diff --git a/e2e/cloud-plugins-suite/azure-monitor.spec.ts b/e2e/cloud-plugins-suite/azure-monitor.spec.ts
index 5fceb7bbb4a..43528131776 100644
--- a/e2e/cloud-plugins-suite/azure-monitor.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/cloud-plugins-suite/azure-monitor.spec.ts
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ const addAzureMonitorVariable = (
         .input()
         .find('input')
         .type(`${options?.namespace}{enter}`);
-      e2eSelectors.variableEditor.region
-        .input()
-        .find('input')
-        .type(`${options?.region}{enter}`);
       break;
     case AzureQueryType.MetricNamesQuery:
       e2eSelectors.variableEditor.subscription
@@ -207,14 +203,11 @@ e2e.scenario({
         zone: 'Coordinated Universal Time',
       },
     });
-    e2e()
-      .intercept(/locations/)
-      .as('locations');
     e2e.flows.addPanel({
       dataSourceName,
       visitDashboardAtStart: false,
       queriesForm: () => {
-        e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.select.button().click().wait('@locations');
+        e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.select.button().click();
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.search
           .input()
           .wait(100)
@@ -309,14 +302,10 @@ e2e.scenario({
       subscription: '$subscription',
       resourceGroup: '$resourceGroups',
     });
-    addAzureMonitorVariable('region', AzureQueryType.LocationsQuery, false, {
-      subscription: '$subscription',
-    });
     addAzureMonitorVariable('resource', AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery, false, {
       subscription: '$subscription',
       resourceGroup: '$resourceGroups',
       namespace: '$namespace',
-      region: '$region',
     });
     e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemLabels('subscription').click();
     e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemValueDropDownOptionTexts('grafanalabs-datasources-dev').click();
@@ -330,8 +319,6 @@ e2e.scenario({
       .parent()
       .find('input')
       .type('microsoft.storage/storageaccounts{downArrow}{enter}');
-    e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemLabels('region').parent().find('button').click();
-    e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemLabels('region').parent().find('input').type('uk south{downArrow}{enter}');
     e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemLabels('resource').parent().find('button').click();
     e2e.pages.Dashboard.SubMenu.submenuItemLabels('resource')
       .parent()
@@ -346,7 +333,6 @@ e2e.scenario({
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.advanced.subscription.input().find('input').type('$subscription');
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.advanced.resourceGroup.input().find('input').type('$resourceGroups');
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.advanced.namespace.input().find('input').type('$namespaces');
-        e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.advanced.region.input().find('input').type('$region');
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.advanced.resource.input().find('input').type('$resource');
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.resourcePicker.apply.button().click();
         e2eSelectors.queryEditor.metricsQueryEditor.metricName.input().find('input').type('Transactions{enter}');
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/__mocks__/resourcePickerRows.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/__mocks__/resourcePickerRows.ts
index 3de04fd222d..a9ad12a83a7 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/__mocks__/resourcePickerRows.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/__mocks__/resourcePickerRows.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { ResourceRowGroup, ResourceRowType } from '../components/ResourcePicker/types';
-import { AzureMonitorLocations } from '../types';
 
 export const createMockSubscriptions = (): ResourceRowGroup => [
   {
@@ -133,6 +132,3 @@ export const mockSearchResults = (): ResourceRowGroup => [
     location: 'northeurope',
   },
 ];
-
-export const mockGetValidLocations = (): Map<string, AzureMonitorLocations> =>
-  new Map([['northeurope', { displayName: 'North Europe', name: 'northeurope', supportsLogs: true }]]);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/MetricsQueryEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/MetricsQueryEditor.test.tsx
index d59a147e4e6..03c0d4dddf2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/MetricsQueryEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/MetricsQueryEditor.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import createMockQuery from '../../__mocks__/query';
 import {
   createMockResourceGroupsBySubscription,
   createMockSubscriptions,
-  mockGetValidLocations,
   mockResourcesByResourceGroup,
 } from '../../__mocks__/resourcePickerRows';
 import { selectors } from '../../e2e/selectors';
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ export function createMockResourcePickerData() {
   mockResourcePicker.getResourcesForResourceGroup = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockResourcesByResourceGroup());
   mockResourcePicker.getResourceURIFromWorkspace = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('');
   mockResourcePicker.getResourceURIDisplayProperties = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
-  mockResourcePicker.getLocations = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockGetValidLocations());
   return mockResourcePicker;
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/dataHooks.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/dataHooks.ts
index b21cfc9c8d5..f6ec8f2b8f1 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/dataHooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/MetricsQueryEditor/dataHooks.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ const defaultMetricMetadata: MetricMetadata = {
 export const useMetricMetadata = (query: AzureMonitorQuery, datasource: Datasource, onChange: OnChangeFn) => {
   const [metricMetadata, setMetricMetadata] = useState<MetricMetadata>(defaultMetricMetadata);
   const { subscription } = query;
-  const { resources, metricNamespace, metricName, aggregation, timeGrain, customNamespace } = query.azureMonitor ?? {};
+  const { resources, metricNamespace, metricName, aggregation, timeGrain, customNamespace, region } =
+    query.azureMonitor ?? {};
   const { resourceGroup, resourceName } = getResourceGroupAndName(resources);
   const multipleResources = (resources && resources.length > 1) ?? false;
 
