diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/range.js b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/range.js
index 1894064fd6dfd..51dc9010f8ba3 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/range.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/buckets/range.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       params: [
         {
           name: 'field',
-          filterFieldTypes: ['number', 'date', 'string']
+          filterFieldTypes: ['number']
         },
         {
           name: 'ranges',