diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
index 1a22dd8a2c0..e6a8e7ab8a0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControls.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class DashboardControls extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardControlsState> {
     const { links } = dashboard.state;
     const hasControlMenuVariables = sceneGraph
       .getVariables(dashboard)
-      ?.state.variables.some((v) => v.state.showInControlsMenu === true);
+      ?.state.variables.some((v) => v.state.hide === VariableHide.inControlsMenu);
     const hasControlMenuLinks = links.some((link) => link.placement === 'inControlsMenu');
 
     return hasControlMenuVariables || hasControlMenuLinks;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.test.tsx
index ebe47918827..fc6ab425ef9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { act, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
+import { VariableHide } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneVariableSet, TextBoxVariable, QueryVariable, CustomVariable, SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
 
 import {
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ describe('DashboardControlsMenu', () => {
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar',
         value: 'test',
-        showInControlsMenu: false,
       }),
     ];
     const { container } = render(<DashboardControlsButton dashboard={getDashboard(variables)} />);
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('DashboardControlsMenu', () => {
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar',
         value: 'test',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
     ];
 
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ describe('DashboardControlsMenu', () => {
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar1',
         value: 'test1',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar2',
         value: 'test2',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
       new QueryVariable({
         name: 'queryVar',
         query: 'test query',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
     ];
 
@@ -79,28 +79,28 @@ describe('DashboardControlsMenu', () => {
     expect(await screen.findByText('queryVar')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should filter out variables with showInControlsMenu=false', async () => {
+  it('should filter out variables with hide=VariableHide.inControlsMenu', async () => {
     const variables = [
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar1',
         value: 'test1',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
+      // This should be filtered out
       new TextBoxVariable({
         name: 'textVar2',
         value: 'test2',
-        showInControlsMenu: false, // This should be filtered out
       }),
       new CustomVariable({
         name: 'customVar',
         query: 'option1,option2',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       }),
     ];
 
     render(<DashboardControlsButton dashboard={getDashboard(variables)} />);
 
-    // Should still render dropdown since we have variables with showInControlsMenu=true
+    // Should still render dropdown since we have variables with hide=VariableHide.inControlsMenu
     expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     // Open the dropdown
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.tsx
index e41b23270ce..e6db4f54b5f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardControlsMenu.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { sceneGraph, SceneVariable } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { DashboardLink } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { DashboardLink, VariableHide } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { Box, Dropdown, Menu, ToolbarButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { DashboardLinkRenderer } from './DashboardLinkRenderer';
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function DashboardControlsButton({ dashboard }: { dashboard: DashboardSce
   const variables = sceneGraph
     .getVariables(dashboard)!
     .useState()
-    .variables.filter((v) => v.state.showInControlsMenu === true);
+    .variables.filter((v) => v.state.hide === VariableHide.inControlsMenu);
 
   if ((variables.length === 0 && filteredLinks.length === 0) || !uid) {
     return null;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/VariableControls.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/VariableControls.tsx
index 6b43cacd553..45e61146ae1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/VariableControls.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/VariableControls.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function VariableControls({ dashboard }: { dashboard: DashboardScene }) {
   return (
     <>
       {variables
-        .filter((v) => !v.state.showInControlsMenu)
+        .filter((v) => v.state.hide !== VariableHide.inControlsMenu)
         .map((variable) => (
           <VariableValueSelectWrapper key={variable.state.key} variable={variable} />
         ))}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.test.ts
index 3a5a15f7f68..e91b28cc646 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   SceneVariableSet,
   TextBoxVariable,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { DataSourceRef, VariableRefresh } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { DataSourceRef, VariableHide, VariableRefresh } from '@grafana/schema';
 
