diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 771698f3563..f1e62c28372 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 var logger = log.New("tsdb.cloudwatch")
-var aliasFormat = regexp.MustCompile(`\{\{\s*(.+?)\s*\}\}`)
 
 func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg, httpClientProvider httpclient.Provider, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles) *CloudWatchService {
 	logger.Debug("Initializing")
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery/types_dataquery_gen.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery/types_dataquery_gen.go
index f0b62e3612d..d442e211870 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery/types_dataquery_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery/types_dataquery_gen.go
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ type CloudWatchMetricsQuery struct {
 	// The ID of the AWS account to query for the metric, specifying `all` will query all accounts that the monitoring account is permitted to query.
 	AccountId *string `json:"accountId,omitempty"`
 
-	// To be deprecated. Use label
+	// Deprecated: use label
+	// @deprecated use label
 	Alias *string `json:"alias,omitempty"`
 
 	// For mixed data sources the selected datasource is on the query level.
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder.go
index 962e628b5f4..ebb667c2610 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models"
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) buildMetricDataInput(logger log.Logger, startTime t
 		ScanBy:    aws.String("TimestampAscending"),
 	}
 
-	shouldSetLabelOptions := e.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels) && len(queries) > 0 && len(queries[0].TimezoneUTCOffset) > 0
+	shouldSetLabelOptions := len(queries) > 0 && len(queries[0].TimezoneUTCOffset) > 0
 
 	if shouldSetLabelOptions {
 		metricDataInput.LabelOptions = &cloudwatch.LabelOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder_test.go
index 24b441eeba2..320cd8109fd 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_input_builder_test.go
@@ -20,17 +20,14 @@ func TestMetricDataInputBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		name                 string
 		timezoneUTCOffset    string
 		expectedLabelOptions *cloudwatch.LabelOptions
-		featureEnabled       bool
 	}{
-		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is provided and feature is enabled", timezoneUTCOffset: "+1234", expectedLabelOptions: &cloudwatch.LabelOptions{Timezone: aws.String("+1234")}, featureEnabled: true},
-		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is not provided and feature is enabled", timezoneUTCOffset: "", expectedLabelOptions: nil, featureEnabled: true},
-		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is provided and feature is disabled", timezoneUTCOffset: "+1234", expectedLabelOptions: nil, featureEnabled: false},
-		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is not provided and feature is disabled", timezoneUTCOffset: "", expectedLabelOptions: nil, featureEnabled: false},
+		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is provided", timezoneUTCOffset: "+1234", expectedLabelOptions: &cloudwatch.LabelOptions{Timezone: aws.String("+1234")}},
+		{name: "when timezoneUTCOffset is not provided", timezoneUTCOffset: "", expectedLabelOptions: nil},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels, tc.featureEnabled))
+			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 			query := getBaseQuery()
 			query.TimezoneUTCOffset = tc.timezoneUTCOffset
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
index 5552d7f3032..0a6fa90316b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) buildMetricDataQuery(logger log.Logger, query *mode
 		ReturnData: aws.Bool(query.ReturnData),
 	}
 
-	if e.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels) && len(query.Label) > 0 {
+	if len(query.Label) > 0 {
 		mdq.Label = &query.Label
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
index 84b827ec925..d075fdfd7fd 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_data_query_builder_test.go
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ func TestMetricDataQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, `SUM([a,b])`, *mdq.Expression)
 		})
 
-		t.Run("should set label when dynamic labels feature toggle is enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
-			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels))
+		t.Run("should set label", func(t *testing.T) {
+			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 			query := getBaseQuery()
 			query.Label = "some label"
 
@@ -107,35 +107,19 @@ func TestMetricDataQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, "some label", *mdq.Label)
 		})
 
-		testCases := map[string]struct {
-			feature *featuremgmt.FeatureManager
-			label   string
-		}{
-			"should not set label when dynamic labels feature toggle is disabled": {
-				feature: featuremgmt.WithFeatures(),
-				label:   "some label",
-			},
-			"should not set label for empty string query label": {
-				feature: featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels),
-				label:   "",
-			},
-		}
+		t.Run("should not set label for empty string query label", func(t *testing.T) {
+			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
+			query := getBaseQuery()
+			query.Label = ""
 
-		for name, tc := range testCases {
-			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-				executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, tc.feature)
-				query := getBaseQuery()
-				query.Label = tc.label
+			mdq, err := executor.buildMetricDataQuery(logger, query)
 
-				mdq, err := executor.buildMetricDataQuery(logger, query)
-
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Nil(t, mdq.Label)
-			})
-		}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Nil(t, mdq.Label)
+		})
 
 		t.Run(`should not specify accountId when it is "all"`, func(t *testing.T) {
-			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels))
+			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 			query := &models.CloudWatchQuery{
 				Namespace:  "AWS/EC2",
 				MetricName: "CPUUtilization",
@@ -153,7 +137,7 @@ func TestMetricDataQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 		t.Run("should set accountId when it is specified", func(t *testing.T) {
-			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels))
+			executor := newExecutor(nil, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 			query := &models.CloudWatchQuery{
 				Namespace:  "AWS/EC2",
 				MetricName: "CPUUtilization",
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query.go
index e88723e5cb4..7666e709c24 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query.go
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ type CloudWatchQuery struct {
 	ReturnData        bool
 	Dimensions        map[string][]string
 	Period            int
-	Alias             string
 	Label             string
 	MatchExact        bool
 	UsedExpression    string
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ func (q *CloudWatchQuery) IsMultiValuedDimensionExpression() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (q *CloudWatchQuery) BuildDeepLink(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, dynamicLabelEnabled bool) (string, error) {
+func (q *CloudWatchQuery) BuildDeepLink(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time) (string, error) {
 	if q.IsMathExpression() || q.MetricQueryType == MetricQueryTypeQuery {
 		return "", nil
 	}
@@ -166,9 +165,7 @@ func (q *CloudWatchQuery) BuildDeepLink(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time,
 
