diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/get_tick_hash.ts b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/get_tick_hash.ts
index 68c1247275668..3b46967c2a360 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/get_tick_hash.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/get_tick_hash.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { get, sortBy } from 'lodash';
+import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { PointSeriesColumns, DatatableRow, Ticks } from '../../../types';
 
 export const getTickHash = (columns: PointSeriesColumns, rows: DatatableRow[]) => {
@@ -21,23 +21,19 @@ export const getTickHash = (columns: PointSeriesColumns, rows: DatatableRow[]) =
   };
 
   if (get(columns, 'x.type') === 'string') {
-    sortBy(rows, ['x'])
-      .reverse()
-      .forEach((row) => {
-        if (!ticks.x.hash[row.x]) {
-          ticks.x.hash[row.x] = ticks.x.counter++;
-        }
-      });
+    rows.forEach((row) => {
+      if (!ticks.x.hash[row.x]) {
+        ticks.x.hash[row.x] = ticks.x.counter++;
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   if (get(columns, 'y.type') === 'string') {
-    sortBy(rows, ['y'])
-      .reverse()
-      .forEach((row) => {
-        if (!ticks.y.hash[row.y]) {
-          ticks.y.hash[row.y] = ticks.y.counter++;
-        }
-      });
+    rows.reverse().forEach((row) => {
+      if (!ticks.y.hash[row.y]) {
+        ticks.y.hash[row.y] = ticks.y.counter++;
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   return ticks;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/index.ts
index 47b9212bbc4c0..c0c73c3a21bc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/functions/plot/index.ts
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ export function plotFunctionFactory(
       fn: (input, args) => {
         const seriesStyles: { [key: string]: SeriesStyle } =
           keyBy(args.seriesStyle || [], 'label') || {};
-
-        const sortedRows = sortBy(input.rows, ['x', 'y', 'color', 'size', 'text']);
+        const sortedRows = input.rows;
         const ticks = getTickHash(input.columns, sortedRows);
         const font = args.font ? getFontSpec(args.font) : {};