@@ -138,11 +139,11 @@ export const useMetricMetadata = (query: AzureMonitorQuery, datasource: Datasour
       setMetricMetadata(defaultMetricMetadata);
       return;
     }
-
     datasource.azureMonitorDatasource
       .getMetricMetadata(
         { subscription, resourceGroup, resourceName, metricNamespace, metricName, customNamespace },
-        multipleResources
+        multipleResources,
+        region
       )
       .then((metadata) => {
         // TODO: Move the aggregationTypes and timeGrain defaults into `getMetricMetadata`
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ export const useMetricMetadata = (query: AzureMonitorQuery, datasource: Datasour
         });
       });
   }, [
+    region,
     datasource,
     subscription,
     resourceGroup,
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/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
index de3b4cfd9db..0547882c7d2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.test.tsx
@@ -258,12 +258,10 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
       await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
       await selectAndRerender('select query type', 'Resource Names', onChange, rerender);
       await selectAndRerender('select subscription', 'Primary Subscription', onChange, rerender);
-      await selectAndRerender('select region', 'North Europe', onChange, rerender);
       expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           queryType: AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery,
           subscription: 'sub',
-          region: 'northeurope',
           refId: 'A',
         })
       );
@@ -325,21 +323,5 @@ describe('VariableEditor:', () => {
         })
       );
     });
-
-    it('should run the query if requesting regions', async () => {
-      const onChange = jest.fn();
-      const { rerender } = render(<VariableEditor {...defaultProps} onChange={onChange} />);
-      // wait for initial load
-      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Logs')).toBeInTheDocument());
-      await selectAndRerender('select query type', 'Regions', onChange, rerender);
-      await selectAndRerender('select subscription', 'Primary Subscription', onChange, rerender);
-      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          queryType: AzureQueryType.LocationsQuery,
-          subscription: 'sub',
-          refId: 'A',
-        })
-      );
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
index 321cc7a887f..f9dce486d07 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/components/VariableEditor/VariableEditor.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
     { label: 'Subscriptions', value: AzureQueryType.SubscriptionsQuery },
     { label: 'Resource Groups', value: AzureQueryType.ResourceGroupsQuery },
     { label: 'Namespaces', value: AzureQueryType.NamespacesQuery },
-    { label: 'Regions', value: AzureQueryType.LocationsQuery },
     { label: 'Resource Names', value: AzureQueryType.ResourceNamesQuery },
     { label: 'Metric Names', value: AzureQueryType.MetricNamesQuery },
     { label: 'Workspaces', value: AzureQueryType.WorkspacesQuery },
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
   const [requireSubscription, setRequireSubscription] = useState(false);
   const [hasResourceGroup, setHasResourceGroup] = useState(false);
   const [hasNamespace, setHasNamespace] = useState(false);
-  const [hasRegion, setHasRegion] = useState(false);
   const [requireResourceGroup, setRequireResourceGroup] = useState(false);
   const [requireNamespace, setRequireNamespace] = useState(false);
   const [requireResource, setRequireResource] = useState(false);
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
   const [resourceGroups, setResourceGroups] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
   const [namespaces, setNamespaces] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
   const [resources, setResources] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
-  const [regions, setRegions] = useState<SelectableValue[]>([]);
   const [errorMessage, setError] = useLastError();
   const queryType = typeof query === 'string' ? '' : query.queryType;
 