 	if q.isSearchExpression() {
 		metricExpressions := &metricExpression{Expression: q.UsedExpression}
-		if dynamicLabelEnabled {
-			metricExpressions.Label = q.Label
-		}
+		metricExpressions.Label = q.Label
 		link.Metrics = []interface{}{metricExpressions}
 	} else {
 		metricStat := []interface{}{q.Namespace, q.MetricName}
@@ -179,9 +176,7 @@ func (q *CloudWatchQuery) BuildDeepLink(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time,
 			Stat:   q.Statistic,
 			Period: q.Period,
 		}
-		if dynamicLabelEnabled {
-			metricStatMeta.Label = q.Label
-		}
+		metricStatMeta.Label = q.Label
 		if q.AccountId != nil {
 			metricStatMeta.AccountId = *q.AccountId
 		}
@@ -221,7 +216,7 @@ type metricsDataQuery struct {
 
 // ParseMetricDataQueries decodes the metric data queries json, validates, sets default values and returns an array of CloudWatchQueries.
 // The CloudWatchQuery has a 1 to 1 mapping to a query editor row
-func ParseMetricDataQueries(dataQueries []backend.DataQuery, startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, defaultRegion string, logger log.Logger, dynamicLabelsEnabled,
+func ParseMetricDataQueries(dataQueries []backend.DataQuery, startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, defaultRegion string, logger log.Logger,
 	crossAccountQueryingEnabled bool) ([]*CloudWatchQuery, error) {
 	var metricDataQueries = make(map[string]metricsDataQuery)
 	for _, query := range dataQueries {
@@ -251,10 +246,6 @@ func ParseMetricDataQueries(dataQueries []backend.DataQuery, startTime time.Time
 			TimezoneUTCOffset: mdq.TimezoneUTCOffset,
 		}
 
-		if mdq.Alias != nil {
-			cwQuery.Alias = *mdq.Alias
-		}
-
 		if mdq.MetricName != nil {
 			cwQuery.MetricName = *mdq.MetricName
 		}
@@ -271,13 +262,17 @@ func ParseMetricDataQueries(dataQueries []backend.DataQuery, startTime time.Time
 			cwQuery.Expression = *mdq.Expression
 		}
 
+		if mdq.Label != nil {
+			cwQuery.Label = *mdq.Label
+		}
+
 		if err := cwQuery.validateAndSetDefaults(refId, mdq, startTime, endTime, defaultRegion, crossAccountQueryingEnabled); err != nil {
 			return nil, &QueryError{Err: err, RefID: refId}
 		}
 
 		cwQuery.applyMacros(startTime, endTime)
 
-		cwQuery.migrateLegacyQuery(mdq, dynamicLabelsEnabled)
+		cwQuery.migrateLegacyQuery(mdq)
 
 		result = append(result, cwQuery)
 	}
@@ -291,9 +286,9 @@ func (q *CloudWatchQuery) applyMacros(startTime, endTime time.Time) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (q *CloudWatchQuery) migrateLegacyQuery(query metricsDataQuery, dynamicLabelsEnabled bool) {
+func (q *CloudWatchQuery) migrateLegacyQuery(query metricsDataQuery) {
 	q.Statistic = getStatistic(query)
-	q.Label = getLabel(query, dynamicLabelsEnabled)
+	q.Label = getLabel(query)
 }
 
 func (q *CloudWatchQuery) validateAndSetDefaults(refId string, metricsDataQuery metricsDataQuery, startTime, endTime time.Time,
@@ -386,33 +381,33 @@ var aliasPatterns = map[string]string{
 
 var legacyAliasRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`{{\s*(.+?)\s*}}`)
 
-func getLabel(query metricsDataQuery, dynamicLabelsEnabled bool) string {
+func getLabel(query metricsDataQuery) string {
+	deprecatedAlias := query.Alias //nolint:staticcheck
+
 	if query.Label != nil {
 		return *query.Label
 	}
-	if query.Alias != nil && *query.Alias == "" {
+	if deprecatedAlias != nil && *deprecatedAlias == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
 
