diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index dd8e6988ebd..39fcdff146c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
 /pkg/tests/apis/ @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 /pkg/tests/api/correlations/ @grafana/explore-squad
 /pkg/tsdb/grafanads/ @grafana/backend-platform
-/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/ @grafana/backend-platform
 /pkg/tsdb/legacydata/ @grafana/backend-platform
 /pkg/tsdb/opentsdb/ @grafana/backend-platform
 /pkg/tsdb/sqleng/ @grafana/partner-datasources @grafana/oss-big-tent
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/conditions/query_interval_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/conditions/query_interval_test.go
index 443b0f74d83..bb841e0f9ad 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/conditions/query_interval_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/conditions/query_interval_test.go
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/legacydata"
 )
 
+const DefaultRes int64 = 1500
+
 func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("When evaluating query condition, regarding the interval value", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Can handle interval-calculation with no panel-min-interval and no datasource-min-interval", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 				// 5minutes timerange = 300000milliseconds; default-resolution is 1500pixels,
 				// so we should have 300000/1500 = 200milliseconds here
 				require.Equal(t, int64(200), query.IntervalMS)
-				require.Equal(t, intervalv2.DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
+				require.Equal(t, DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
 			}
 
 			applyScenario(t, timeRange, dataSourceJson, queryModel, verifier)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 
 			verifier := func(query legacydata.DataSubQuery) {
 				require.Equal(t, int64(123000), query.IntervalMS)
-				require.Equal(t, intervalv2.DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
+				require.Equal(t, DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
 			}
 
 			applyScenario(t, timeRange, dataSourceJson, queryModel, verifier)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 
 			verifier := func(query legacydata.DataSubQuery) {
 				require.Equal(t, int64(71000), query.IntervalMS)
-				require.Equal(t, intervalv2.DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
+				require.Equal(t, DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
 			}
 
 			applyScenario(t, timeRange, dataSourceJson, queryModel, verifier)
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 				// when both panel-min-interval and datasource-min-interval exists,
 				// panel-min-interval is used
 				require.Equal(t, int64(19000), query.IntervalMS)
-				require.Equal(t, intervalv2.DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
+				require.Equal(t, DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
 			}
 
 			applyScenario(t, timeRange, dataSourceJson, queryModel, verifier)
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func TestQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
 				// no min-interval exists, the default-min-interval will be used,
 				// and for such a short time-range this will cause the value to be 1millisecond.
 				require.Equal(t, int64(1), query.IntervalMS)
-				require.Equal(t, intervalv2.DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
+				require.Equal(t, DefaultRes, query.MaxDataPoints)
 			}
 
 			applyScenario(t, timeRange, dataSourceJson, queryModel, verifier)
diff --git a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2.go b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b20defc27f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package intervalv2
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
+)
+
+var (
+	DefaultRes         int64 = 1500
+	defaultMinInterval       = time.Millisecond * 1
+)
+
+type Interval struct {
+	Text  string
+	Value time.Duration
+}
+
+type intervalCalculator struct {
+	minInterval time.Duration
+}
+
+type Calculator interface {
+	Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) Interval
+	CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, resolution int64) Interval
+}
+
+type CalculatorOptions struct {
+	MinInterval time.Duration
+}
+
+func NewCalculator(opts ...CalculatorOptions) *intervalCalculator {
+	calc := &intervalCalculator{}
+
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		if o.MinInterval == 0 {
+			calc.minInterval = defaultMinInterval
+		} else {
+			calc.minInterval = o.MinInterval
+		}
+	}
+
+	return calc
+}
+
+func (i *Interval) Milliseconds() int64 {
+	return i.Value.Nanoseconds() / int64(time.Millisecond)
+}
+
+func (ic *intervalCalculator) Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) Interval {
+	to := timerange.To.UnixNano()
+	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
+	resolution := maxDataPoints
+	if resolution == 0 {
+		resolution = DefaultRes
+	}
+
+	calculatedInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / resolution)
+
+	if calculatedInterval < minInterval {
+		return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
+	}
+
+	rounded := gtime.RoundInterval(calculatedInterval)
+
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
+}
+
+func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, safeRes int64) Interval {
+	to := timerange.To.UnixNano()
+	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
+	safeInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / safeRes)
+
+	rounded := gtime.RoundInterval(safeInterval)
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go
similarity index 54%
rename from pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go
rename to pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go
index 21b5a48abef..fe9900d90af 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2/intervalv2_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 )
 
