diff --git a/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part_editor.ts b/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part_editor.ts
index c78ca8d74e6..138da186238 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part_editor.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part_editor.ts
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ export function queryPartEditorDirective($compile, templateSrv) {
         });
 
         var typeahead = $input.data('typeahead');
-        typeahead.lookup = _.debounce(function() {
+        typeahead.lookup = function() {
           this.query = this.$element.val() || '';
           var items = this.source(this.query, $.proxy(this.process, this));
           return items ? this.process(items) : items;
-        }, 500);
+        };
       }
 
       $scope.showActionsMenu = function() {
diff --git a/public/app/core/directives/metric_segment.js b/public/app/core/directives/metric_segment.js
index b11625227c7..2754f8d8c6e 100644
--- a/public/app/core/directives/metric_segment.js
+++ b/public/app/core/directives/metric_segment.js
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ function (_, $, coreModule) {
         $input.typeahead({ source: $scope.source, minLength: 0, items: 10000, updater: $scope.updater, matcher: $scope.matcher });
 
         var typeahead = $input.data('typeahead');
-        typeahead.lookup = _.debounce(function() {
+        typeahead.lookup = function () {
           this.query = this.$element.val() || '';
           var items = this.source(this.query, $.proxy(this.process, this));
           return items ? this.process(items) : items;
-        }, 500);
+        };
 
         $button.keydown(function(evt) {
           // trigger typeahead on down arrow or enter key