 	var result string
-	if dynamicLabelsEnabled {
-		fullAliasField := ""
-		if query.Alias != nil {
-			fullAliasField = *query.Alias
-		}
-		matches := legacyAliasRegexp.FindAllStringSubmatch(fullAliasField, -1)
-
-		for _, groups := range matches {
-			fullMatch := groups[0]
-			subgroup := groups[1]
-			if dynamicLabel, ok := aliasPatterns[subgroup]; ok {
-				fullAliasField = strings.ReplaceAll(fullAliasField, fullMatch, dynamicLabel)
-			} else {
-				fullAliasField = strings.ReplaceAll(fullAliasField, fullMatch, fmt.Sprintf(`${PROP('Dim.%s')}`, subgroup))
-			}
-		}
-		result = fullAliasField
+	fullAliasField := ""
+	if deprecatedAlias != nil {
+		fullAliasField = *deprecatedAlias
 	}
+	matches := legacyAliasRegexp.FindAllStringSubmatch(fullAliasField, -1)
+
+	for _, groups := range matches {
+		fullMatch := groups[0]
+		subgroup := groups[1]
+		if dynamicLabel, ok := aliasPatterns[subgroup]; ok {
+			fullAliasField = strings.ReplaceAll(fullAliasField, fullMatch, dynamicLabel)
+		} else {
+			fullAliasField = strings.ReplaceAll(fullAliasField, fullMatch, fmt.Sprintf(`${PROP('Dim.%s')}`, subgroup))
+		}
+	}
+	result = fullAliasField
 	return result
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query_test.go
index 8901397f203..007a0af7015 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models/cloudwatch_query_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery"
 	"github.com/grafana/kindsys"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log/logtest"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/kinds/dataquery"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/utils"
 )
 
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ func TestCloudWatchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 			}
 
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
+			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Empty(t, deepLink)
 		})
 
-		t.Run("does not include label in case dynamic label is diabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("includes label and it's a metric stat query", func(t *testing.T) {
 			startTime := time.Now()
 			endTime := startTime.Add(2 * time.Hour)
 			query := &CloudWatchQuery{
@@ -63,36 +63,12 @@ func TestCloudWatchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 			}
 
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
+			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.NotContains(t, deepLink, "label")
+			assert.Contains(t, deepLink, "label")
 		})
 
-		t.Run("includes label in case dynamic label is enabled and it's a metric stat query", func(t *testing.T) {
-			startTime := time.Now()
-			endTime := startTime.Add(2 * time.Hour)
-			query := &CloudWatchQuery{
-				RefId:      "A",
-				Region:     "us-east-1",
-				Expression: "",
-				Statistic:  "Average",
-				Period:     300,
-				Id:         "id1",
-				MatchExact: true,
-				Label:      "${PROP('Namespace')}",
-				Dimensions: map[string][]string{
-					"InstanceId": {"i-12345678"},
-				},
-				MetricQueryType:  MetricQueryTypeSearch,
-				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeBuilder,
-			}
-
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.NotContains(t, deepLink, "label")
-		})
-
-		t.Run("includes label in case dynamic label is enabled and it's a math expression query", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("includes label and it's a math expression query", func(t *testing.T) {
 			startTime := time.Now()
 			endTime := startTime.Add(2 * time.Hour)
 			query := &CloudWatchQuery{
@@ -108,9 +84,9 @@ func TestCloudWatchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeRaw,
 			}
 
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
+			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.NotContains(t, deepLink, "label")
+			assert.Contains(t, deepLink, "label")
 		})
 
 		t.Run("includes account id in case its a metric stat query and an account id is set", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -133,7 +109,7 @@ func TestCloudWatchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 			}
 
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
+			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Contains(t, deepLink, "accountId%22%3A%22123456789")
 		})
@@ -155,7 +131,7 @@ func TestCloudWatchQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				MetricEditorMode: MetricEditorModeRaw,
 			}
 
-			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, false)
+			deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.NotContains(t, deepLink, "accountId%22%3A%22123456789")
 		})
@@ -311,7 +287,7 @@ func TestRequestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		migratedQueries, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(oldQuery, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		migratedQueries, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(oldQuery, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, migratedQueries, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, migratedQueries[0])
@@ -342,7 +318,7 @@ func TestRequestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		results, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		results, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, results, 1)
 		res := results[0]
@@ -385,7 +361,7 @@ func TestRequestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		results, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		results, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, results, 1)
 		res := results[0]
@@ -418,7 +394,7 @@ func TestRequestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		_, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		_, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.Error(t, err)
 
 		assert.Equal(t, `error parsing query "", failed to parse dimensions: unknown type as dimension value`, err.Error())
@@ -447,7 +423,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -479,7 +455,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.Local().Add(time.Minute * time.Duration(5))
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 60, res[0].Period)
@@ -489,7 +465,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -1)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 60, res[0].Period)
@@ -498,7 +474,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Time range is 2 days", func(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -2)
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 300, res[0].Period)
@@ -508,7 +484,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -7)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 900, res[0].Period)
@@ -518,7 +494,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -30)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 3600, res[0].Period)
@@ -528,7 +504,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -90)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 21600, res[0].Period)
@@ -538,7 +514,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(-1, 0, 0)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.Nil(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 21600, res[0].Period)
@@ -548,7 +524,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now()
 			from := to.AddDate(-2, 0, 0)
 
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 86400, res[0].Period)
@@ -557,7 +533,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Time range is 2 days, but 16 days ago", func(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -14)
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -2)
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 300, res[0].Period)
@@ -566,7 +542,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Time range is 2 days, but 90 days ago", func(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -88)
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -2)
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 3600, res[0].Period)
@@ -575,7 +551,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Time range is 2 days, but 456 days ago", func(t *testing.T) {
 			to := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -454)
 			from := to.AddDate(0, 0, -2)
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, from, to, "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, 21600, res[0].Period)
@@ -590,7 +566,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		_, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		_, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, `error parsing query "", failed to parse period as duration: time: invalid duration "invalid"`, err.Error())
 	})
@@ -605,7 +581,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_periods(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
@@ -692,7 +668,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_query_type_and_metric_editor_mode_and_GMD_query
 					),
 				},
 			}
-			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, res, 1)
 			require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -718,7 +694,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -739,7 +715,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -760,7 +736,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -779,7 +755,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -800,7 +776,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -821,7 +797,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_hide_and_ReturnData(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -844,7 +820,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ID(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -865,7 +841,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ID(t *testing.T) {
 				}`),
 			},
 		}
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -882,7 +858,6 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_sets_label_when_label_is_present_in_json_query(
 				   "region":"us-east-1",
 				   "namespace":"ec2",
 				   "metricName":"CPUUtilization",
-				   "alias":"some alias",
 				   "label":"some label",
 				   "dimensions":{"InstanceId":["test"]},
 				   "statistic":"Average",
@@ -892,11 +867,10 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_sets_label_when_label_is_present_in_json_query(
 		},
 	}
 
