diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
index f9b87e89541..48f7efae760 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default class PostgresQuery {
       value = this.templateSrv.replace(value, this.scopedVars);
     }
 
-    return str + this.quoteIdentifier(constraint.key) + ' ' + operator + ' ' + this.quoteLiteral(value);
+    return str + constraint.key + ' ' + operator + ' ' + value;
   }
 
   interpolateQueryStr(value, variable, defaultFormatFn) {