diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/datasource_srv.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/datasource_srv.ts
index 4eeb058982b..44a2500c82b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/datasource_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/datasource_srv.ts
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ export class DatasourceSrv implements DataSourceService {
       if (filters.metrics && !x.meta.metrics) {
         return false;
       }
-      if (filters.alerting && !x.meta.alerting) {
-        return false;
-      }
       if (filters.tracing && !x.meta.tracing) {
         return false;
       }