-	res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, true, false)
+	res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, res, 1)
 	require.NotNil(t, res[0])
-	assert.Equal(t, "some alias", res[0].Alias) // untouched
 	assert.Equal(t, "some label", res[0].Label)
 }
 
@@ -936,12 +910,12 @@ func Test_migrateAliasToDynamicLabel_single_query_preserves_old_alias_and_create
 				},
 			}
 
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLabel, getLabel(queryToMigrate, true))
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLabel, getLabel(queryToMigrate))
 		})
 	}
 }
 func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("migrates alias to label when label does not already exist and feature toggle enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("migrates alias to label when label does not already exist", func(t *testing.T) {
 		query := []backend.DataQuery{
 			{
 				JSON: []byte(`{
@@ -958,13 +932,12 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, true, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
 
-		assert.Equal(t, "{{period}} {{any_other_word}}", res[0].Alias)
 		assert.Equal(t, "${PROP('Period')} ${PROP('Dim.any_other_word')}", res[0].Label)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"InstanceId": {"test"}}, res[0].Dimensions)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, res[0].ReturnData)
@@ -1005,7 +978,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, true, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 2)
 
@@ -1014,7 +987,6 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
-		assert.Equal(t, "{{period}} {{any_other_word}}", res[0].Alias)
 		assert.Equal(t, "${PROP('Period')} ${PROP('Dim.any_other_word')}", res[0].Label)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"InstanceId": {"test"}}, res[0].Dimensions)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, res[0].ReturnData)
@@ -1025,7 +997,6 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "Average", res[0].Statistic)
 
 		require.NotNil(t, res[1])
-		assert.Equal(t, "{{  label }}", res[1].Alias)
 		assert.Equal(t, "${LABEL}", res[1].Label)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"InstanceId": {"test"}}, res[1].Dimensions)
 		assert.Equal(t, true, res[1].ReturnData)
@@ -1042,19 +1013,11 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 			dynamicLabelsFeatureToggleEnabled bool
 			expectedLabel                     string
 		}{
-			"when label already exists, feature toggle enabled": {
+			"when label already exists": {
 				labelJson:                         `"label":"some label",`,
 				dynamicLabelsFeatureToggleEnabled: true,
-				expectedLabel:                     "some label"},
-			"when label does not exist, feature toggle is disabled": {
-				labelJson:                         "",
-				dynamicLabelsFeatureToggleEnabled: false,
-				expectedLabel:                     "",
+				expectedLabel:                     "some label",
 			},
-			"when label already exists, feature toggle is disabled": {
-				labelJson:                         `"label":"some label",`,
-				dynamicLabelsFeatureToggleEnabled: false,
-				expectedLabel:                     "some label"},
 		}
 		for name, tc := range testCases {
 			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1074,13 +1037,12 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_migrate_alias_to_label(t *testing.T) {
 				}`, tc.labelJson)),
 					},
 				}
-				res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, tc.dynamicLabelsFeatureToggleEnabled, false)
+				res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 				require.Len(t, res, 1)
 				require.NotNil(t, res[0])
 
-				assert.Equal(t, "{{period}} {{any_other_word}}", res[0].Alias)
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLabel, res[0].Label)
 				assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"InstanceId": {"test"}}, res[0].Dimensions)
 				assert.Equal(t, true, res[0].ReturnData)
@@ -1101,7 +1063,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_statistics_and_query_type_validation_and_MatchE
 				{
 					JSON: []byte("{}"),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, `error parsing query "", query must have either statistic or statistics field`, err.Error())
 
