diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardEditors.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardEditors.tsx
index 5f094f7fecc..b5570c4a587 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardEditors.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/standardEditors.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export const getStandardFieldConfigs = () => {
     process: valueMappingsOverrideProcessor,
     settings: {},
     defaultValue: [],
-    shouldApply: () => true,
+    shouldApply: (x) => x.type !== FieldType.time,
     category: ['Value mappings'],
     getItemsCount: (value?) => (value ? value.length : 0),
   };