diff --git a/pyfv3/dycore_state.py b/pyfv3/dycore_state.py
index 6c9fb4fa..61a4b0f7 100644
--- a/pyfv3/dycore_state.py
+++ b/pyfv3/dycore_state.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def init_from_numpy_arrays(
                     _field.metadata["units"],
                     origin=sizer.get_origin(dims),
                     extent=sizer.get_extent(dims),
-                    gt4py_backend=backend,
+                    backend=backend,
                 )
         state = cls(**dict_state)
         return state
diff --git a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_baroclinic.py b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_baroclinic.py
index ee846a8c..739430ea 100644
--- a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_baroclinic.py
+++ b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_baroclinic.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def init_baroclinic_state(
     state = DycoreState.init_from_numpy_arrays(
         numpy_state.__dict__,
         sizer=quantity_factory.sizer,
-        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.gt4py_backend,
+        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.backend,
     )
 
     comm.halo_update(state.phis, n_points=NHALO)
diff --git a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_rossby.py b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_rossby.py
index a5d85d34..d37683a9 100644
--- a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_rossby.py
+++ b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_rossby.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def init_rossby_state(
     state = DycoreState.init_from_numpy_arrays(
         numpy_state.__dict__,
         sizer=quantity_factory.sizer,
-        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.gt4py_backend,
+        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.backend,
     )
 
     comm.halo_update(state.phis, n_points=NHALO)
diff --git a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_tc.py b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_tc.py
index 2c3d48ad..3b4622f6 100644
--- a/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_tc.py
+++ b/pyfv3/initialization/test_cases/initialize_tc.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def init_tc_state(
     state = DycoreState.init_from_numpy_arrays(
         numpy_state.__dict__,
         sizer=quantity_factory.sizer,
-        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.gt4py_backend,
+        backend=sample_quantity.metadata.backend,
     )
 
     return state
diff --git a/pyfv3/stencils/delnflux.py b/pyfv3/stencils/delnflux.py
index 4bc9653c..3acd1caf 100644
--- a/pyfv3/stencils/delnflux.py
+++ b/pyfv3/stencils/delnflux.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def calc_damp(damp_c: Quantity, da_min: Float, nord: Quantity) -> Quantity:
         units="unknown",
         origin=damp_c.origin,
         extent=damp_c.extent,
-        gt4py_backend=damp_c.gt4py_backend,
+        backend=damp_c.backend,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py b/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
index 0e41f3a5..f1831d0b 100644
--- a/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
+++ b/tests/savepoint/translate/translate_init_case.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def compute_parallel(self, inputs, communicator):
                 properties["units"],
                 origin=self.grid.sizer.get_origin(dims),
                 extent=self.grid.sizer.get_extent(dims),
-                gt4py_backend=self.stencil_factory.backend,
+                backend=self.stencil_factory.backend,
             )
 
         metric_terms = MetricTerms.from_tile_sizing(