diff --git a/public/app/core/services/bridge_srv.ts b/public/app/core/services/bridge_srv.ts
index 38448cea7da..440385d887d 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/bridge_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/bridge_srv.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
-import { store } from 'app/store/store';
+import { dispatch, store } from 'app/store/store';
 import { updateLocation } from 'app/core/actions';
 import { ILocationService, ITimeoutService, IWindowService } from 'angular';
 import { CoreEvents } from 'app/types';
 import { GrafanaRootScope } from 'app/routes/GrafanaCtrl';
 import { locationUtil, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
-import { VariableSrv } from 'app/features/templating/all';
+import { templateVarsChangedInUrl } from 'app/features/variables/state/actions';
 
 // Services that handles angular -> redux store sync & other react <-> angular sync
 export class BridgeSrv {
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export class BridgeSrv {
     private $timeout: ITimeoutService,
     private $window: IWindowService,
     private $rootScope: GrafanaRootScope,
-    private $route: any,
-    private variableSrv: VariableSrv
+    private $route: any
   ) {
     this.fullPageReloadRoutes = ['/logout'];
     this.angularUrl = $location.url();
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ export class BridgeSrv {
         if (changes) {
           const dash = getDashboardSrv().getCurrent();
           if (dash) {
-            this.variableSrv.templateVarsChangedInUrl(changes);
+            dispatch(templateVarsChangedInUrl(changes));
           }
         }
         this.lastQuery = state.location.query;
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ export function findTemplateVarChanges(query: UrlQueryMap, old: UrlQueryMap): Ur
     if (!key.startsWith('var-')) {
       continue;
     }
-    if (!query[key]) {
+    if (!query.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
       changes[key] = ''; // removed
       count++;
     }
diff --git a/public/app/features/variables/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/variables/state/actions.ts
index 89abbf91a01..a706a06f84d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/variables/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/variables/state/actions.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { alignCurrentWithMulti } from '../shared/multiOptions';
 import { isMulti } from '../guard';
 import { getTimeSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
 
 // process flow queryVariable
 // thunk => processVariables
@@ -448,3 +449,28 @@ const getQueryWithVariables = (getState: () => StoreState): UrlQueryMap => {
 
   return queryParamsNew;
 };
+
+export const templateVarsChangedInUrl = (vars: UrlQueryMap): ThunkResult<void> => async (dispatch, getState) => {
+  const update: Array<Promise<any>> = [];
+  for (const variable of getVariables(getState())) {
+    const key = `var-${variable.name}`;
+    if (vars.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      if (isVariableUrlValueDifferentFromCurrent(variable, vars[key])) {
+        const promise = variableAdapters.get(variable.type).setValueFromUrl(variable, vars[key]);
+        update.push(promise);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (update.length) {
+    await Promise.all(update);
+    const dashboard = getState().dashboard.getModel();
+    dashboard?.templateVariableValueUpdated();
+    dashboard?.startRefresh();
+  }
+};
+
+const isVariableUrlValueDifferentFromCurrent = (variable: VariableModel, urlValue: any): boolean => {
+  // lodash isEqual handles array of value equality checks as well
+  return !isEqual(variableAdapters.get(variable.type).getValueForUrl(variable), urlValue);
+};