@@ -1114,7 +1076,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_statistics_and_query_type_validation_and_MatchE
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"type":"some other type", "statistic":"Average", "matchExact":false}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Empty(t, actual)
@@ -1126,7 +1088,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_statistics_and_query_type_validation_and_MatchE
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"statistic":"Average"}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.NotEmpty(t, actual)
@@ -1138,7 +1100,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_statistics_and_query_type_validation_and_MatchE
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"statistic":"Average"}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Len(t, actual, 1)
@@ -1152,7 +1114,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_statistics_and_query_type_validation_and_MatchE
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"statistic":"Average","matchExact":false}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Len(t, actual, 1)
@@ -1168,7 +1130,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_account_Id(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"accountId":"some account id", "statistic":"Average"}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, true)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, true)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Len(t, actual, 1)
@@ -1183,7 +1145,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_account_Id(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					JSON: []byte(`{"accountId":"some account id", "statistic":"Average"}`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-2", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Len(t, actual, 1)
@@ -1215,7 +1177,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_default_region(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		region := "us-east-2"
-		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), region, logger, false, false)
+		res, err := ParseMetricDataQueries(query, time.Now().Add(-2*time.Hour), time.Now().Add(-time.Hour), region, logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, res, 1)
 		require.NotNil(t, res[0])
@@ -1253,7 +1215,6 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ApplyMacros(t *testing.T) {
 								"region":"us-east-1",
 								"namespace":"ec2",
 								"metricName":"CPUUtilization",
-								"alias":"{{period}} {{any_other_word}}",
 								"dimensions":{"InstanceId":["test"]},
 								"statistic":"Average",
 								"period":"600",
@@ -1263,7 +1224,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ApplyMacros(t *testing.T) {
 								"metricEditorMode": 1
 							 }`),
 						},
-					}, tc.startTime, time.Now(), "us-east-1", logger, false, false)
+					}, tc.startTime, time.Now(), "us-east-1", logger, false)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 				assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("SEARCH('{AWS/EC2,InstanceId}', 'Average', %s)", tc.expectedPeriod), actual[0].Expression)
 			})
@@ -1279,7 +1240,6 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ApplyMacros(t *testing.T) {
 						"region":"us-east-1",
 						"namespace":"ec2",
 						"metricName":"CPUUtilization",
-						"alias":"{{period}} {{any_other_word}}",
 						"dimensions":{"InstanceId":["test"]},
 						"statistic":"Average",
 						"period":"600",
@@ -1289,7 +1249,7 @@ func Test_ParseMetricDataQueries_ApplyMacros(t *testing.T) {
 						"metricEditorMode": 1
 					 }`),
 				},
-			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-1", logger, false, false)
+			}, time.Now(), time.Now(), "us-east-1", logger, false)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "SEARCH('{AWS/EC2,InstanceId}', 'Average', $__period_auto)", actual[0].Expression)
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
index 34c66d5c1a2..78b7154afa7 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ package cloudwatch
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/models"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) parseResponse(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Tim
 		}
 
 		var err error
-		dataRes.Frames, err = buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, response, queryRow, e.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels))
+		dataRes.Frames, err = buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, response, queryRow)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -110,12 +108,12 @@ func getLabels(cloudwatchLabel string, query *models.CloudWatchQuery) data.Label
 }
 
 func buildDataFrames(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, aggregatedResponse models.QueryRowResponse,
-	query *models.CloudWatchQuery, dynamicLabelEnabled bool) (data.Frames, error) {
+	query *models.CloudWatchQuery) (data.Frames, error) {
 	frames := data.Frames{}
 	for _, metric := range aggregatedResponse.Metrics {
 		label := *metric.Label
 
-		deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime, dynamicLabelEnabled)
+		deepLink, err := query.BuildDeepLink(startTime, endTime)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -143,14 +141,10 @@ func buildDataFrames(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, aggregatedResponse
 				timeField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName, nil, []*time.Time{})
 				valueField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesValueFieldName, labels, []*float64{})
 
-				frameName := label
-				if !dynamicLabelEnabled {
-					frameName = formatAlias(query, query.Statistic, labels, label)
-				}
-				valueField.SetConfig(&data.FieldConfig{DisplayNameFromDS: frameName, Links: createDataLinks(deepLink)})
+				valueField.SetConfig(&data.FieldConfig{DisplayNameFromDS: label, Links: createDataLinks(deepLink)})
 
 				emptyFrame := data.Frame{
-					Name: frameName,
+					Name: label,
 					Fields: []*data.Field{
 						timeField,
 						valueField,
@@ -175,14 +169,10 @@ func buildDataFrames(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, aggregatedResponse
 		timeField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName, nil, timestamps)
 		valueField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesValueFieldName, labels, points)
 
-		frameName := label
-		if !dynamicLabelEnabled {
-			frameName = formatAlias(query, query.Statistic, labels, label)
-		}
-		valueField.SetConfig(&data.FieldConfig{DisplayNameFromDS: frameName, Links: createDataLinks(deepLink)})
+		valueField.SetConfig(&data.FieldConfig{DisplayNameFromDS: label, Links: createDataLinks(deepLink)})
 
 		frame := data.Frame{
-			Name: frameName,
+			Name: label,
 			Fields: []*data.Field{
 				timeField,
 				valueField,
@@ -213,66 +203,6 @@ func buildDataFrames(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, aggregatedResponse
 	return frames, nil
 }
 
-func formatAlias(query *models.CloudWatchQuery, stat string, dimensions map[string]string, label string) string {
-	region := query.Region
-	namespace := query.Namespace
-	metricName := query.MetricName
-	period := strconv.Itoa(query.Period)
-
-	if query.IsUserDefinedSearchExpression() {
-		pIndex := strings.LastIndex(query.Expression, ",")
-		period = strings.Trim(query.Expression[pIndex+1:], " )")
-		sIndex := strings.LastIndex(query.Expression[:pIndex], ",")
-		stat = strings.Trim(query.Expression[sIndex+1:pIndex], " '")
-	}
-
-	if len(query.Alias) == 0 && query.IsMathExpression() {
-		return query.Id
-	}
-	if len(query.Alias) == 0 && query.IsInferredSearchExpression() && !query.IsMultiValuedDimensionExpression() {
-		return label
-	}
-	if len(query.Alias) == 0 && query.MetricQueryType == models.MetricQueryTypeQuery {
-		return label
-	}
-
-	// common fields
-	commonFields := map[string]string{
-		"region": region,
-		"period": period,
-	}
-	if len(label) != 0 {
-		commonFields["label"] = label
-	}
-
-	// since the SQL query string is not (yet) parsed, we don't know what namespace, metric, statistic and labels it's using at this point
-	if query.MetricQueryType != models.MetricQueryTypeQuery {
-		commonFields["namespace"] = namespace
-		commonFields["metric"] = metricName
-		commonFields["stat"] = stat
-		for k, v := range dimensions {
-			commonFields[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-
-	result := aliasFormat.ReplaceAllFunc([]byte(query.Alias), func(in []byte) []byte {
-		labelName := strings.Replace(string(in), "{{", "", 1)
-		labelName = strings.Replace(labelName, "}}", "", 1)
-		labelName = strings.TrimSpace(labelName)
-		if val, exists := commonFields[labelName]; exists {
-			return []byte(val)
-		}
-
-		return in
-	})
-
-	if string(result) == "" {
-		return metricName + "_" + stat
-	}
-
-	return string(result)
-}
-
 func createDataLinks(link string) []data.DataLink {
 	dataLinks := []data.DataLink{}
 	if link != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
index 5613268e5fd..1701bcce634 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ func loadGetMetricDataOutputsFromFile(filePath string) ([]*cloudwatch.GetMetricD
 }
 
