diff --git a/pkg/api/metrics.go b/pkg/api/metrics.go
index 00ad25ab8c2..f2bc79df7ad 100644
--- a/pkg/api/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/api/metrics.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func GetTestDataRandomWalk(c *m.ReqContext) Response {
 	timeRange := tsdb.NewTimeRange(from, to)
 	request := &tsdb.TsdbQuery{TimeRange: timeRange}
 
-	dsInfo := &m.DataSource{Type: "grafana-testdata-datasource"}
+	dsInfo := &m.DataSource{Type: "testdata"}
 	request.Queries = append(request.Queries, &tsdb.Query{
 		RefId:      "A",
 		IntervalMs: intervalMs,