 func TestIntervalCalculator_Calculate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,70 +61,3 @@ func TestIntervalCalculator_CalculateSafeInterval(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestRoundInterval(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		interval time.Duration
-		expected time.Duration
-	}{
-		{"10ms", time.Millisecond * 10, time.Millisecond * 1},
-		{"15ms", time.Millisecond * 15, time.Millisecond * 10},
-		{"30ms", time.Millisecond * 30, time.Millisecond * 20},
-		{"45ms", time.Millisecond * 45, time.Millisecond * 50},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, roundInterval(tc.interval))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFormatDuration(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		duration time.Duration
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{"61s", time.Second * 61, "1m"},
-		{"30ms", time.Millisecond * 30, "30ms"},
-		{"23h", time.Hour * 23, "23h"},
-		{"24h", time.Hour * 24, "1d"},
-		{"367d", time.Hour * 24 * 367, "1y"},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, FormatDuration(tc.duration))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetIntervalFrom(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name            string
-		dsInfo          *datasources.DataSource
-		queryInterval   string
-		queryIntervalMs int64
-		defaultInterval time.Duration
-		expected        time.Duration
-	}{
-		{"45s", nil, "45s", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Second * 45},
-		{"45", nil, "45", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Second * 45},
-		{"2m", nil, "2m", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Minute * 2},
-		{"1d", nil, "1d", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Hour * 24},
-		{"intervalMs", nil, "", 45000, time.Second * 15, time.Second * 45},
-		{"intervalMs sub-seconds", nil, "", 45200, time.Second * 15, time.Millisecond * 45200},
-		{"defaultInterval when interval empty", nil, "", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Second * 15},
-		{"defaultInterval when intervalMs 0", nil, "", 0, time.Second * 15, time.Second * 15},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			actual, err := GetIntervalFrom(tc.queryInterval, "", tc.queryIntervalMs, tc.defaultInterval)
-			assert.Nil(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, actual)
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/query_test.go b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/query_test.go
index 46775f5822f..f33a3cfaf55 100644
--- a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/query_test.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/database"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/internal"
 	. "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/query"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota/quotatest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/tag/tagimpl"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/legacydata"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service.go b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service.go
index c352e171a3f..eb8b3fcb0ad 100644
--- a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics"
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards"
 	. "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/validation"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/query"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/legacydata"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service_test.go b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service_test.go
index 39f6f0af647..54f8f9cd32e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/service_test.go
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/database"
 	. "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/service/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/validation"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota/quotatest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/tag/tagimpl"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/errutil"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/macros/macros.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/macros/macros.go
index 11304b7416d..953f5f5c914 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/macros/macros.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/macros/macros.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/kinds/dataquery"
-	azTime "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/types"
 )
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (m *kqlMacroEngine) evaluateMacro(name string, defaultTimeField string, arg
 				if dsInterval, ok = dsInfo.JSONData["interval"].(string); !ok {
 					dsInterval = ""
 				}
-				it, err = azTime.GetIntervalFrom(dsInterval, queryInterval.Interval, queryInterval.IntervalMs, defaultInterval)
+				it, err = gtime.GetIntervalFrom(dsInterval, queryInterval.Interval, queryInterval.IntervalMs, defaultInterval)
 				if err != nil {
 					it = defaultInterval
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/interval.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/interval.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ed8a7587c8c..00000000000
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/interval.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-// Copied from https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2.go
-// We're copying this to not block ourselves from decoupling until the conversation here is resolved
-// https://raintank-corp.slack.com/archives/C05QFJUHUQ6/p1700064431005089
-package time
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
-)
-
-var (
-	year = time.Hour * 24 * 365
-	day  = time.Hour * 24
-)
-
-// GetIntervalFrom returns the minimum interval.
-// dsInterval is the string representation of data source min interval, if configured.
-// queryInterval is the string representation of query interval (min interval), e.g. "10ms" or "10s".
-// queryIntervalMS is a pre-calculated numeric representation of the query interval in milliseconds.
-func GetIntervalFrom(dsInterval, queryInterval string, queryIntervalMS int64, defaultInterval time.Duration) (time.Duration, error) {
-	// Apparently we are setting default value of queryInterval to 0s now
-	interval := queryInterval
-	if interval == "0s" {
-		interval = ""
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		if queryIntervalMS != 0 {
-			return time.Duration(queryIntervalMS) * time.Millisecond, nil
-		}
-	}
-	if interval == "" && dsInterval != "" {
-		interval = dsInterval
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		return defaultInterval, nil
-	}
-
-	parsedInterval, err := ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-func ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval string) (time.Duration, error) {
-	formattedInterval := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(interval, "<", "", 1), ">", "", 1)
-	isPureNum, err := regexp.MatchString(`^\d+$`, formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	if isPureNum {
-		formattedInterval += "s"
-	}
-	parsedInterval, err := gtime.ParseDuration(formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-// FormatDuration converts a duration into the kbn format e.g. 1m 2h or 3d
-func FormatDuration(inter time.Duration) string {
-	if inter >= year {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dy", inter/year)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= day {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dd", inter/day)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Hour {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dh", inter/time.Hour)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Minute {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dm", inter/time.Minute)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Second {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%ds", inter/time.Second)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Millisecond {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dms", inter/time.Millisecond)
-	}
-
-	return "1ms"
-}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/time-grain.go b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/time-grain.go
index f7c5b1e4d1c..dfc62d9c1ff 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/time-grain.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/time/time-grain.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 )
 
