 'megaseconds' }]);
         });
-        it('should return the default value - none', () => {
-          expect(res).toEqual('none');
+        it('should return the default value of undefined', () => {
+          expect(res).toBeUndefined();
         });
       });
       describe('and all target units are not the same', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           res = ds.resolvePanelUnitFromTargets([{ unit: 'bit' }, { unit: 'min' }]);
         });
-        it('should return the default value - none', () => {
-          expect(res).toEqual('none');
+        it('should return the default value of undefined', () => {
+          expect(res).toBeUndefined();
         });
       });
     });