diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/NestedRow.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/NestedRow.tsx
index e845b59606d..1fe2c717dd6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/NestedRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/NestedRow.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const NestedRow = ({
 
         <td className={styles.cell}>{row.typeLabel}</td>
 
-        <td className={styles.cell}>{row.locationDisplayName ?? '-'}</td>
+        <td className={styles.cell}>{row.location ?? '-'}</td>
       </tr>
 
       {isOpen &&
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/types.ts
index d6022dd8eaa..7183f427bf9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/ResourcePicker/types.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export interface ResourceRow {
   name: string;
   type: ResourceRowType;
   typeLabel: string;
-  locationDisplayName?: string;
   location?: string;
   children?: ResourceRowGroup;
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
index e7d42620d66..298dd0b80d8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ const createResourcePickerData = (responses: AzureGraphResponse[]) => {
   resourcePickerData.postResource = postResource;
   const locationsMap = mockGetValidLocations();
   const getLocations = jest.spyOn(resourcePickerData, 'getLocations').mockResolvedValue(locationsMap);
-  resourcePickerData.locationsMap = locationsMap;
-  resourcePickerData.locations = Array.from(locationsMap.values()).map((location) => `"${location.name}"`);
   return { resourcePickerData, postResource, mockDatasource, getValidLocations: getLocations };
 };
 
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
         name: 'web-server',
         type: 'Resource',
         location: 'northeurope',
-        locationDisplayName: 'North Europe',
+        locationDisplayName: 'northeurope',
         resourceGroupName: 'dev',
         typeLabel: 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines',
         uri: '/subscriptions/def-456/resourceGroups/dev/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/web-server',
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
         id: 'vmname',
         name: 'vmName',
         type: 'Resource',
-        location: 'North Europe',
+        location: 'northeurope',
         resourceGroupName: 'rgName',
         typeLabel: 'Virtual machines',
         uri: '/subscriptions/subId/resourceGroups/rgName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmname',
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
         id: 'rgName',
         name: 'rgName',
         type: 'ResourceGroup',
-        location: 'North Europe',
+        location: 'northeurope',
         resourceGroupName: 'rgName',
         typeLabel: 'Resource groups',
         uri: '/subscriptions/subId/resourceGroups/rgName',
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
index 068957621a7..772ad52d88f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
   resultLimit = 200;
   azureMonitorDatasource;
   supportedMetricNamespaces = '';
-  locationsMap: Map<string, AzureMonitorLocations> = new Map();
-  locations: string[] = [];
 
   constructor(
     instanceSettings: DataSourceInstanceSettings<AzureDataSourceJsonData>,
@@ -57,11 +55,6 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
   ): Promise<ResourceRowGroup> {
     const subscriptions = await this.getSubscriptions();
 
-    if (this.locationsMap.size === 0) {
-      this.locationsMap = await this.getLocations(subscriptions);
-      this.locations = Array.from(this.locationsMap.values()).map((location) => `"${location.name}"`);
-    }
-
     if (!currentSelection) {
       return subscriptions;
     }
@@ -140,7 +133,7 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
         resourceGroupName: item.resourceGroup,
         type,
         typeLabel: resourceTypeDisplayNames[item.type] || item.type,
-        location: this.locationsMap.get(item.location)?.displayName || item.location,
+        location: item.location,
       };
     });
   };
@@ -243,14 +236,10 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
     resourceGroupId: string,
     type: ResourcePickerQueryType
   ): Promise<ResourceRowGroup> {
-    if (!this.locations) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
     const { data: response } = await this.makeResourceGraphRequest<RawAzureResourceItem[]>(`
       resources
       | where id hasprefix "${resourceGroupId}"
-      ${await this.filterByType(type)} and location in (${this.locations})
+      ${await this.filterByType(type)}
     `);
 
     return response.map((item) => {
@@ -265,7 +254,7 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
         resourceGroupName: item.resourceGroup,
         type: ResourceRowType.Resource,
         typeLabel: resourceTypeDisplayNames[item.type] || item.type,
-        locationDisplayName: this.locationsMap.get(item.location)?.displayName || item.location,
+        locationDisplayName: item.location,
         location: item.location,
       };
     });
@@ -422,7 +411,6 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
         uri: resourceToString(resource),
         typeLabel:
           resourceTypeDisplayNames[resource.metricNamespace?.toLowerCase() ?? ''] ?? resource.metricNamespace ?? '',
-        locationDisplayName: this.locationsMap.get(resource.region ?? '')?.displayName || resource.region,
         location: resource.region,
       });
     });