 // TimeGrain handles conversions between
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func CreateISO8601DurationFromIntervalMS(it int64) (string, error) {
-	formatted := FormatDuration(time.Duration(it) * time.Millisecond)
+	formatted := gtime.FormatInterval(time.Duration(it) * time.Millisecond)
 
 	if strings.Contains(formatted, "ms") {
 		return "PT1M", nil
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time/interval.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time/interval.go
index 3119d6fe624..c3a1c452f04 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time/interval.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time/interval.go
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 package time
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
@@ -16,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	DefaultRes         int64 = 1500
 	defaultMinInterval       = time.Millisecond * 1
-	year                     = time.Hour * 24 * 365
-	day                      = time.Hour * 24
 )
 
 type Interval struct {
@@ -52,10 +47,6 @@ func NewCalculator(opts ...CalculatorOptions) *intervalCalculator {
 	return calc
 }
 
-func (i *Interval) Milliseconds() int64 {
-	return i.Value.Nanoseconds() / int64(time.Millisecond)
-}
-
 func (ic *intervalCalculator) Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) Interval {
 	to := timerange.To.UnixNano()
 	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
@@ -67,12 +58,12 @@ func (ic *intervalCalculator) Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval
 	calculatedInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / resolution)
 
 	if calculatedInterval < minInterval {
-		return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
+		return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
 	}
 
-	rounded := roundInterval(calculatedInterval)
+	rounded := gtime.RoundInterval(calculatedInterval)
 
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
 }
 
 func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, safeRes int64) Interval {
@@ -80,179 +71,6 @@ func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange,
 	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
 	safeInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / safeRes)
 