 import { sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables, sceneVariablesSetToVariables } from './sceneVariablesSetToVariables';
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['selected-value'],
       text: ['selected-value-text'],
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       },
       "definition": undefined,
       "description": "test-desc",
+      "hide": 3,
       "includeAll": true,
       "label": "test-label",
       "multi": true,
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       "query": "query",
       "refresh": 1,
       "regex": "",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "staticOptions": [
         {
           "text": "test",
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['selected-value'],
       text: ['selected-value-text'],
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       },
       "definition": "query",
       "description": "test-desc",
+      "hide": 3,
       "includeAll": true,
       "label": "test-label",
       "multi": true,
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       "query": "query",
       "refresh": 1,
       "regex": "",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "staticOptions": [
         {
           "text": "test",
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['selected-value'],
       text: ['selected-value-text'],
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['test'],
       text: ['test'],
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['selected-ds-1', 'selected-ds-2'],
       text: ['selected-ds-1-text', 'selected-ds-2-text'],
       pluginId: 'fake-std',
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         ],
       },
       "description": "test-desc",
+      "hide": 3,
       "includeAll": true,
       "label": "test-label",
       "multi": true,
@@ -318,7 +319,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       "query": "fake-std",
       "refresh": 1,
       "regex": "",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "type": "datasource",
     }
     `);
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: ['test', 'test2'],
       text: ['test', 'test2'],
       query: 'test,test1,test2',
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         ],
       },
       "description": "test-desc",
+      "hide": 3,
       "includeAll": true,
       "label": "test-label",
       "multi": true,
@@ -387,7 +388,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         },
       ],
       "query": "test,test1,test2",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "type": "custom",
     }
     `);
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: 'constant value',
       skipUrlSync: true,
     });
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       "label": "test-label",
       "name": "test",
       "query": "constant value",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "skipUrlSync": true,
       "type": "constant",
     }
@@ -432,7 +431,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       name: 'test',
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       value: 'text value',
       skipUrlSync: true,
     });
@@ -450,6 +449,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         "value": "text value",
       },
       "description": "test-desc",
+      "hide": 3,
       "label": "test-label",
       "name": "test",
       "options": [
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         },
       ],
       "query": "text value",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "skipUrlSync": true,
       "type": "textbox",
     }
@@ -472,7 +471,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       intervals: ['1m', '2m', '3m', '1h', '1d'],
       value: '1m',
       refresh: VariableRefresh.onDashboardLoad,
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
     });
     const set = new SceneVariableSet({
       variables: [variable],
@@ -490,6 +489,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         "value": "1m",
       },
       "description": undefined,
+      "hide": 3,
       "label": undefined,
       "name": "",
       "options": [
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       ],
       "query": "1m,2m,3m,1h,1d",
       "refresh": 1,
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "type": "interval",
     }
     `);
@@ -533,7 +532,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       allowCustomValue: true,
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
       filters: [
         {
@@ -580,9 +579,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           "value": "test",
         },
       ],
+      "hide": 3,
       "label": "test-label",
       "name": "test",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "type": "adhoc",
     }
     `);
@@ -595,7 +594,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         allowCustomValue: true,
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-std', type: 'fake-std' },
         originFilters: [
           {
@@ -625,9 +624,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         "defaultKeys": undefined,
         "description": "test-desc",
         "filters": [],
+        "hide": 3,
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "type": "adhoc",
       }
       `);
@@ -639,7 +638,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         allowCustomValue: true,
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-std', type: 'fake-std' },
         originFilters: [
           {
@@ -687,9 +686,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             "value": "test2",
           },
         ],
+        "hide": 3,
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "type": "adhoc",
       }
       `);
@@ -702,7 +701,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       allowCustomValue: true,
       label: 'test-label',
       description: 'test-desc',
-      showInControlsMenu: true,
+      hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
       defaultKeys: [
         {
@@ -776,9 +775,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           "value": "test",
         },
       ],
+      "hide": 3,
       "label": "test-label",
       "name": "test",
-      "showInControlsMenu": true,
       "type": "adhoc",
     }
     `);
@@ -799,7 +798,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
         allowCustomValue: true,
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
         defaultOptions: [
           {
@@ -832,6 +831,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         },
         "defaultValue": undefined,
         "description": "test-desc",
+        "hide": 3,
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
         "options": [
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             "value": "bar",
           },
         ],
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "type": "groupby",
       }
       `);
@@ -857,7 +856,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         name: 'test',
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
         defaultOptions: [
           {
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         isMulti: true,
         staticOptions: [{ label: 'test', value: 'test' }],
         staticOptionsOrder: 'after',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       });
 
