diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.test.ts
index ac85142f3050b7..03877b9e5bff2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ describe('getThrouputChartSelector', () => {
     expect(throughputTimeseries).toEqual({ throughputTimeseries: [] });
   });
 
+  it('returns default values when timeseries is empty', () => {
+    const throughputTimeseries = getThrouputChartSelector({
+      theme,
+      throuputChart: { throughputTimeseries: [] },
+    });
+    expect(throughputTimeseries).toEqual({ throughputTimeseries: [] });
+  });
+
   it('return throughput time series', () => {
     const throughputTimeseries = getThrouputChartSelector({
       theme,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.ts
index 701558b1546773..a392f247aec428 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/selectors/throuput_chart_selectors.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { difference, zipObject } from 'lodash';
 import { EuiTheme } from '../../../observability/public';
 import { asTransactionRate } from '../../common/utils/formatters';
 import { TimeSeries } from '../../typings/timeseries';
-import { getEmptySeries } from '../components/shared/charts/helper/get_empty_series';
 import { APIReturnType } from '../services/rest/createCallApmApi';
 import { httpStatusCodeToColor } from '../utils/httpStatusCodeToColor';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export function getThrouputChartSelector({
   };
 }
 
-export function getThroughputTimeseries({
+function getThroughputTimeseries({
   throuputChart,
   theme,
 }: {
@@ -45,15 +44,6 @@ export function getThroughputTimeseries({
   const bucketKeys = throughputTimeseries.map(({ key }) => key);
   const getColor = getColorByKey(bucketKeys, theme);
 
-  if (!throughputTimeseries.length) {
-    const start = throughputTimeseries[0].dataPoints[0].x;
-    const end =
-      throughputTimeseries[0].dataPoints[
-        throughputTimeseries[0].dataPoints.length - 1
-      ].x;
-    return getEmptySeries(start, end);
-  }
-
   return throughputTimeseries.map((bucket) => {
     return {
       title: bucket.key,