diff --git a/packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/MetricSelect.tsx b/packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/MetricSelect.tsx
index 5e752bd89f8..0de1f240694 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/MetricSelect.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-prometheus/src/querybuilder/components/MetricSelect.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export function MetricSelect({
     return (
       <AsyncSelect
         data-testid={selectors.components.DataSource.Prometheus.queryEditor.builder.metricSelect}
-        isClearable={Boolean(variableEditor)}
+        isClearable={true}
         inputId="prometheus-metric-select"
         className={styles.select}
         value={query.metric ? toOption(query.metric) : undefined}