diff --git a/jdaviz/app.py b/jdaviz/app.py
index 47f7a9646d..546a7d48ef 100644
--- a/jdaviz/app.py
+++ b/jdaviz/app.py
@@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ def equivalent_units(self, data, cid, units):
                     'erg / (s cm2 Angstrom)', 'erg / (s cm2 Angstrom)',
                     'erg / (s cm2 Hz)', 'erg / (Hz s cm2)',
                     'ph / (Angstrom s cm2)',
-                    'ph / (Hz s cm2)', 'ph / (Hz s cm2)', 'bol', 'AB', 'ST'
+                    'ph / (Hz s cm2)', 'ph / (Hz s cm2)'
                 ]
                 + [
                     'Jy / sr', 'mJy / sr', 'uJy / sr', 'MJy / sr',
                     'W / (Hz sr m2)',
                     'eV / (Hz s sr m2)',
                     'erg / (s sr cm2)',
-                    'AB / sr'
                 ])
         else:  # spectral axis
             # prefer Hz over Bq and um over micron
diff --git a/jdaviz/core/validunits.py b/jdaviz/core/validunits.py
index 8ba718bff4..413b26c3c0 100644
--- a/jdaviz/core/validunits.py
+++ b/jdaviz/core/validunits.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ def create_flux_equivalencies_list(flux_unit, spectral_axis_unit):
     except u.core.UnitConversionError:
         return []
 
+    mag_units = ['bol', 'AB', 'ST']
+    # remove magnitude units from list
+    curr_flux_unit_equivalencies = [unit for unit in curr_flux_unit_equivalencies if not any(mag in unit.name for mag in mag_units)]  # noqa
+
     # Get local flux units.
     locally_defined_flux_units = ['Jy', 'mJy', 'uJy', 'MJy',
                                   'W / (Hz m2)',
@@ -75,13 +79,12 @@ def create_flux_equivalencies_list(flux_unit, spectral_axis_unit):
                                   'erg / (s cm2 Angstrom)',
                                   'ph / (Angstrom s cm2)',
                                   'ph / (Hz s cm2)',
-                                  'bol', 'AB', 'ST'
                                   ]
     local_units = [u.Unit(unit) for unit in locally_defined_flux_units]
 
     # Remove overlap units.
     curr_flux_unit_equivalencies = list(set(curr_flux_unit_equivalencies)
-                                        - set(local_units))
+                                        - set(local_units) - set(mag_units))
 
     # Convert equivalencies into readable versions of the units and sort them alphabetically.
     flux_unit_equivalencies_titles = sorted(units_to_strings(curr_flux_unit_equivalencies))