diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index f6d023ce14c..6d68e6902e5 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -546,10 +546,6 @@ func formatAlias(query *CloudWatchQuery, stat string, dimensions map[string]stri
 		return in
 	})
 
-	if string(result) == "" {
-		return metricName + "_" + stat
-	}
-
 	return string(result)
 }