diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
index 25abdd42a97..78d19c43592 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ function (angular, $, kbn, _, moment) {
         moment.utc(date).format(format);
     };
 
-    p.formatRelativeDate = function(date) {
+    p.getRelativeTime = function(date) {
 
       date = this.checkDate(date);
 
diff --git a/public/app/panels/graph/graph.tooltip.js b/public/app/panels/graph/graph.tooltip.js
index eef6f909de2..62a5a418503 100644
--- a/public/app/panels/graph/graph.tooltip.js
+++ b/public/app/panels/graph/graph.tooltip.js
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ function ($) {
     };
 
     this.showTooltip = function(absoluteTime, relativeTime, innerHtml, pos) {
-      var body;
-      if(typeof relativeTime === 'undefined') {
-        body = '<div class="graph-tooltip small"><div class="graph-tooltip-time">'+ absoluteTime + '</div> ' ;
-      } else {
-        body = '<div class="graph-tooltip small"><div class="graph-tooltip-time">'+ absoluteTime + '<br>(' + relativeTime + ')</div> ' ;
-      }
+      var body = '<div class="graph-tooltip small"><div class="graph-tooltip-time">'+ absoluteTime + '<br>(' + relativeTime + ')</div> ' ;
       body += innerHtml + '</div>';
       $tooltip.html(body).place_tt(pos.pageX + 20, pos.pageY);
     };
@@ -123,10 +118,7 @@ function ($) {
 
         seriesHtml = '';
 
-        if(scope.panel.tooltip.relativeTimestamp) {
-          relativeTime = dashboard.formatRelativeDate(seriesHoverInfo.time);
-        }
-
+        relativeTime = dashboard.getRelativeTime(seriesHoverInfo.time);
         absoluteTime = dashboard.formatDate(seriesHoverInfo.time);
 
         for (i = 0; i < seriesHoverInfo.length; i++) {
@@ -163,15 +155,12 @@ function ($) {
 
         value = series.formatValue(value);
 
-        if(scope.panel.tooltip.relativeTimestamp) {
-          relativeTime = dashboard.formatRelativeDate(item.datapoint[0]);
-        }
-
+        relativeTime = dashboard.getRelativeTime(item.datapoint[0]);
         absoluteTime = dashboard.formatDate(item.datapoint[0]);
 
         group += '<div class="graph-tooltip-value">' + value + '</div>';
 
-        self.showTooltipOther(absoluteTime, relativeTime, group, pos);
+        self.showTooltip(absoluteTime, relativeTime, group, pos);
       }
       // no hit
       else {
diff --git a/public/app/panels/graph/styleEditor.html b/public/app/panels/graph/styleEditor.html
index 312f29b85ab..5d5f2fd7401 100644
--- a/public/app/panels/graph/styleEditor.html
+++ b/public/app/panels/graph/styleEditor.html
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
 			text="All series" model="panel.tooltip.shared" change="render()"
 			tip="Show all series on same tooltip and a x croshair to help follow all series">
 		</editor-opt-bool>
-    <editor-opt-bool
-      text="Relative timestamp" model="panel.tooltip.relativeTimestamp" change="render()"
-      tip="Shows elapsed time in relatively from the current timestamp. For example, 45 mins ago, 1 day 2 hours ago, etc.">
-    </editor-opt-bool>
 		<div class="editor-option" ng-show="panel.stack">
       <label class="small">Stacked Values <tip>How should the values in stacked charts to be calculated?</tip></label>
       <select class="input-small" ng-model="panel.tooltip.value_type" ng-options="f for f in ['cumulative','individual']" ng-change="render()"></select>