diff --git a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
index d8dfc958dd4..f43dc96cd37 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class KeybindingSrv {
     this.bind('mod+o', () => {
       dashboard.graphTooltip = (dashboard.graphTooltip + 1) % 3;
       appEvents.emit('graph-hover-clear');
-      this.$rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
+      dashboard.startRefresh();
     });
 
     this.bind('mod+s', e => {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class KeybindingSrv {
     });
 
     this.bind('d r', () => {
-      this.$rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
+      dashboard.startRefresh();
     });
 
     this.bind('d s', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboard_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboard_ctrl.ts
index 65421a01392..c34b9ddaff2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboard_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboard_ctrl.ts
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ export class DashboardCtrl {
     return this.dashboard;
   }
 
-  timezoneChanged() {
-    this.$rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
-  }
-
   getPanelContainer() {
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/settings/settings.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/settings/settings.ts
index 048a51efead..b6a70ee4b98 100755
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/settings/settings.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/settings/settings.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class SettingsCtrl {
 
     this.$scope.$on('$destroy', () => {
       this.dashboard.updateSubmenuVisibility();
-      this.$rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
+      this.dashboard.startRefresh();
       setTimeout(() => {
         this.$rootScope.appEvent('dash-scroll', { restore: true });
       });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/share_snapshot_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/share_snapshot_ctrl.ts
index ec487801948..ac09d63054d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/share_snapshot_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/share_snapshot_ctrl.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ export class ShareSnapshotCtrl {
 
       $scope.loading = true;
       $scope.snapshot.external = external;
-
-      $rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
+      $scope.dashboard.startRefresh();
 
       $timeout(() => {
         $scope.saveSnapshot(external);
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/timepicker/settings.html b/public/app/features/dashboard/timepicker/settings.html
index 3cb8ca061fb..fd5170013c2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/timepicker/settings.html
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/timepicker/settings.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		<div class="gf-form">
 			<label class="gf-form-label width-10">Timezone</label>
 			<div class="gf-form-select-wrapper">
-				<select ng-model="ctrl.dashboard.timezone" class='gf-form-input' ng-options="f.value as f.text for f in [{value: '', text: 'Default'}, {value: 'browser', text: 'Local browser time'},{value: 'utc', text: 'UTC'}]" ng-change="timezoneChanged()"></select>
+				<select ng-model="ctrl.dashboard.timezone" class='gf-form-input' ng-options="f.value as f.text for f in [{value: '', text: 'Default'}, {value: 'browser', text: 'Local browser time'},{value: 'utc', text: 'UTC'}]"></select>
 			</div>
 		</div>