diff --git a/caravel/viz.py b/caravel/viz.py
index 246d7b200f..6574168c7f 100755
--- a/caravel/viz.py
+++ b/caravel/viz.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ class BoxPlotViz(NVD3Viz):
     viz_type = "box_plot"
     verbose_name = _("Box Plot")
     sort_series = False
-    is_timeseries = True
+    is_timeseries = False
     fieldsets = ({
         'label': None,
         'fields': (