diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
index 9c48a94862f..f9b87e89541 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/postgres_query.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default class PostgresQuery {
     target.timeColumn = target.timeColumn || 'time';
     target.metricColumn = target.metricColumn || 'None';
 
-    target.orderByTime = target.orderByTime || 'ASC';
     target.groupBy = target.groupBy || [];
     target.where = target.where || [];
     target.select = target.select || [[{ type: 'column', params: ['value'] }]];