diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
index 9893f50bc93..007e928bf19 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
@@ -113,11 +113,8 @@ describe('createTableFrameFromSearch()', () => {
     expect(frame.fields[1].name).toBe('traceName');
     expect(frame.fields[1].values.get(0)).toBe('c10d7ca4e3a00354 ');
 
-    // expect time in ago format if startTime less than 1 hour
     expect(frame.fields[2].name).toBe('startTime');
-    expect(frame.fields[2].values.get(0)).toBe('15 minutes ago');
-
-    // expect time in format if startTime greater than 1 hour
+    expect(frame.fields[2].values.get(0)).toBe('2022-01-28 03:00:28');
     expect(frame.fields[2].values.get(1)).toBe('2022-01-27 22:56:06');
 
     expect(frame.fields[3].name).toBe('duration');
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
index 3c96d574bb2..37e9d324f91 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
@@ -611,13 +611,6 @@ function transformToTraceData(data: TraceSearchMetadata) {
 
   let startTime = !isNaN(traceStartTime) ? dateTimeFormat(traceStartTime) : '';
 
-  if (Math.abs(differenceInHours(new Date(traceStartTime), Date.now())) <= 1) {
-    startTime = formatDistance(new Date(traceStartTime), Date.now(), {
-      addSuffix: true,
-      includeSeconds: true,
-    });
-  }
-
   return {
     traceID: data.traceID,
     startTime: startTime,