 func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
-	startTime := time.Now()
-	endTime := startTime.Add(2 * time.Hour)
 	t.Run("when aggregating multi-outputs response", func(t *testing.T) {
 		getMetricDataOutputs, err := loadGetMetricDataOutputsFromFile("./testdata/multiple-outputs-query-a.json")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -137,8 +134,12 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+}
 
-	t.Run("Expand dimension value using exact match", func(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_buildDataFrames_uses_response_label_as_frame_name(t *testing.T) {
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	endTime := startTime.Add(2 * time.Hour)
+	t.Run("using exact match", func(t *testing.T) {
 		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
@@ -186,92 +187,28 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} Expanded",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		frame1 := frames[0]
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb1 Expanded", frame1.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "lb1", frame1.Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "lb1", frame1.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
 
 		frame2 := frames[1]
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb2 Expanded", frame2.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "lb2", frame2.Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "lb2", frame2.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Expand dimension value using substring", func(t *testing.T) {
-		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
-		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
-			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
-				{
-					Id:    aws.String("id1"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb1 Sum"),
-					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
-						aws.Time(timestamp),
-						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
-						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(3 * time.Minute)),
-					},
-					Values: []*float64{
-						aws.Float64(10),
-						aws.Float64(20),
-						aws.Float64(30),
-					},
-					StatusCode: aws.String("Complete"),
-				},
-				{
-					Id:    aws.String("id2"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb2 Average"),
-					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
-						aws.Time(timestamp),
-						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
-						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(3 * time.Minute)),
-					},
-					Values: []*float64{
-						aws.Float64(10),
-						aws.Float64(20),
-						aws.Float64(30),
-					},
-					StatusCode: aws.String("Complete"),
-				},
-			}}
-
-		query := &models.CloudWatchQuery{
-			RefId:      "refId1",
-			Region:     "us-east-1",
-			Namespace:  "AWS/ApplicationELB",
-			MetricName: "TargetResponseTime",
-			Dimensions: map[string][]string{
-				"LoadBalancer": {"lb1", "lb2"},
-				"TargetGroup":  {"tg"},
-			},
-			Statistic:        "Average",
-			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} Expanded",
-			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
-			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
-		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		frame1 := frames[0]
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb1 Expanded", frame1.Name)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb1", frame1.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
-
-		frame2 := frames[1]
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb2 Expanded", frame2.Name)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb2", frame2.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
-	})
-
-	t.Run("Expand dimension value using wildcard", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("using wildcard", func(t *testing.T) {
 		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("lb3"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb3"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label lb3"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
@@ -286,7 +223,7 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("lb4"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb4"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label lb4"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
@@ -313,24 +250,23 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} Expanded",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb3 Expanded", frames[0].Name)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb4 Expanded", frames[1].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label lb3", frames[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label lb4", frames[1].Name)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Expand dimension value when no values are returned and a multi-valued template variable is used", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("when no values are returned and a multi-valued template variable is used", func(t *testing.T) {
 		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("lb3"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb3"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
@@ -351,25 +287,24 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} Expanded",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Len(t, frames, 2)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb1 Expanded", frames[0].Name)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb2 Expanded", frames[1].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frames[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frames[1].Name)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Expand dimension value when no values are returned and a multi-valued template variable and two single-valued dimensions are used", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("when no values are returned and a multi-valued template variable and two single-valued dimensions are used", func(t *testing.T) {
 		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("lb3"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb3"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
@@ -393,25 +328,24 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} Expanded {{InstanceType}} - {{Resource}}",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.Len(t, frames, 2)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb1 Expanded micro - res", frames[0].Name)
-		assert.Equal(t, "lb2 Expanded micro - res", frames[1].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frames[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frames[1].Name)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Should only expand certain fields when using SQL queries", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("when using SQL queries", func(t *testing.T) {
 		timestamp := time.Unix(0, 0)
 		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("lb3"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb3"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 					},
@@ -433,20 +367,13 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{LoadBalancer}} {{InstanceType}} {{metric}} {{namespace}} {{stat}} {{region}} {{period}}",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeQuery,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeRaw,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		assert.False(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "AWS/ApplicationELB"))
-		assert.False(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "lb1"))
-		assert.False(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "micro"))
-		assert.False(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "AWS/ApplicationELB"))
-
-		assert.True(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "us-east-1"))
-		assert.True(t, strings.Contains(frames[0].Name, "60"))
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frames[0].Name)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Parse cloudwatch response", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -455,7 +382,7 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
 				{
 					Id:    aws.String("id1"),
-					Label: aws.String("lb"),
+					Label: aws.String("some label"),
 					Timestamps: []*time.Time{
 						aws.Time(timestamp),
 						aws.Time(timestamp.Add(time.Minute)),
@@ -482,15 +409,14 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Statistic:        "Average",
 			Period:           60,
-			Alias:            "{{namespace}}_{{metric}}_{{stat}}",
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeBuilder,
 		}
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query, false)
+		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, query)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		frame := frames[0]
-		assert.Equal(t, "AWS/ApplicationELB_TargetResponseTime_Average", frame.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, "some label", frame.Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "Time", frame.Fields[0].Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "lb", frame.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
 		assert.Equal(t, 10.0, *frame.Fields[1].At(0).(*float64))
@@ -499,23 +425,4 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "Value", frame.Fields[1].Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "", frame.Fields[1].Config.DisplayName)
 	})
-
-	t.Run("buildDataFrames should use response label as frame name when dynamic label is enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
-		response := &models.QueryRowResponse{
-			Metrics: []*cloudwatch.MetricDataResult{
-				{
-					Label:      aws.String("some response label"),
-					Timestamps: []*time.Time{},
-					Values:     []*float64{aws.Float64(10)},
-					StatusCode: aws.String("Complete"),
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		frames, err := buildDataFrames(startTime, endTime, *response, &models.CloudWatchQuery{}, true)
-
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Len(t, frames, 1)
-		assert.Equal(t, "some response label", frames[0].Name)
-	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
index 32a839f0767..e53e7a056f9 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) executeTimeSeriesQuery(ctx context.Context, logger
 	}
 