-	rounded := roundInterval(safeInterval)
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
-}
-
-// GetIntervalFrom returns the minimum interval.
-// dsInterval is the string representation of data source min interval, if configured.
-// queryInterval is the string representation of query interval (min interval), e.g. "10ms" or "10s".
-// queryIntervalMS is a pre-calculated numeric representation of the query interval in milliseconds.
-func GetIntervalFrom(dsInterval, queryInterval string, queryIntervalMS int64, defaultInterval time.Duration) (time.Duration, error) {
-	// Apparently we are setting default value of queryInterval to 0s now
-	interval := queryInterval
-	if interval == "0s" {
-		interval = ""
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		if queryIntervalMS != 0 {
-			return time.Duration(queryIntervalMS) * time.Millisecond, nil
-		}
-	}
-	if interval == "" && dsInterval != "" {
-		interval = dsInterval
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		return defaultInterval, nil
-	}
-
-	parsedInterval, err := ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-func ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval string) (time.Duration, error) {
-	formattedInterval := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(interval, "<", "", 1), ">", "", 1)
-	isPureNum, err := regexp.MatchString(`^\d+$`, formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	if isPureNum {
-		formattedInterval += "s"
-	}
-	parsedInterval, err := gtime.ParseDuration(formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-// FormatDuration converts a duration into the kbn format e.g. 1m 2h or 3d
-func FormatDuration(inter time.Duration) string {
-	if inter >= year {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dy", inter/year)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= day {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dd", inter/day)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Hour {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dh", inter/time.Hour)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Minute {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dm", inter/time.Minute)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Second {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%ds", inter/time.Second)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Millisecond {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dms", inter/time.Millisecond)
-	}
-
-	return "1ms"
-}
-
-//nolint:gocyclo
-func roundInterval(interval time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	switch {
-	// 0.01s
-	case interval <= 10*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1 // 0.001s
-	// 0.015s
-	case interval <= 15*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10 // 0.01s
-	// 0.035s
-	case interval <= 35*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20 // 0.02s
-	// 0.075s
-	case interval <= 75*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 50 // 0.05s
-	// 0.15s
-	case interval <= 150*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 100 // 0.1s
-	// 0.35s
-	case interval <= 350*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 200 // 0.2s
-	// 0.75s
-	case interval <= 750*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 500 // 0.5s
-	// 1.5s
-	case interval <= 1500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1000 // 1s
-	// 3.5s
-	case interval <= 3500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2000 // 2s
-	// 7.5s
-	case interval <= 7500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 5000 // 5s
-	// 12.5s
-	case interval <= 12500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10000 // 10s
-	// 17.5s
-	case interval <= 17500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 15000 // 15s
-	// 25s
-	case interval <= 25000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20000 // 20s
-	// 45s
-	case interval <= 45000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 30000 // 30s
-	// 1.5m
-	case interval <= 90000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 60000 // 1m
-	// 3.5m
-	case interval <= 210000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 120000 // 2m
-	// 7.5m
-	case interval <= 450000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 300000 // 5m
-	// 12.5m
-	case interval <= 750000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 600000 // 10m
-	// 17.5m
-	case interval <= 1050000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 900000 // 15m
-	// 25m
-	case interval <= 1500000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1200000 // 20m
-	// 45m
-	case interval <= 2700000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1800000 // 30m
-	// 1.5h
-	case interval <= 5400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 3600000 // 1h
-	// 2.5h
-	case interval <= 9000000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 7200000 // 2h
-	// 4.5h
-	case interval <= 16200000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10800000 // 3h
-	// 9h
-	case interval <= 32400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 21600000 // 6h
-	// 24h
-	case interval <= 86400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 43200000 // 12h
-	// 48h
-	case interval <= 172800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 1w
-	case interval <= 604800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 3w
-	case interval <= 1814400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 604800000 // 1w
-	// 2y
-	case interval < 3628800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2592000000 // 30d
-	default:
-		return time.Millisecond * 31536000000 // 1y
-	}
+	rounded := gtime.RoundInterval(safeInterval)
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/utils.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/utils.go
index aa03c7fc226..3b719ff2c7e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/utils.go
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
-	gcmTime "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func addInterval(period string, field *data.Field) error {
 	period = strings.TrimPrefix(period, "+")
-	p, err := gcmTime.ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(period)
+	p, err := gtime.ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(period)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/flux/macros.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/flux/macros.go
index ed3a34d2d20..4dce9d76822 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/flux/macros.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/flux/macros.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 )
 
 // $__interval_ms is the exact value in milliseconds
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 func interpolateInterval(flux string, interval time.Duration) string {
 	intervalMs := int64(interval / time.Millisecond)
-	intervalText := intervalv2.FormatDuration(interval)
+	intervalText := gtime.FormatInterval(interval)
 
 	flux = strings.ReplaceAll(flux, "$__interval_ms", strconv.FormatInt(intervalMs, 10))
 	flux = strings.ReplaceAll(flux, "$__interval", intervalText)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models/query.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models/query.go
index 64f3331a37f..fc6024fe074 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models/query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models/query.go
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ func (query *Query) Build(queryContext *backend.QueryDataRequest) (string, error
 		res += query.renderTz()
 	}
 
