diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
index 0b1b8495d86..43b2c85b753 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ class GraphElement {
       }
       default: {
         options.series.bars.barWidth = this.getMinTimeStepOfSeries(this.data) / 1.5;
-        options.series.bars.align = 'center';
         this.addTimeAxis(options);
         break;
       }