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
         setRequireSubscription(true);
         setHasResourceGroup(true);
         setHasNamespace(true);
-        setHasRegion(true);
         break;
       case AzureQueryType.MetricNamesQuery:
         setRequireSubscription(true);
@@ -99,9 +95,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
         setRequireNamespace(true);
         setRequireResource(true);
         break;
-      case AzureQueryType.LocationsQuery:
-        setRequireSubscription(true);
-        break;
     }
   }, [queryType]);
 
@@ -142,16 +135,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
     }
   }, [datasource, subscription, resourceGroup]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (subscription) {
-      datasource.azureMonitorDatasource.getLocations([subscription]).then((rgs) => {
-        const regions: SelectableValue[] = [];
-        rgs.forEach((r) => regions.push({ label: r.displayName, value: r.name }));
-        setRegions(regions);
-      });
-    }
-  }, [datasource, subscription, resourceGroup]);
-
   const namespace = (typeof query === 'object' && query.namespace) || '';
   useEffect(() => {
     if (subscription) {
@@ -208,13 +191,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
     });
   };
 
-  const onChangeRegion = (selectableValue: SelectableValue) => {
-    onChange({
-      ...query,
-      region: selectableValue.value,
-    });
-  };
-
   const onChangeResource = (selectableValue: SelectableValue) => {
     onChange({
       ...query,
@@ -320,22 +296,6 @@ const VariableEditor = (props: Props) => {
           />
         </InlineField>
       )}
-      {hasRegion && (
-        <InlineField
-          label="Select region"
-          labelWidth={20}
-          data-testid={selectors.components.variableEditor.region.input}
-        >
-          <Select
-            aria-label="select region"
-            onChange={onChangeRegion}
-            options={regions.concat(variableOptionGroup)}
-            width={25}
-            value={query.region || null}
-            placeholder="Optional"
-          />
-        </InlineField>
-      )}
       {requireResource && (
         <InlineField
           label="Select resource"
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
index e7d42620d66..de358322d43 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
 } from '../__mocks__/argResourcePickerResponse';
 import createMockDatasource from '../__mocks__/datasource';
 import { createMockInstanceSetttings } from '../__mocks__/instanceSettings';
-import { mockGetValidLocations } from '../__mocks__/resourcePickerRows';
 import { ResourceRowType } from '../components/ResourcePicker/types';
 import { AzureGraphResponse } from '../types';
 
@@ -32,11 +31,7 @@ const createResourcePickerData = (responses: AzureGraphResponse[]) => {
     postResource.mockResolvedValueOnce(res);
   });
   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 };
+  return { resourcePickerData, postResource, mockDatasource };
 };
 
 describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
@@ -252,7 +247,7 @@ 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 +324,7 @@ 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 +354,7 @@ describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
         id: 'rgName',
         name: 'rgName',
         type: 'ResourceGroup',
-        location: 'North Europe',
+        location: 'northeurope',
         resourceGroupName: 'rgName',
         typeLabel: 'Resource groups',
         uri: '/subscriptions/subId/resourceGroups/rgName',
@@ -392,35 +387,6 @@ describe('AzureMonitor resourcePickerData', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('getValidLocations', () => {
-    it('returns a locations map', async () => {
-      const { resourcePickerData, getValidLocations } = createResourcePickerData([createMockARGSubscriptionResponse()]);
-      getValidLocations.mockRestore();
-      const subscriptions = await resourcePickerData.getSubscriptions();
-      const locations = await resourcePickerData.getLocations(subscriptions);
-
-      expect(locations.size).toBe(1);
-      expect(locations.has('northeurope')).toBe(true);
-      expect(locations.get('northeurope')?.name).toBe('northeurope');
-      expect(locations.get('northeurope')?.displayName).toBe('North Europe');
-    });
-
-    it('returns the raw locations map if provider is undefined', async () => {
-      const { resourcePickerData, mockDatasource, getValidLocations } = createResourcePickerData([
-        createMockARGSubscriptionResponse(),
-      ]);
-      getValidLocations.mockRestore();
-      mockDatasource.azureMonitorDatasource.getProvider = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-      const subscriptions = await resourcePickerData.getSubscriptions();
-      const locations = await resourcePickerData.getLocations(subscriptions);
-
-      expect(locations.size).toBe(1);
-      expect(locations.has('northeurope')).toBe(true);
-      expect(locations.get('northeurope')?.name).toBe('northeurope');
-      expect(locations.get('northeurope')?.displayName).toBe('North Europe');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('fetchInitialRows', () => {
     it('returns a list of subscriptions', async () => {
       const { resourcePickerData } = createResourcePickerData([createMockARGSubscriptionResponse()]);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
index 068957621a7..9ee8c3fec8f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/resourcePicker/resourcePickerData.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { uniq } from 'lodash';
 
