diff --git a/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.test.ts b/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.test.ts
index bc975dee05f..155276662e1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.test.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ describe('isDashboardDatasource', () => {
       { refId: 'C', datasource: { uid: 'mysql-uid', type: 'mysql' } },
     ];
 
-    const backendQueries = queries.filter((q) => !isDashboardDatasource(q));
+    const nonDashboardQueries = queries.filter((q) => !isDashboardDatasource(q));
 
-    expect(backendQueries.map((q) => q.refId)).toEqual(['A', 'C']);
+    expect(nonDashboardQueries.map((q) => q.refId)).toEqual(['A', 'C']);
   });
 
   it('returns true when query has dashboard datasource uid', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.ts b/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.ts
index c662e0039fc..c256d0da207 100644
--- a/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/expressions/components/SqlExpressions/hooks/useSQLSchemas.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ export function useSQLSchemas({ queries, enabled, timeRange }: UseSQLSchemasOpti
 
     try {
       // Filter out Dashboard datasource queries - they are frontend-only and can't be processed by backend
-      const backendQueries = currentQueries.filter((q) => !isDashboardDatasource(q));
+      const nonDashboardQueries = currentQueries.filter((q) => !isDashboardDatasource(q));
 
-      if (backendQueries.length === 0) {
+      if (nonDashboardQueries.length === 0) {
         setSchemas({ kind: 'SQLSchemaResponse', apiVersion: 'query.grafana.app/v0alpha1', sqlSchemas: {} });
         setLoading(false);
         return;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function useSQLSchemas({ queries, enabled, timeRange }: UseSQLSchemasOpti
       const response = await getBackendSrv().post<SQLSchemasResponse>(
         `/apis/query.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/${namespace}/sqlschemas/name`,
         {
-          queries: backendQueries,
+          queries: nonDashboardQueries,
           from: currentTimeRange.from.toISOString(),
           to: currentTimeRange.to.toISOString(),
         }