diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki.go b/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki.go
index 91e8d0108db..e8491dc6820 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/coreplugin"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logcli/client"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/loghttp"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logproto"
@@ -29,17 +28,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Service struct {
-	intervalCalculator intervalv2.Calculator
-	im                 instancemgmt.InstanceManager
-	plog               log.Logger
+	im   instancemgmt.InstanceManager
+	plog log.Logger
 }
 
 func ProvideService(httpClientProvider httpclient.Provider, registrar plugins.CoreBackendRegistrar) (*Service, error) {
 	im := datasource.NewInstanceManager(newInstanceSettings(httpClientProvider))
 	s := &Service{
-		im:                 im,
-		intervalCalculator: intervalv2.NewCalculator(),
-		plog:               log.New("tsdb.loki"),
+		im:   im,
+		plog: log.New("tsdb.loki"),
 	}
 
 	factory := coreplugin.New(backend.ServeOpts{
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ func (s *Service) QueryData(ctx context.Context, req *backend.QueryDataRequest)
 		},
 	}
 
-	queries, err := s.parseQuery(dsInfo, req)
+	queries, err := parseQuery(dsInfo, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
@@ -183,7 +180,7 @@ func formatLegend(metric model.Metric, query *lokiQuery) string {
 	return string(result)
 }
 
-func (s *Service) parseQuery(dsInfo *datasourceInfo, queryContext *backend.QueryDataRequest) ([]*lokiQuery, error) {
+func parseQuery(dsInfo *datasourceInfo, queryContext *backend.QueryDataRequest) ([]*lokiQuery, error) {
 	qs := []*lokiQuery{}
 	for _, query := range queryContext.Queries {
 		model := &ResponseModel{}
@@ -195,19 +192,12 @@ func (s *Service) parseQuery(dsInfo *datasourceInfo, queryContext *backend.Query
 		start := query.TimeRange.From
 		end := query.TimeRange.To
 
-		dsInterval, err := intervalv2.GetIntervalFrom(dsInfo.TimeInterval, model.Interval, int64(model.IntervalMS), time.Second)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse Interval: %v", err)
-		}
-
-		interval := s.intervalCalculator.Calculate(query.TimeRange, dsInterval, query.MaxDataPoints)
-
 		var resolution int64 = 1
 		if model.Resolution >= 1 && model.Resolution <= 5 || model.Resolution == 10 {
 			resolution = model.Resolution
 		}
 
-		step := time.Duration(int64(interval.Value) * resolution)
+		step := time.Duration(int64(query.Interval) * resolution)
 
 		qs = append(qs, &lokiQuery{
 			Expr:         model.Expr,
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki_test.go
index d7632a29c11..1619614be5e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/loki/loki_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/loghttp"
 	p "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -57,24 +56,18 @@ func TestLoki(t *testing.T) {
 						From: time.Now().Add(-30 * time.Second),
 						To:   time.Now(),
 					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-		service := &Service{
-			intervalCalculator: mockCalculator{
-				interval: intervalv2.Interval{
-					Value: time.Second * 30,
+					Interval: time.Second * 30,
 				},
 			},
 		}
 		dsInfo := &datasourceInfo{}
-		models, err := service.parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext)
+		models, err := parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, time.Second*30, models[0].Step)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("parsing query model without step parameter", func(t *testing.T) {
-		queryContext := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
+		queryContext1 := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
 			Queries: []backend.DataQuery{
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`
@@ -88,29 +81,35 @@ func TestLoki(t *testing.T) {
 						From: time.Now().Add(-48 * time.Hour),
 						To:   time.Now(),
 					},
-				},
-			},
-		}
-		service := &Service{
-			intervalCalculator: mockCalculator{
-				interval: intervalv2.Interval{
-					Value: time.Minute * 2,
+					Interval: time.Minute * 2,
 				},
 			},
 		}
 		dsInfo := &datasourceInfo{}
-		models, err := service.parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext)
+		models, err := parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext1)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, time.Minute*2, models[0].Step)
 
-		service = &Service{
-			intervalCalculator: mockCalculator{
-				interval: intervalv2.Interval{
-					Value: time.Second * 2,
+		queryContext2 := &backend.QueryDataRequest{
+			Queries: []backend.DataQuery{
+				{
+					JSON: []byte(`
+					{
+						"expr": "go_goroutines",
+						"format": "time_series",
+						"refId": "A"
+					}`,
+					),
+					TimeRange: backend.TimeRange{
+						From: time.Now().Add(-48 * time.Hour),
+						To:   time.Now(),
+					},
+					Interval: time.Second * 2,
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		models, err = service.parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext)
+
+		models, err = parseQuery(dsInfo, queryContext2)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		fmt.Println(models)
 		require.Equal(t, time.Second*2, models[0].Step)
@@ -173,15 +172,3 @@ func TestParseResponse(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
-
-type mockCalculator struct {
-	interval intervalv2.Interval
-}
-
-func (m mockCalculator) Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) intervalv2.Interval {
-	return m.interval
-}
-
-func (m mockCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, resolution int64) intervalv2.Interval {
-	return m.interval
-}