diff --git a/public/app/directives/all.js b/public/app/directives/all.js
index 21ca137b92b..0a9ac603c57 100644
--- a/public/app/directives/all.js
+++ b/public/app/directives/all.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ define([
   './spectrumPicker',
   './tags',
   './bodyClass',
-  './variableValueSelect',
+  './selectDropDown',
   './metric.segment',
   './grafanaVersionCheck',
   './dropdown.typeahead',
diff --git a/public/app/directives/variableValueSelect.js b/public/app/directives/selectDropDown.js
similarity index 98%
rename from public/app/directives/variableValueSelect.js
rename to public/app/directives/selectDropDown.js
index ae08ad55ee4..312b6cdd7d1 100644
--- a/public/app/directives/variableValueSelect.js
+++ b/public/app/directives/selectDropDown.js
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ function (angular, app, _) {
 
   angular
     .module('grafana.directives')
-    .directive('variableValueSelect', function($compile, $window, $timeout) {
+    .directive('selectDropdown', function($compile, $window, $timeout) {
 
       return {
         scope: { variable: "=", onUpdated: "&", getValuesForTag: "&" },
-        templateUrl: 'app/features/dashboard/partials/variableValueSelect.html',
+        templateUrl: 'app/partials/selectDropdown.html',
         controller: 'SelectDropdownCtrl',
         controllerAs: 'vm',
         bindToController: true,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/partials/variableValueSelect.html b/public/app/partials/selectDropdown.html
similarity index 100%
rename from public/app/features/dashboard/partials/variableValueSelect.html
rename to public/app/partials/selectDropdown.html
diff --git a/public/app/partials/submenu.html b/public/app/partials/submenu.html
index 5f5d29e87ba..0246d4a7673 100644
--- a/public/app/partials/submenu.html
+++ b/public/app/partials/submenu.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 				<span class="template-variable tight-form-item" ng-show="!variable.hideLabel" style="padding-right: 5px">
 					{{variable.label || variable.name}}:
 				</span>
-				<variable-value-select variable="variable" on-updated="variableUpdated(variable)" get-values-for-tag="getValuesForTag(variable, tagKey)"></variable-value-select>
+				<select-dropdown variable="variable" on-updated="variableUpdated(variable)" get-values-for-tag="getValuesForTag(variable, tagKey)"></select-dropdown>
 			</li>
 		</ul>