diff --git a/public/app/core/directives/dropdown_typeahead.ts b/public/app/core/directives/dropdown_typeahead.ts
index cdba0f3e3c2..a4bed4fe2b7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/directives/dropdown_typeahead.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/directives/dropdown_typeahead.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function dropdownTypeahead($compile) {
   const buttonTemplate =
     '<a class="gf-form-label tight-form-func dropdown-toggle"' +
     ' tabindex="1" gf-dropdown="menuItems" data-toggle="dropdown"' +
-    ' data-placement="top"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i></a>';
+    ' ><i class="fa fa-plus"></i></a>';
 
   return {
     scope: {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export function dropdownTypeahead2($compile) {
   const buttonTemplate =
     '<a class="gf-form-input dropdown-toggle"' +
     ' tabindex="1" gf-dropdown="menuItems" data-toggle="dropdown"' +
-    ' data-placement="top"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i></a>';
+    ' ><i class="fa fa-plus"></i></a>';
 
   return {
     scope: {