diff --git a/lib/mapview/_mapview.mjs b/lib/mapview/_mapview.mjs
index 79c90de663..ebee35dee0 100644
--- a/lib/mapview/_mapview.mjs
+++ b/lib/mapview/_mapview.mjs
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ export default (mapview) => {
     }))
   }
 
-  // Scalebar
-  mapview.scalebar && mapview.Map.addControl(new ol.control.ScaleLine({
-    units: mapview.scalebar
+  // ScaleBar
+  mapview.locale.ScaleLine && mapview.Map.addControl(new ol.control.ScaleLine({
+    units: mapview.locale.ScaleLine === 'imperial' ? 'imperial' : 'metric',
   }))
 
   // Attribution
diff --git a/public/views/_default.js b/public/views/_default.js
index 735b1aabf3..33c712600b 100644
--- a/public/views/_default.js
+++ b/public/views/_default.js
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ window.onload = async () => {
     locale: locale,
     hooks: true,
     scrollWheelZoom: true,
-    scalebar: 'metric', //'imperial'
     attribution: {
       target: document.querySelector('#Attribution > .attribution-links'),
       links: {