diff --git a/pkg/ui/src/redux/timewindow.ts b/pkg/ui/src/redux/timewindow.ts
index dfdc59a4f182..d22511f7f94c 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/src/redux/timewindow.ts
+++ b/pkg/ui/src/redux/timewindow.ts
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ export class TimeWindowState {
   currentWindow: TimeWindow;
   // True if scale has changed since currentWindow was generated.
   scaleChanged: boolean;
-  useTimeRage: boolean;
+  useTimeRange: boolean;
   constructor() {
     this.scale = availableTimeScales["Past 10 Minutes"];
-    this.useTimeRage = false;
+    this.useTimeRange = false;
     this.scaleChanged = false;
   }
 }
@@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ export function timeWindowReducer(state = new TimeWindowState(), action: Action)
       const { payload: data } = action as PayloadAction<TimeWindow>;
       state = _.clone(state);
       state.currentWindow = data;
-      state.useTimeRage = true;
+      state.useTimeRange = true;
       state.scaleChanged = false;
       return state;
     case SET_SCALE:
       const { payload: scale } = action as PayloadAction<TimeScale>;
       state = _.clone(state);
       if (scale.key === "Custom") {
-        state.useTimeRage = true;
+        state.useTimeRange = true;
       } else {
-        state.useTimeRage = false;
+        state.useTimeRange = false;
       }
       state.scale = scale;
       state.scaleChanged = true;
diff --git a/pkg/ui/src/views/app/containers/timewindow/index.tsx b/pkg/ui/src/views/app/containers/timewindow/index.tsx
index e81229897fba..0a8ac529d697 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/src/views/app/containers/timewindow/index.tsx
+++ b/pkg/ui/src/views/app/containers/timewindow/index.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class TimeWindowManager extends React.Component<TimeWindowManagerProps, TimeWind
    */
   setWindow(props: TimeWindowManagerProps) {
     if (!props.timeWindow.scale.windowEnd) {
-      if (!props.timeWindow.useTimeRage) {
+      if (!props.timeWindow.useTimeRange) {
         const now = props.now ? props.now() : moment();
         props.setTimeWindow({
           start: now.clone().subtract(props.timeWindow.scale.windowSize),
diff --git a/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/timescale/index.tsx b/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/timescale/index.tsx
index 67896998797a..abfed1cf3b0b 100644
--- a/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/timescale/index.tsx
+++ b/pkg/ui/src/views/cluster/containers/timescale/index.tsx
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import { RouteComponentProps, withRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 import { refreshNodes } from "src/redux/apiReducers";
-import { LocalSetting } from "src/redux/localsettings";
 import { AdminUIState } from "src/redux/state";
 import * as timewindow from "src/redux/timewindow";
-import { LongToMoment } from "src/util/convert";
 import { INodeStatus } from "src/util/proto";
 import Dropdown, { ArrowDirection, DropdownOption } from "src/views/shared/components/dropdown";
 import TimeFrameControls from "../../components/controls";
@@ -26,12 +24,6 @@ import RangeSelect, { DateTypes } from "../../components/range";
 import "./timescale.styl";
 import { Divider } from "antd";
 
-// Tracks whether the default timescale been set once in the app. Tracked across
-// the entire app so that changing pages doesn't cause it to reset.
-const timescaleDefaultSet = new LocalSetting(
-  "timescale/default_set", (s: AdminUIState) => s.localSettings, false,
-);
-
 interface TimeScaleDropdownProps extends RouteComponentProps {
   currentScale: timewindow.TimeScale;
   currentWindow: timewindow.TimeWindow;
@@ -43,8 +35,6 @@ interface TimeScaleDropdownProps extends RouteComponentProps {
   nodeStatuses: INodeStatus[];
   nodeStatusesValid: boolean;
   // Track whether the default has been set.
-  setDefaultSet: typeof timescaleDefaultSet.set;
-  defaultTimescaleSet: boolean;
   useTimeRange: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -143,27 +133,8 @@ class TimeScaleDropdown extends React.Component<TimeScaleDropdownProps, {}> {
     return timescaleOptions;
   }
 
-  // Sets the default timescale based on the start time of the oldest node.
-  setDefaultTime(props: TimeScaleDropdownProps = this.props) {
-    if (props.nodeStatusesValid && !props.defaultTimescaleSet) {
-      const oldestNode = _.minBy(props.nodeStatuses, (nodeStatus: INodeStatus) => nodeStatus.started_at);
-      const clusterStarted = LongToMoment(oldestNode.started_at);
-      // TODO (maxlang): This uses the longest uptime, not the oldest
-      const clusterDurationHrs = moment.utc().diff(clusterStarted, "hours");
-      if (clusterDurationHrs > 1) {
-        if (clusterDurationHrs < 6) {
-          props.setTimeScale(props.availableScales["Past 1 Hour"]);
-        } else if (clusterDurationHrs < 12) {
-          props.setTimeScale(props.availableScales["Past 6 Hours"]);
-        }
-      }
-      props.setDefaultSet(true);
-    }
-  }
-
   componentDidMount() {
     this.props.refreshNodes();
-    this.setDefaultTime();
     this.getQueryParams();
   }
 
@@ -191,8 +162,6 @@ class TimeScaleDropdown extends React.Component<TimeScaleDropdownProps, {}> {
   componentDidUpdate() {
     if (!this.props.nodeStatusesValid) {
       this.props.refreshNodes();
-    } else if (!this.props.useTimeRange) {
-      this.setDefaultTime(this.props);
     }
   }
 
@@ -326,14 +295,12 @@ export default withRouter(connect(
       currentScale: (state.timewindow as timewindow.TimeWindowState).scale,
       currentWindow: (state.timewindow as timewindow.TimeWindowState).currentWindow,
       availableScales: timewindow.availableTimeScales,
-      useTimeRange: state.timewindow.useTimeRage,
-      defaultTimescaleSet: timescaleDefaultSet.selector(state),
+      useTimeRange: state.timewindow.useTimeRange,
     };
   },
   {
     setTimeScale: timewindow.setTimeScale,
     setTimeRange: timewindow.setTimeRange,
     refreshNodes: refreshNodes,
-    setDefaultSet: timescaleDefaultSet.set,
   },
 )(TimeScaleDropdown));