diff --git a/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.test.tsx b/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.test.tsx
index bd72948..179549c 100644
--- a/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.test.tsx
@@ -110,14 +110,7 @@ describe('DatasourceStoreProvider::useListDatasourceSelectItems', () => {
           {
             editLink: undefined,
             group: `Default Datasource Plugin for ${FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME}`,
-            items: [
-              {
-                name: 'Default (localDatasourceA from dashboard)',
-                selector: {
-                  kind: FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME,
-                },
-              },
-            ],
+            items: [],
           },
           {
             editLink: undefined,
@@ -297,15 +290,7 @@ describe('DatasourceStoreProvider::useListDatasourceSelectItems', () => {
           {
             editLink: undefined,
             group: `Default Datasource Plugin for ${FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME}`,
-            items: [
-              {
-                // This is the default datasource because first of the list
-                name: 'Default (datasourceA from project)',
-                selector: {
-                  kind: FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME,
-                },
-              },
-            ],
+            items: [],
           },
           {
             editLink: '/projects/perses/datasources',
@@ -458,14 +443,7 @@ describe('DatasourceStoreProvider::useListDatasourceSelectItems', () => {
           {
             editLink: undefined,
             group: `Default Datasource Plugin for ${FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME}`,
-            items: [
-              {
-                name: 'Default (localDatasourceA from dashboard)',
-                selector: {
-                  kind: FAKE_PLUGIN_NAME,
-                },
-              },
-            ],
+            items: [],
           },
           {
             editLink: undefined,
diff --git a/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.tsx b/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.tsx
index 5852532..65e98cf 100644
--- a/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.tsx
+++ b/dashboards/src/context/DatasourceStoreProvider.tsx
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ function buildDatasourceSelectItemGroups(pluginDisplayName: string): {
     usedNames.add(selectorName);
 
     const isExplicitDefault = !isOverridden && spec.default && !explicitDefaultAdded;
-    if (results[0] && (isFirst || isExplicitDefault)) {
+    if (results[0] && isExplicitDefault) {
       // If we haven't added a default yet and this is a default, add default option to the beginning of the results
       results[0].items = [
         {