diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValue.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValue.tsx
index 762cd2e893b..bfa8cd382b1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValue.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValue.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 
-import { DisplayValue, DisplayValueAlignmentFactors, FieldSparkline, VizOrientation } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DisplayValue, DisplayValueAlignmentFactors, FieldSparkline } from '@grafana/data';
 import { VizTextDisplayOptions } from '@grafana/schema';
 
 import { Themeable2 } from '../../types';
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ export interface Props extends Themeable2 {
   textMode?: BigValueTextMode;
   /** If true disables the tooltip */
   hasLinks?: boolean;
-  /** The orientation of the parent container */
-  parentOrientation?: VizOrientation;
 
   /**
    * If part of a series of stat panes, this is the total number.
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValueLayout.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValueLayout.tsx
index 15ff7a04b69..d5662b9b2be 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValueLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BigValue/BigValueLayout.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2';
 
-import { formattedValueToString, DisplayValue, FieldConfig, FieldType, VizOrientation } from '@grafana/data';
+import { formattedValueToString, DisplayValue, FieldConfig, FieldType } from '@grafana/data';
 import { GraphDrawStyle, GraphFieldConfig } from '@grafana/schema';
 
 import { getTextColorForAlphaBackground } from '../../utils';
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ export abstract class BigValueLayout {
       lineHeight: LINE_HEIGHT,
     };
 
-    if (this.props.parentOrientation === VizOrientation.Horizontal && this.justifyCenter) {
-      styles.paddingRight = '0.75ch';
-    }
-
     if (
       this.props.colorMode === BigValueColorMode.Background ||
       this.props.colorMode === BigValueColorMode.BackgroundSolid
@@ -115,6 +111,7 @@ export abstract class BigValueLayout {
       styles.alignItems = 'center';
       styles.justifyContent = 'center';
       styles.flexGrow = 1;
+      styles.gap = '0.75ch';
     }
 
     return styles;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/stat/StatPanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/stat/StatPanel.tsx
index 827b6aac29f..91733d4091c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/stat/StatPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/stat/StatPanel.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class StatPanel extends PureComponent<PanelProps<Options>> {
     menuProps: DataLinksContextMenuApi
   ): JSX.Element => {
     const { timeRange, options } = this.props;
-    const { value, alignmentFactors, width, height, count, orientation } = valueProps;
+    const { value, alignmentFactors, width, height, count } = valueProps;
     const { openMenu, targetClassName } = menuProps;
     let sparkline = value.sparkline;
     if (sparkline) {
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export class StatPanel extends PureComponent<PanelProps<Options>> {
         justifyMode={options.justifyMode}
         textMode={this.getTextMode()}
         alignmentFactors={alignmentFactors}
-        parentOrientation={orientation}
         text={options.text}
         width={width}
         height={height}