diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/TextBoxVariable.ts b/public/app/features/templating/TextBoxVariable.ts
index 331ff4f95b8..93124adab59 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/TextBoxVariable.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/TextBoxVariable.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class TextBoxVariable implements Variable {
   defaults = {
     type: 'textbox',
     name: '',
-    hide: 2,
+    hide: 0,
     label: '',
     query: '',
     current: {},
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/editor_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/templating/editor_ctrl.ts
index 6d70be63771..a13e51fe2b5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/editor_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/editor_ctrl.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ export class VariableEditorCtrl {
         type: $scope.current.type,
       });
       $scope.current.name = old.name;
-      $scope.current.hide = old.hide;
       $scope.current.label = old.label;
 
       const oldIndex = _.indexOf(this.variables, old);