diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/visualizations/nvd3_viz_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/visualizations/nvd3_viz_spec.jsx
index f1b58f1763ed5..c9ed4d87063ed 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/visualizations/nvd3_viz_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/visualizations/nvd3_viz_spec.jsx
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ describe('nvd3 viz', () => {
       expect(formatLabel(['foo'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo');
       expect(formatLabel(['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo, Bar, baz');
     });
-    it('deals with time shift properly', () => {
-      expect(formatLabel(['foo', '1 hour offset'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo, 1 hour offset');
-      expect(formatLabel(['foo', 'bar', 'baz', '2 hours offset'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo, Bar, baz, 2 hours offset');
+    it('deals with --- properly', () => {
+      expect(formatLabel(['foo', '---'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo ---');
+      expect(formatLabel(['foo', 'bar', 'baz', '---'], verboseMap)).to.equal('Foo, Bar, baz ---');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/modules/colors.js b/superset/assets/src/modules/colors.js
index 8825a7ad4985e..ac206b0b172c6 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/modules/colors.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/modules/colors.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import d3 from 'd3';
-import { TIME_SHIFT_PATTERN } from '../utils/common';
 
 export const brandColor = '#00A699';
 export const colorPrimary = { r: 0, g: 122, b: 135, a: 1 };
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export const getColorFromScheme = (function () {
     const selectedScheme = scheme ? ALL_COLOR_SCHEMES[scheme] : ALL_COLOR_SCHEMES.bnbColors;
     let stringifyS = String(s).toLowerCase();
     // next line is for superset series that should have the same color
-    stringifyS = stringifyS.split(', ').filter(k => !TIME_SHIFT_PATTERN.test(k)).join(', ');
+    stringifyS = stringifyS.replace(' ---', '');
 
     if (forcedColor && !forcedColors[stringifyS]) {
       forcedColors[stringifyS] = forcedColor;
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js b/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
index c5bdfb9f6d53c..a00fea329a037 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_LONGITUDE = -122.405293;
 export const DEFAULT_LATITUDE = 37.772123;
 export const DEFAULT_ZOOM = 11;
 
-// Regexp for the label added to time shifted series (1 hour offset, 2 days offset, etc.)
-export const TIME_SHIFT_PATTERN = /\d+ \w+ offset/;
-
 export function kmToPixels(kilometers, latitude, zoomLevel) {
   // Algorithm from: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Zoom_levels
   const latitudeRad = latitude * (Math.PI / 180);
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.css b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.css
index c6a8198d64f4c..fed0d013dc531 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.css
+++ b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.css
@@ -64,33 +64,3 @@ g.opacityHigh path, line.opacityHigh {
   stroke-opacity: .8
 }
 
-g.time-shift-0 path, line.time-shift-0 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 5, 5;
-}
-g.time-shift-1 path, line.time-shift-1 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 1, 5;
-}
-g.time-shift-2 path, line.time-shift-2 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 10, 5;
-}
-g.time-shift-3 path, line.time-shift-3 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 5, 1;
-}
-g.time-shift-4 path, line.time-shift-4 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 5, 10;
-}
-g.time-shift-5 path, line.time-shift-5 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 0.9;
-}
-g.time-shift-6 path, line.time-shift-6 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 15, 10, 5;
-}
-g.time-shift-7 path, line.time-shift-7 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 15, 10, 5, 10;
-}
-g.time-shift-8 path, line.time-shift-8 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 15, 10, 5, 10, 15;
-}
-g.time-shift-9 path, line.time-shift-9 {
-  stroke-dasharray: 5, 5, 1, 5;
-}
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
index bac5f2a641fdb..a9f38b5c53093 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import AnnotationTypes, {
 } from '../modules/AnnotationTypes';
 import { customizeToolTip, d3TimeFormatPreset, d3FormatPreset, tryNumify } from '../modules/utils';
 import { formatDateVerbose } from '../modules/dates';
-import { isTruthy, TIME_SHIFT_PATTERN } from '../utils/common';
+import { isTruthy } from '../utils/common';
 import { t } from '../locales';
 
 // CSS
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ export function formatLabel(input, verboseMap = {}) {
   const verboseLkp = s => verboseMap[s] || s;
   let label;
   if (Array.isArray(input) && input.length) {
-    const verboseLabels = input.map(l => TIME_SHIFT_PATTERN.test(l) ? l : verboseLkp(l));
+    const verboseLabels = input.filter(s => s !== '---').map(verboseLkp);
     label = verboseLabels.join(', ');
+    if (input.length > verboseLabels.length) {
+      label += ' ---';
+    }
   } else {
     label = verboseLkp(input);
   }
diff --git a/superset/viz.py b/superset/viz.py
index c41e07c4fce71..f93e5a2ac6b6d 100644
--- a/superset/viz.py
+++ b/superset/viz.py
@@ -1194,8 +1194,6 @@ def run_extra_queries(self):
         if not isinstance(time_compare, list):
             time_compare = [time_compare]
 
-        classes = ['time-shift-{}'.format(i) for i in range(10)]
-        i = 0
         for option in time_compare:
             query_object = self.query_obj()
             delta = utils.parse_human_timedelta(option)
@@ -1211,13 +1209,10 @@ def run_extra_queries(self):
 
             df2 = self.get_df_payload(query_object).get('df')
             if df2 is not None and DTTM_ALIAS in df2:
-                classed = classes[i % len(classes)]
-                i += 1
                 label = '{} offset'. format(option)
                 df2[DTTM_ALIAS] += delta
                 df2 = self.process_data(df2)
-                self._extra_chart_data.extend(self.to_series(
-                    df2, classed=classed, title_suffix=label))
+                self._extra_chart_data.append((label, df2))
 
     def get_data(self, df):
         fd = self.form_data