 import { DataSourceInstanceSettings } from '@grafana/data';
-import { DataSourceWithBackend } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { DataSourceWithBackend, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 
 import { logsResourceTypes, resourceTypeDisplayNames } from '../azureMetadata';
 import AzureMonitorDatasource from '../azure_monitor/azure_monitor_datasource';
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   AzureDataSourceJsonData,
   AzureGraphResponse,
   AzureMonitorResource,
-  AzureMonitorLocations,
   AzureMonitorQuery,
   AzureResourceGraphOptions,
   AzureResourceSummaryItem,
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@ 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 +54,6 @@ 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) => `"${location.name}"`);
-    }
-
     if (!currentSelection) {
       return subscriptions;
     }
@@ -140,7 +132,7 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
         resourceGroupName: item.resourceGroup,
         type,
         typeLabel: resourceTypeDisplayNames[item.type] || item.type,
-        location: this.locationsMap.get(item.location)?.displayName || item.location,
+        location: item.location,
       };
     });
   };
@@ -243,14 +235,10 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
     resourceGroupId: string,
     type: ResourcePickerQueryType
   ): Promise<ResourceRowGroup> {
-    if (!this.locations) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
     const { data: response } = await this.makeResourceGraphRequest<RawAzureResourceItem[]>(`
       resources
       | where id hasprefix "${resourceGroupId}"
-      ${await this.filterByType(type)} and location in (${this.locations})
+      ${await this.filterByType(type)}
     `);
 
     return response.map((item) => {
@@ -265,7 +253,7 @@ 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,
       };
     });
@@ -370,6 +358,7 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
 
   private async fetchAllNamespaces() {
     const subscriptions = await this.getSubscriptions();
+    reportInteraction('grafana_ds_azuremonitor_subscriptions_loaded', { subscriptions: subscriptions.length });
     let supportedMetricNamespaces: string[] = [];
     for await (const subscription of subscriptions) {
       const namespaces = await this.azureMonitorDatasource.getMetricNamespaces(
@@ -392,12 +381,6 @@ export default class ResourcePickerData extends DataSourceWithBackend<AzureMonit
     this.supportedMetricNamespaces = uniq(supportedMetricNamespaces).join(',');
   }
 
-  async getLocations(subscriptions: ResourceRowGroup): Promise<Map<string, AzureMonitorLocations>> {
-    const subscriptionIds = subscriptions.map((sub) => sub.id);
-    const locations = await this.azureMonitorDatasource.getLocations(subscriptionIds);
-    return locations;
-  }
-
   parseRows(resources: Array<string | AzureMonitorResource>): ResourceRow[] {
     const resourceObjs = parseMultipleResourceDetails(resources);
     const newSelectedRows: ResourceRow[] = [];
@@ -422,7 +405,6 @@ 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,
       });
     });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/variables.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/variables.ts
index a5c7b7d062d..d5085acc9ec 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/variables.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/variables.ts
@@ -109,17 +109,6 @@ export class VariableSupport extends CustomVariableSupport<DataSource, AzureMoni
               };
             }
             return { data: [] };
-          case AzureQueryType.LocationsQuery:
-            if (queryObj.subscription && this.hasValue(queryObj.subscription)) {
-              const locationMap = await this.datasource.azureMonitorDatasource.getLocations([queryObj.subscription]);
-              const res: Array<{ text: string; value: string }> = [];
-              locationMap.forEach((loc) => {
-                res.push({ text: loc.displayName, value: loc.name });
-              });
-              return {
-                data: res?.length ? [toDataFrame(res)] : [],
-              };
-            }
           default:
             request.targets[0] = queryObj;
             const queryResp = await lastValueFrom(this.datasource.query(request));