diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/aper_phot_simple/aper_phot_simple.py b/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/aper_phot_simple/aper_phot_simple.py
index fdc7711430..fb48110fc1 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/aper_phot_simple/aper_phot_simple.py
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/imviz/plugins/aper_phot_simple/aper_phot_simple.py
@@ -140,9 +140,18 @@ def _get_region_from_subset(self, subset):
             if subset_grp.label == subset:
                 for sbst in subset_grp.subsets:
                     if sbst.data.label == self.dataset_selected:
-                        # TODO: https://github.com/glue-viz/glue-astronomy/issues/52
-                        return sbst.data.get_selection_definition(
-                                subset_id=subset, format='astropy-regions')
+                        reg = sbst.data.get_selection_definition(
+                            subset_id=subset, format='astropy-regions')
+                        # Works around https://github.com/glue-viz/glue-astronomy/issues/52
+                        # Assume it is always pixel region, not sky region.
+                        # FIXME: I thought this was a cunning plan but now I remember this plugin
+                        # is viewer agnostic because of Ori, so I need to think of a viewer
+                        # agnostic way to do this; or just disallow this plugin when WCS linking is detected?
+                        x, y, _ = viewer._get_real_xy(self.app.data_collection[self.dataset_selected],
+                                                      reg.center.x, reg.center.y)
+                        reg.center.x = x
+                        reg.center.y = y
+                        return reg
         else:
             raise ValueError(f'Subset "{subset}" not found')