diff --git a/examples/notebook/test_functionality.ipynb b/examples/notebook/test_functionality.ipynb
index dc5ce3d8..e9aa077e 100644
--- a/examples/notebook/test_functionality.ipynb
+++ b/examples/notebook/test_functionality.ipynb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     ")\n",
     "\n",
     "# useful for easily allocating distributed data storages (fields)\n",
-    "quantity_factory = QuantityFactory.from_backend(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)\n",
+    "quantity_factory = QuantityFactory(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)\n",
     "\n",
     "compilation_config = CompilationConfig(backend=backend, communicator=cs_communicator)\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/pyfv3/wrappers/geos_wrapper.py b/pyfv3/wrappers/geos_wrapper.py
index ab6b4bd3..271c29cb 100644
--- a/pyfv3/wrappers/geos_wrapper.py
+++ b/pyfv3/wrappers/geos_wrapper.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def __init__(
         sizer = SubtileGridSizer.from_namelist(
             self.namelist, partitioner.tile, self.communicator.tile.rank
         )
-        quantity_factory = QuantityFactory.from_backend(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)
+        quantity_factory = QuantityFactory(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)
 
         # set up the metric terms and grid data
         metric_terms = MetricTerms(
diff --git a/tests/mpi/test_doubly_periodic.py b/tests/mpi/test_doubly_periodic.py
index fc825cb9..42215d66 100644
--- a/tests/mpi/test_doubly_periodic.py
+++ b/tests/mpi/test_doubly_periodic.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_dycore_runs_one_step() -> None:
     grid_indexing = GridIndexing.from_sizer_and_communicator(
         sizer=sizer, comm=communicator
     )
-    quantity_factory = QuantityFactory.from_backend(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)
+    quantity_factory = QuantityFactory(sizer=sizer, backend=backend)
     metric_terms = MetricTerms(
         quantity_factory=quantity_factory,
         communicator=communicator,
diff --git a/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py b/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
index 0e41f3a5..a9207353 100644
--- a/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
+++ b/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
@@ -225,12 +225,9 @@ def compute_parallel(self, inputs, communicator):
             tile_rank=communicator.tile.rank,
         )
 
-        quantity_factory = QuantityFactory.from_backend(
-            sizer, backend=self.stencil_factory.backend
-        )
+        quantity_factory = QuantityFactory(sizer, backend=self.stencil_factory.backend)
 
         grid_data = GridData.new_from_metric_terms(metric_terms)
-        quantity_factory = QuantityFactory()
 
         state = analytic_init.init_analytic_state(
             analytic_init_case="baroclinic",