diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotSeriesBuilder.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotSeriesBuilder.ts
index a246cc46276..cddb4918c57 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotSeriesBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotSeriesBuilder.ts
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ function mapDrawStyleToPathBuilder(
     builders = {
       linear: pathBuilders.linear!(),
       smooth: pathBuilders.spline!(),
-      stepBefore: pathBuilders.stepped!({ align: -1, extend: true }),
-      stepAfter: pathBuilders.stepped!({ align: 1, extend: true }),
+      stepBefore: pathBuilders.stepped!({ align: -1 }),
+      stepAfter: pathBuilders.stepped!({ align: 1 }),
     };
   }