diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
index 2df063c7c52..9f4ca14572a 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func buildSearchExpression(query *cloudWatchQuery, stat string) string {
 	}
 	sort.Strings(keys)
 	for _, key := range keys {
-		values := escape(knownDimensions[key])
+		values := escapeDoubleQuotes(knownDimensions[key])
 		valueExpression := join(values, " OR ", `"`, `"`)
 		if len(knownDimensions[key]) > 1 {
 			valueExpression = fmt.Sprintf(`(%s)`, valueExpression)
@@ -102,12 +102,9 @@ func buildSearchExpression(query *cloudWatchQuery, stat string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`REMOVE_EMPTY(SEARCH('Namespace="%s" %s', '%s', %s))`, query.Namespace, searchTerm, stat, strconv.Itoa(query.Period))
 }
 
-func escape(arr []string) []string {
+func escapeDoubleQuotes(arr []string) []string {
 	result := []string{}
 	for _, value := range arr {
-		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `\`, `\\`)
-		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, ")", `\)`)
-		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, "(", `\(`)
 		value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `"`, `\"`)
 		result = append(result, value)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
index e57d4769547..a33e6f99660 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
@@ -166,17 +166,12 @@ func TestMetricDataQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		})
 
-		Convey("and query has has invalid characters in dimension values", func() {
+		Convey("and query has invalid characters in dimension values", func() {
 			query := &cloudWatchQuery{
 				Namespace:  "AWS/EC2",
 				MetricName: "CPUUtilization",
 				Dimensions: map[string][]string{
-					"lb1": {`lb\1\`},
-					"lb2": {`)lb2`},
-					"lb3": {`l(b3`},
 					"lb4": {`lb4""`},
-					"lb5": {`l\(b5"`},
-					"lb6": {`l\\(b5"`},
 				},
 				Period:     300,
 				Expression: "",
@@ -184,20 +179,8 @@ func TestMetricDataQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			res := buildSearchExpression(query, "Average")
 
-			Convey("it should escape backslash", func() {
-				So(res, ShouldContainSubstring, `"lb1"="lb\\1\\"`)
-			})
-
-			Convey("it should escape closing parenthesis", func() {
-				So(res, ShouldContainSubstring, `"lb2"="\)lb2"`)
-			})
-
-			Convey("it should escape open parenthesis", func() {
-				So(res, ShouldContainSubstring, `"lb3"="l\(b3"`)
-			})
-
 			Convey("it should escape double quotes", func() {
-				So(res, ShouldContainSubstring, `"lb6"="l\\\\\(b5\""`)
+				So(res, ShouldContainSubstring, `lb4\"\"`)
 			})
 
 		})