 	requestQueries, err := models.ParseMetricDataQueries(req.Queries, startTime, endTime, instance.Settings.Region, logger,
-		e.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels),
 		e.features.IsEnabled(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchCrossAccountQuerying))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query_test.go
index 5ee82a2ae99..d51a3ca5e13 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "a",
-						"alias": "NetworkOut",
 						"statistics": [
 						  "Maximum"
 						],
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "b",
-						"alias": "NetworkIn",
 						"statistics": [
 						"Maximum"
 						],
@@ -275,7 +273,6 @@ type queryParameters struct {
 	MetricEditorMode dataquery.CloudWatchMetricsQueryMetricEditorMode `json:"metricEditorMode"`
 	Dimensions       queryDimensions                                  `json:"dimensions"`
 	Expression       string                                           `json:"expression"`
-	Alias            string                                           `json:"alias"`
 	Label            *string                                          `json:"label"`
 	Statistic        string                                           `json:"statistic"`
 	Period           string                                           `json:"period"`
@@ -300,7 +297,6 @@ func newTestQuery(t testing.TB, p queryParameters) json.RawMessage {
 		Expression string  `json:"expression"`
 		Region     string  `json:"region"`
 		ID         string  `json:"id"`
-		Alias      string  `json:"alias"`
 		Label      *string `json:"label"`
 		Statistic  string  `json:"statistic"`
 		Period     string  `json:"period"`
@@ -317,7 +313,6 @@ func newTestQuery(t testing.TB, p queryParameters) json.RawMessage {
 		MetricEditorMode: p.MetricEditorMode,
 		Dimensions:       p.Dimensions,
 		Expression:       p.Expression,
-		Alias:            p.Alias,
 		Label:            p.Label,
 		Statistic:        p.Statistic,
 		Period:           p.Period,
@@ -346,10 +341,10 @@ func Test_QueryData_timeSeriesQuery_GetMetricDataWithContext(t *testing.T) {
 		return DataSource{Settings: models.CloudWatchSettings{}}, nil
 	})
 
-	t.Run("passes query label as GetMetricData label when dynamic labels feature toggle is enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("passes query label as GetMetricData label", func(t *testing.T) {
 		api = mocks.MetricsAPI{}
 		api.On("GetMetricDataWithContext", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&cloudwatch.GetMetricDataOutput{}, nil)
-		executor := newExecutor(im, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels))
+		executor := newExecutor(im, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 		query := newTestQuery(t, queryParameters{
 			Label: aws.String("${PROP('Period')} some words ${PROP('Dim.InstanceId')}"),
 		})
@@ -378,27 +373,17 @@ func Test_QueryData_timeSeriesQuery_GetMetricDataWithContext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
-		feature    *featuremgmt.FeatureManager
 		parameters queryParameters
 	}{
-		"should not pass GetMetricData label when query label is empty, dynamic labels is enabled": {
-			feature: featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels),
-		},
-		"should not pass GetMetricData label when query label is empty string, dynamic labels is enabled": {
-			feature:    featuremgmt.WithFeatures(featuremgmt.FlagCloudWatchDynamicLabels),
-			parameters: queryParameters{Label: aws.String("")},
-		},
-		"should not pass GetMetricData label when dynamic labels is disabled": {
-			feature:    featuremgmt.WithFeatures(),
-			parameters: queryParameters{Label: aws.String("${PROP('Period')} some words ${PROP('Dim.InstanceId')}")},
-		},
+		"should not pass GetMetricData label when query label is empty":        {},
+		"should not pass GetMetricData label when query label is empty string": {parameters: queryParameters{Label: aws.String("")}},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			api = mocks.MetricsAPI{}
 			api.On("GetMetricDataWithContext", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&cloudwatch.GetMetricDataOutput{}, nil)
-			executor := newExecutor(im, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, tc.feature)
+			executor := newExecutor(im, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 
 			_, err := executor.QueryData(context.Background(), &backend.QueryDataRequest{
 				PluginContext: backend.PluginContext{DataSourceInstanceSettings: &backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings{}},
@@ -425,7 +410,7 @@ func Test_QueryData_timeSeriesQuery_GetMetricDataWithContext(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_name_is_always_response_label(t *testing.T) {
 	origNewCWClient := NewCWClient
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		NewCWClient = origNewCWClient
@@ -449,11 +434,10 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	executor := newExecutor(im, newTestConfig(), &fakeSessionCache{}, featuremgmt.WithFeatures())
 