-	intervalText := intervalv2.FormatDuration(query.Interval)
+	intervalText := gtime.FormatInterval(query.Interval)
 	intervalMs := int64(query.Interval / time.Millisecond)
 
 	res = strings.ReplaceAll(res, "$timeFilter", query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext))
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2.go b/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aadc011802..00000000000
--- a/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2/intervalv2.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
-package intervalv2
-
-import (
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
-)
-
-var (
-	DefaultRes         int64 = 1500
-	defaultMinInterval       = time.Millisecond * 1
-)
-
-type Interval struct {
-	Text  string
-	Value time.Duration
-}
-
-type intervalCalculator struct {
-	minInterval time.Duration
-}
-
-type Calculator interface {
-	Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) Interval
-	CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, resolution int64) Interval
-}
-
-type CalculatorOptions struct {
-	MinInterval time.Duration
-}
-
-func NewCalculator(opts ...CalculatorOptions) *intervalCalculator {
-	calc := &intervalCalculator{}
-
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		if o.MinInterval == 0 {
-			calc.minInterval = defaultMinInterval
-		} else {
-			calc.minInterval = o.MinInterval
-		}
-	}
-
-	return calc
-}
-
-func (i *Interval) Milliseconds() int64 {
-	return i.Value.Nanoseconds() / int64(time.Millisecond)
-}
-
-func (ic *intervalCalculator) Calculate(timerange backend.TimeRange, minInterval time.Duration, maxDataPoints int64) Interval {
-	to := timerange.To.UnixNano()
-	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
-	resolution := maxDataPoints
-	if resolution == 0 {
-		resolution = DefaultRes
-	}
-
-	calculatedInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / resolution)
-
-	if calculatedInterval < minInterval {
-		return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
-	}
-
-	rounded := roundInterval(calculatedInterval)
-
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
-}
-
-func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange backend.TimeRange, safeRes int64) Interval {
-	to := timerange.To.UnixNano()
-	from := timerange.From.UnixNano()
-	safeInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / safeRes)
-
-	rounded := roundInterval(safeInterval)
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
-}
-
-// GetIntervalFrom returns the minimum interval.
-// dsInterval is the string representation of data source min interval, if configured.
-// queryInterval is the string representation of query interval (min interval), e.g. "10ms" or "10s".
-// queryIntervalMS is a pre-calculated numeric representation of the query interval in milliseconds.
-func GetIntervalFrom(dsInterval, queryInterval string, queryIntervalMS int64, defaultInterval time.Duration) (time.Duration, error) {
-	// Apparently we are setting default value of queryInterval to 0s now
-	interval := queryInterval
-	if interval == "0s" {
-		interval = ""
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		if queryIntervalMS != 0 {
-			return time.Duration(queryIntervalMS) * time.Millisecond, nil
-		}
-	}
-	if interval == "" && dsInterval != "" {
-		interval = dsInterval
-	}
-	if interval == "" {
-		return defaultInterval, nil
-	}
-
-	parsedInterval, err := ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-func ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(interval string) (time.Duration, error) {
-	formattedInterval := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(interval, "<", "", 1), ">", "", 1)
-	isPureNum, err := regexp.MatchString(`^\d+$`, formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	if isPureNum {
-		formattedInterval += "s"
-	}
-	parsedInterval, err := gtime.ParseDuration(formattedInterval)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Duration(0), err
