diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
index f1f9d13fcb9..229318a1504 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ class DataSourceWithBackend<
     const body: any = { queries };
 
     if (range) {
-      body.range = range;
       body.from = range.from.valueOf().toString();
       body.to = range.to.valueOf().toString();
     }