diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 943bc61dff9..a434e30f3cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 **Bug Fixes**
 
+- Fixed bug in `EuiSuperDatePicker` to show correct values of commonly used values in relative tab ([#3106](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3106))
 - Fixed race condition in `EuiIcon` when switching from dynamically fetched components ([#3118](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/3118))
 
 ## [`21.1.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v21.1.0)
diff --git a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/relative_utils.js b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/relative_utils.js
index eede3f94f77..adbdb4e8b85 100644
--- a/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/relative_utils.js
+++ b/src/components/date_picker/super_date_picker/relative_utils.js
@@ -12,16 +12,11 @@ export function parseRelativeParts(value) {
     isString(value) &&
     value.match(/now(([\-\+])([0-9]+)([smhdwMy])(\/[smhdwMy])?)?/);
 
-  const isNow = matches && !matches[1];
   const operator = matches && matches[2];
   const count = matches && matches[3];
   const unit = matches && matches[4];
   const roundBy = matches && matches[5];
 
-  if (isNow) {
-    return { count: 0, unit: 's', round: false };
-  }
-
   if (count && unit) {
     const isRounded = roundBy ? true : false;
     return {