diff --git a/public/app/directives/templateParamSelector.js b/public/app/directives/templateParamSelector.js
index 6cd2ce5a964..3d7a9f964d4 100644
--- a/public/app/directives/templateParamSelector.js
+++ b/public/app/directives/templateParamSelector.js
@@ -4,87 +4,9 @@ define([
   'lodash',
   'jquery',
 ],
-function (angular, app, _, $) {
+function (angular, app, _) {
   'use strict';
 
-  angular
-    .module('grafana.directives')
-    .directive('templateParamSelector', function($compile) {
-      var inputTemplate = '<input type="text" data-provide="typeahead" ' +
-                            ' class="tight-form-clear-input input-medium"' +
-                            ' spellcheck="false" style="display:none"></input>';
-
-      var buttonTemplate = '<a  class="tight-form-item tabindex="1">{{variable.current.text}} <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a>';
-
-      return {
-        link: function($scope, elem) {
-          var $input = $(inputTemplate);
-          var $button = $(buttonTemplate);
-          var variable = $scope.variable;
-
-          $input.appendTo(elem);
-          $button.appendTo(elem);
-
-          function updateVariableValue(value) {
-            $scope.$apply(function() {
-              var selected = _.findWhere(variable.options, { text: value });
-              if (!selected) {
-                selected = { text: value, value: value };
-              }
-              $scope.setVariableValue($scope.variable, selected);
-            });
-          }
-
-          $input.attr('data-provide', 'typeahead');
-          $input.typeahead({
-            minLength: 0,
-            items: 1000,
-            updater: function(value) {
-              $input.val(value);
-              $input.trigger('blur');
-              return value;
-            }
-          });
-
-          var typeahead = $input.data('typeahead');
-          typeahead.lookup = function () {
-            var options = _.map(variable.options, function(option) { return option.text; });
-            this.query = this.$element.val() || '';
-            return this.process(options);
-          };
-
-          $button.click(function() {
-            $input.css('width', ($button.width() + 16) + 'px');
-
-            $button.hide();
-            $input.show();
-            $input.focus();
-
-            var typeahead = $input.data('typeahead');
-            if (typeahead) {
-              $input.val('');
-              typeahead.lookup();
-            }
-
-          });
-
-          $input.blur(function() {
-            if ($input.val() !== '') { updateVariableValue($input.val()); }
-            $input.hide();
-            $button.show();
-            $button.focus();
-          });
-
-          $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-            $button.unbind();
-            typeahead.destroy();
-          });
-
-          $compile(elem.contents())($scope);
-        }
-      };
-    });
-
   angular
     .module('grafana.directives')
     .directive('variableValueSelect', function($compile, $window, $timeout) {
@@ -162,9 +84,9 @@ function (angular, app, _, $) {
 
           scope.hide = function() {
             scope.selectorOpen = false;
-            if (scope.oldCurrentText !== variable.current.text) {
-              scope.onUpdated();
-            }
+            // if (scope.oldCurrentText !== variable.current.text) {
+            //   scope.onUpdated();
+            // }
 
             bodyEl.off('click', scope.bodyOnClick);
           };
diff --git a/public/app/partials/submenu.html b/public/app/partials/submenu.html
index 949d2be8a53..66e1b41c8d8 100644
--- a/public/app/partials/submenu.html
+++ b/public/app/partials/submenu.html
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 			</li>
 			-->
 
-			<li class="tight-form-item" style="width: 15px">
-			</li>
 		</ul>
 
 		<ul class="tight-form-list" ng-if="dashboard.annotations.list.length > 0">