diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
index c18b235e757..68b1a5a832f 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface SparklineProps extends Themeable2 {
   sparkline: FieldSparkline;
 }
 
-const SparklineFn: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
+export const Sparkline: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
   const { sparkline, config: fieldConfig, theme, width, height } = props;
 
   const { frame: alignedDataFrame, warning } = prepareSeries(sparkline, fieldConfig);
@@ -30,14 +30,4 @@ const SparklineFn: React.FC<SparklineProps> = memo((props) => {
   return <UPlotChart data={data} config={configBuilder} width={width} height={height} />;
 });
 
-SparklineFn.displayName = 'Sparkline';
-
-// we converted to function component above, but some apps extend Sparkline, so we need
-// to keep exporting a class component until those apps are all rolled out.
-// see https://github.com/grafana/app-observability-plugin/pull/2079
-// eslint-disable-next-line react-prefer-function-component/react-prefer-function-component
-export class Sparkline extends React.PureComponent<SparklineProps> {
-  render() {
-    return <SparklineFn {...this.props} />;
-  }
-}
+Sparkline.displayName = 'Sparkline';