-	t.Run("where user defines search expression and alias is defined, then frame name prioritizes period and stat from expression over input", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("where user defines search expression", func(t *testing.T) {
 		query := newTestQuery(t, queryParameters{
-			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch, // contributes to isUserDefinedSearchExpression = true
-			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeRaw,   // contributes to isUserDefinedSearchExpression = true
-			Alias:            "{{period}} {{stat}}",
+			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,                                                 // contributes to isUserDefinedSearchExpression = true
+			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeRaw,                                                   // contributes to isUserDefinedSearchExpression = true
 			Expression:       `SEARCH('{AWS/EC2,InstanceId} MetricName="CPUUtilization"', 'Average', 300)`, // period 300 and stat 'Average' parsed from this expression
 			Statistic:        "Maximum",                                                                    // stat parsed from expression takes precedence over 'Maximum'
 			Period:           "1200",                                                                       // period parsed from expression takes precedence over 1200
@@ -471,10 +455,10 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "300 Average", resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, labelFromGetMetricData, resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("where no alias is provided and query is math expression, then frame name is queryId", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("where query is math expression", func(t *testing.T) {
 		query := newTestQuery(t, queryParameters{
 			MetricQueryType:  models.MetricQueryTypeSearch,
 			MetricEditorMode: models.MetricEditorModeRaw,
@@ -492,10 +476,10 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, queryId, resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, labelFromGetMetricData, resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("where no alias provided and query type is MetricQueryTypeQuery, then frame name is label", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("where query type is MetricQueryTypeQuery", func(t *testing.T) {
 		query := newTestQuery(t, queryParameters{
 			MetricQueryType: models.MetricQueryTypeQuery,
 		})
@@ -515,7 +499,7 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, labelFromGetMetricData, resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
 	})
 
-	// where query is inferred search expression and not multivalued dimension expression, then frame name is label
+	// where query is inferred search expression and not multivalued dimension expression
 	testCasesReturningLabel := map[string]queryParameters{
 		"with specific dimensions, matchExact false": {Dimensions: queryDimensions{[]string{"some-instance"}}, MatchExact: false},
 		"with wildcard dimensions, matchExact false": {Dimensions: queryDimensions{[]string{"*"}}, MatchExact: false},
@@ -542,7 +526,7 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	// complementary test cases to above return default of "metricName_stat"
+	// complementary test cases to above
 	testCasesReturningMetricStat := map[string]queryParameters{
 		"with specific dimensions, matchExact true": {
 			Dimensions: queryDimensions{[]string{"some-instance"}},
@@ -585,7 +569,7 @@ func Test_QueryData_response_data_frame_names(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, "CPUUtilization_Maximum", resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
+			assert.Equal(t, labelFromGetMetricData, resp.Responses["A"].Frames[0].Name)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -627,7 +611,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery_CrossAccountQuerying(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "a",
-						"alias": "NetworkOut",
 						"statistic": "Maximum",
 						"period": "300",
 						"hide": false,
@@ -668,7 +651,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery_CrossAccountQuerying(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "a",
-						"alias": "NetworkOut",
 						"statistic": "Maximum",
 						"period": "300",
 						"hide": false,
@@ -710,7 +692,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery_CrossAccountQuerying(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "a",
-						"alias": "NetworkOut",
 						"statistic": "Maximum",
 						"period": "300",
 						"hide": false,
@@ -752,7 +733,6 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery_CrossAccountQuerying(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						"region": "us-east-2",
 						"id": "a",
-						"alias": "NetworkOut",
 						"statistic": "Maximum",
 						"period": "300",
 						"hide": false,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.cue b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.cue
index e4248e20b6b..5ca33d0bbff 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.cue
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.cue
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ composableKinds: DataQuery: {
 							metricEditorMode?: #MetricEditorMode
 							// ID can be used to reference other queries in math expressions. The ID can include numbers, letters, and underscore, and must start with a lowercase letter.
 							id: string
-							// To be deprecated. Use label
+							// Deprecated: use label
+							// @deprecated use label
 							alias?: string
 							// Change the time series legend names using dynamic labels. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/graph-dynamic-labels.html for more details.
 							label?: string
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.gen.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.gen.ts
index 32d3bc67012..c1a8751c66c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.gen.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/dataquery.gen.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ export type Dimensions = Record<string, (string | Array<string>)>;
  */
 export interface CloudWatchMetricsQuery extends common.DataQuery, MetricStat {
   /**
-   * To be deprecated. Use label
+   * Deprecated: use label
+   * @deprecated use label
    */
   alias?: string;
   /**