       const set = new SceneVariableSet({
@@ -919,7 +918,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             },
             "definition": undefined,
             "description": "test-desc",
-            "hide": "dontHide",
+            "hide": "inControlsMenu",
             "includeAll": true,
             "label": "test-label",
             "multi": true,
@@ -938,7 +937,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             },
             "refresh": "onDashboardLoad",
             "regex": "",
-            "showInControlsMenu": true,
             "skipUrlSync": false,
             "sort": "disabled",
             "staticOptions": [
@@ -961,7 +959,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         value: ['test', 'test2'],
         text: ['test', 'test2'],
         query: 'test,test1,test2',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         options: [
           { label: 'test', value: 'test' },
           { label: 'test1', value: 'test1' },
@@ -995,7 +993,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           ],
         },
         "description": "test-desc",
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "includeAll": true,
         "label": "test-label",
         "multi": true,
@@ -1018,7 +1016,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           },
         ],
         "query": "test,test1,test2",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": false,
       },
     }
@@ -1036,7 +1033,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         includeAll: true,
         allValue: 'test-all',
         isMulti: true,
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
       });
       const set = new SceneVariableSet({
         variables: [variable],
@@ -1062,7 +1059,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           ],
         },
         "description": "test-desc",
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "includeAll": true,
         "label": "test-label",
         "multi": true,
@@ -1071,7 +1068,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         "pluginId": "fake-std",
         "refresh": "onDashboardLoad",
         "regex": "",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": false,
       },
     }
@@ -1084,7 +1080,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
         value: 'constant value',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         skipUrlSync: true,
       });
       const set = new SceneVariableSet({
@@ -1103,11 +1099,10 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           "value": "constant value",
         },
         "description": "test-desc",
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
         "query": "constant value",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": true,
       },
     }
@@ -1120,7 +1115,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
         value: 'text value',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         skipUrlSync: true,
       });
       const set = new SceneVariableSet({
@@ -1139,11 +1134,10 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           "value": "text value",
         },
         "description": "test-desc",
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
         "query": "text value",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": true,
       },
     }
@@ -1154,7 +1148,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
       const variable = new IntervalVariable({
         intervals: ['1m', '2m', '3m', '1h', '1d'],
         value: '1m',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         refresh: VariableRefresh.onDashboardLoad,
       });
       const set = new SceneVariableSet({
@@ -1175,7 +1169,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           "value": "1m",
         },
         "description": undefined,
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "label": undefined,
         "name": "",
         "options": [
@@ -1207,7 +1201,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         ],
         "query": "1m,2m,3m,1h,1d",
         "refresh": "onTimeRangeChanged",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": false,
       },
     }
@@ -1219,7 +1212,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         name: 'test',
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
         filters: [
           {
@@ -1268,10 +1261,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             "value": "test",
           },
         ],
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": false,
       },
     }
@@ -1283,7 +1275,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
         name: 'test',
         label: 'test-label',
         description: 'test-desc',
-        showInControlsMenu: true,
+        hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
         datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
         defaultKeys: [
           {
@@ -1359,10 +1351,9 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
             "value": "test",
           },
         ],
-        "hide": "dontHide",
+        "hide": "inControlsMenu",
         "label": "test-label",
         "name": "test",
-        "showInControlsMenu": true,
         "skipUrlSync": false,
       },
     }
@@ -1383,7 +1374,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           name: 'test',
           label: 'test-label',
           description: 'test-desc',
-          showInControlsMenu: true,
+          hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
           datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
           defaultOptions: [
             {
@@ -1417,7 +1408,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           },
           "defaultValue": undefined,
           "description": "test-desc",
-          "hide": "dontHide",
+          "hide": "inControlsMenu",
           "label": "test-label",
           "multi": true,
           "name": "test",
@@ -1431,7 +1422,6 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
               "value": "bar",
             },
           ],
-          "showInControlsMenu": true,
           "skipUrlSync": false,
         },
       }
@@ -1445,7 +1435,7 @@ describe('sceneVariablesSetToVariables', () => {
           name: 'test',
           label: 'test-label',
           description: 'test-desc',
-          showInControlsMenu: true,
+          hide: VariableHide.inControlsMenu,
           datasource: { uid: 'fake-uid', type: 'fake-type' },
           defaultOptions: [
             {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.ts
index a7668e681d1..87cde15a7ea 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/sceneVariablesSetToVariables.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToVariables(set: SceneVariables, keepQueryOptio
       skipUrlSync: Boolean(variable.state.skipUrlSync),
       hide: variable.state.hide || OldVariableHide.dontHide,
       type: variable.state.type,
-      showInControlsMenu: variable.state.showInControlsMenu,
     };
 
     if (sceneUtils.isQueryVariable(variable)) {
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ export function sceneVariablesSetToSchemaV2Variables(
       description: variable.state.description ?? undefined,
       skipUrlSync: Boolean(variable.state.skipUrlSync),
       hide: transformVariableHideToEnum(variable.state.hide) || defaultVariableHide(),
-      showInControlsMenu: variable.state.showInControlsMenu,
     };
 
     // current: VariableOption;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
index 94f7792592c..2a4c05839c2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelSchemaV2ToScene.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ function createSceneVariableFromVariableModel(variable: TypedVariableModelV2): S
     name: variable.spec.name,
     label: variable.spec.label,
     description: variable.spec.description,
-    showInControlsMenu: variable.spec.showInControlsMenu,
   };
   if (variable.kind === defaultAdhocVariableKind().kind) {
     const ds = getDataSourceForQuery(
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV1TypesUtils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV1TypesUtils.ts
index 64fe31b8426..86def462cb1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV1TypesUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV1TypesUtils.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export function transformVariableHideToEnumV1(hide?: VariableHide): VariableHide
       return VariableHideV1.hideLabel;
     case 'hideVariable':
       return VariableHideV1.hideVariable;
+    case 'inControlsMenu':
+      return VariableHideV1.inControlsMenu;
     default:
       return VariableHideV1.dontHide;
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV2TypesUtils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV2TypesUtils.ts
index cbdf630619c..fe1d85e6525 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV2TypesUtils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformToV2TypesUtils.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export function transformVariableHideToEnum(hide?: VariableHideV1): VariableHide
       return 'hideLabel';
     case 2:
       return 'hideVariable';
+    case 3:
+      return 'inControlsMenu';
     default:
       return defaultVariableHide();
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.ts
index b42b7e7fadf..6b6eeae5e77 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/variables.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ export function createSceneVariableFromVariableModel(variable: TypedVariableMode
     name: variable.name,
     label: variable.label,
     description: variable.description,
-    showInControlsMenu: variable.showInControlsMenu,
   };
   if (variable.type === 'adhoc') {
     const originFilters: AdHocVariableFilter[] = [];