diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.test.ts
index da27191be21..ed4a60ce3ee 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/datasource.test.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ describe('graphiteDatasource', () => {
 
   describe('when fetching Graphite Events as annotations', () => {
     let results: any;
+    let errorSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      errorSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      errorSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
 
     const options = {
       annotation: {
@@ -260,6 +269,7 @@ describe('graphiteDatasource', () => {
         results = data;
       });
       expect(results).toEqual([]);
+      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Unable to get annotations/));
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/store.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/store.test.ts
index 90e4e063a8b..b0e15713c1e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/store.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/specs/store.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { dispatch } from 'app/store/store';
 import gfunc from '../gfunc';
 import { TemplateSrvStub } from 'test/specs/helpers';
-import { silenceConsoleOutput } from 'test/core/utils/silenceConsoleOutput';
 import { actions } from '../state/actions';
 import {
   getAltSegmentsSelectables,
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ describe('Graphite actions', () => {
   });
 
   describe('when autocomplete for metric names is not available', () => {
-    silenceConsoleOutput();
     beforeEach(() => {
       ctx.state.datasource.getTagsAutoComplete = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve([]));
       ctx.state.datasource.metricFindQuery = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(
@@ -267,7 +265,6 @@ describe('Graphite actions', () => {
   });
 
   describe('when autocomplete for tags is not available', () => {
-    silenceConsoleOutput();
     beforeEach(() => {
       ctx.datasource.metricFindQuery = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve([]));
       ctx.datasource.getTagsAutoComplete = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/helpers.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/helpers.ts
index edca103c492..6c235d77280 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/helpers.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/helpers.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ export function handleMetricsAutoCompleteError(
   state: GraphiteQueryEditorState,
   error: Error
 ): GraphiteQueryEditorState {
-  console.error(error);
   if (!state.metricAutoCompleteErrorShown) {
     state.metricAutoCompleteErrorShown = true;
     dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(`Fetching metrics failed: ${error.message}.`)));
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ export function handleMetricsAutoCompleteError(
  * When tags autocomplete fails - the error is shown, but only once per page view
  */
 export function handleTagsAutoCompleteError(state: GraphiteQueryEditorState, error: Error): GraphiteQueryEditorState {
-  console.error(error);
   if (!state.tagsAutoCompleteErrorShown) {
     state.tagsAutoCompleteErrorShown = true;
     dispatch(notifyApp(createErrorNotification(`Fetching tags failed: ${error.message}.`)));