diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/facetChart/FacetChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/facetChart/FacetChart.tsx
index e66b7faa5b..4ed977e511 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/facetChart/FacetChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/facetChart/FacetChart.tsx
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ export class FacetChart
 
         // We infer that the user cares about the trend if the axis is not uniform
         // and the metrics on all facets are the same
-        const careAboutTrend =
-            !this.uniformYAxis && this.facetStrategy === FacetStrategy.entity
+        const careAboutTrend = !this.uniformYAxis
         if (careAboutTrend) {
             // Force disable nice axes if we care about the trend,
             // because nice axes misrepresent trends.