-	}
-	return parsedInterval, nil
-}
-
-// FormatDuration converts a duration into the kbn format e.g. 1m 2h or 3d
-func FormatDuration(inter time.Duration) string {
-	return gtime.FormatInterval(inter)
-}
-
-//nolint:gocyclo
-func roundInterval(interval time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	switch {
-	// 0.01s
-	case interval <= 10*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1 // 0.001s
-	// 0.015s
-	case interval <= 15*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10 // 0.01s
-	// 0.035s
-	case interval <= 35*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20 // 0.02s
-	// 0.075s
-	case interval <= 75*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 50 // 0.05s
-	// 0.15s
-	case interval <= 150*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 100 // 0.1s
-	// 0.35s
-	case interval <= 350*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 200 // 0.2s
-	// 0.75s
-	case interval <= 750*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 500 // 0.5s
-	// 1.5s
-	case interval <= 1500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1000 // 1s
-	// 3.5s
-	case interval <= 3500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2000 // 2s
-	// 7.5s
-	case interval <= 7500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 5000 // 5s
-	// 12.5s
-	case interval <= 12500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10000 // 10s
-	// 17.5s
-	case interval <= 17500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 15000 // 15s
-	// 25s
-	case interval <= 25000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20000 // 20s
-	// 45s
-	case interval <= 45000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 30000 // 30s
-	// 1.5m
-	case interval <= 90000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 60000 // 1m
-	// 3.5m
-	case interval <= 210000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 120000 // 2m
-	// 7.5m
-	case interval <= 450000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 300000 // 5m
-	// 12.5m
-	case interval <= 750000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 600000 // 10m
-	// 17.5m
-	case interval <= 1050000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 900000 // 15m
-	// 25m
-	case interval <= 1500000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1200000 // 20m
-	// 45m
-	case interval <= 2700000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1800000 // 30m
-	// 1.5h
-	case interval <= 5400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 3600000 // 1h
-	// 2.5h
-	case interval <= 9000000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 7200000 // 2h
-	// 4.5h
-	case interval <= 16200000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10800000 // 3h
-	// 9h
-	case interval <= 32400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 21600000 // 6h
-	// 24h
-	case interval <= 86400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 43200000 // 12h
-	// 48h
-	case interval <= 172800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 1w
-	case interval <= 604800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 3w
-	case interval <= 1814400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 604800000 // 1w
-	// 2y
-	case interval < 3628800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2592000000 // 30d
-	default:
-		return time.Millisecond * 31536000000 // 1y
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval.go b/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval.go
index 2ab255a3c5f..7f9769f4717 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package interval
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	DefaultRes         int64 = 1500
 	defaultMinInterval       = time.Millisecond * 1
-	year                     = time.Hour * 24 * 365
-	day                      = time.Hour * 24
 )
 
 type Interval struct {
@@ -62,11 +59,11 @@ func (ic *intervalCalculator) Calculate(timerange legacydata.DataTimeRange, minI
 	calculatedInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / DefaultRes)
 
 	if calculatedInterval < minInterval {
-		return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
+		return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(minInterval), Value: minInterval}
 	}
 
 	rounded := roundInterval(calculatedInterval)
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
 }
 
 func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange legacydata.DataTimeRange, safeRes int64) Interval {
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ func (ic *intervalCalculator) CalculateSafeInterval(timerange legacydata.DataTim
 	safeInterval := time.Duration((to - from) / safeRes)
 
 	rounded := roundInterval(safeInterval)
-	return Interval{Text: FormatDuration(rounded), Value: rounded}
+	return Interval{Text: gtime.FormatInterval(rounded), Value: rounded}
 }
 
 func GetIntervalFrom(dsInfo *datasources.DataSource, queryModel *simplejson.Json, defaultInterval time.Duration) (time.Duration, error) {
@@ -117,126 +114,11 @@ func GetIntervalFrom(dsInfo *datasources.DataSource, queryModel *simplejson.Json
 	return parsedInterval, nil
 }
 
-// FormatDuration converts a duration into the kbn format e.g. 1m 2h or 3d
-func FormatDuration(inter time.Duration) string {
-	if inter >= year {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dy", inter/year)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= day {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dd", inter/day)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Hour {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dh", inter/time.Hour)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Minute {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dm", inter/time.Minute)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Second {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%ds", inter/time.Second)
-	}
-
-	if inter >= time.Millisecond {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%dms", inter/time.Millisecond)
-	}
-
-	return "1ms"
-}
-
 //nolint:gocyclo
 func roundInterval(interval time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	switch {
 	// 0.015s
-	case interval <= 15*time.Millisecond:
+	if interval <= 15*time.Millisecond {
 		return time.Millisecond * 10 // 0.01s
-	// 0.035s
-	case interval <= 35*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20 // 0.02s
-	// 0.075s
-	case interval <= 75*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 50 // 0.05s
-	// 0.15s
-	case interval <= 150*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 100 // 0.1s
-	// 0.35s
-	case interval <= 350*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 200 // 0.2s
-	// 0.75s
-	case interval <= 750*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 500 // 0.5s
-	// 1.5s
-	case interval <= 1500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1000 // 1s
-	// 3.5s
-	case interval <= 3500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2000 // 2s
-	// 7.5s
-	case interval <= 7500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 5000 // 5s
-	// 12.5s
-	case interval <= 12500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10000 // 10s
-	// 17.5s
-	case interval <= 17500*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 15000 // 15s
-	// 25s
-	case interval <= 25000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 20000 // 20s
-	// 45s
-	case interval <= 45000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 30000 // 30s
-	// 1.5m
-	case interval <= 90000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 60000 // 1m
-	// 3.5m
-	case interval <= 210000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 120000 // 2m
-	// 7.5m
-	case interval <= 450000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 300000 // 5m
-	// 12.5m
-	case interval <= 750000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 600000 // 10m
-	// 12.5m
-	case interval <= 1050000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 900000 // 15m
-	// 25m
-	case interval <= 1500000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1200000 // 20m
-	// 45m
-	case interval <= 2700000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 1800000 // 30m
-	// 1.5h
-	case interval <= 5400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 3600000 // 1h
-	// 2.5h
-	case interval <= 9000000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 7200000 // 2h
-	// 4.5h
-	case interval <= 16200000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 10800000 // 3h
-	// 9h
-	case interval <= 32400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 21600000 // 6h
-	// 24h
-	case interval <= 86400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 43200000 // 12h
-	// 48h
-	case interval <= 172800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 1w
-	case interval <= 604800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 86400000 // 24h
-	// 3w
-	case interval <= 1814400000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 604800000 // 1w
-	// 2y
-	case interval < 3628800000*time.Millisecond:
-		return time.Millisecond * 2592000000 // 30d
-	default:
-		return time.Millisecond * 31536000000 // 1y
 	}
+	return gtime.RoundInterval(interval)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval_test.go
index fdd5deb2519..b76c36a6774 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/legacydata/interval/interval_test.go
@@ -74,26 +74,6 @@ func TestRoundInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFormatDuration(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		duration time.Duration
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{"61s", time.Second * 61, "1m"},
-		{"30ms", time.Millisecond * 30, "30ms"},
-		{"23h", time.Hour * 23, "23h"},
-		{"24h", time.Hour * 24, "1d"},
-		{"367d", time.Hour * 24 * 367, "1y"},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, FormatDuration(tc.duration))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetIntervalFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	dsJSON, err := simplejson.NewJson([]byte(`{"timeInterval": "60s"}`))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/loki/parse_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/loki/parse_query.go
index 5e1c8e44d0b..60ace2430c8 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/loki/parse_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/loki/parse_query.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/loki/kinds/dataquery"
 )
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 func interpolateVariables(expr string, interval time.Duration, timeRange time.Duration, queryType dataquery.LokiQueryType, step time.Duration) string {
-	intervalText := intervalv2.FormatDuration(interval)
-	stepText := intervalv2.FormatDuration(step)
+	intervalText := gtime.FormatInterval(interval)
+	stepText := gtime.FormatInterval(step)
 	intervalMsText := strconv.FormatInt(int64(interval/time.Millisecond), 10)
 
 	rangeMs := timeRange.Milliseconds()
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/loki/step.go b/pkg/tsdb/loki/step.go
index df66ebef466..4023abfe1db 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/loki/step.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/loki/step.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/intervalv2"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/gtime"
 )
 
 // round the duration to the nearest millisecond larger-or-equal-to the duration
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func calculateStep(interval time.Duration, timeRange time.Duration, resolution i
 		return ceilMs(chosenStep), nil
 	}
 
-	step, err := intervalv2.ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(*queryStep)
+	step, err := gtime.ParseIntervalStringToTimeDuration(*queryStep)
 	if err != nil {
 		return step, err
 	}