diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/utils.tsx
index cd8fc4265121b..5d39be45d6fea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils.tsx
@@ -432,31 +432,36 @@ export function objectClean<T extends Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>>
     })
     return response
 }
-export function objectCleanWithEmpty<T extends Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>>(obj: T): T {
+export function objectCleanWithEmpty<T extends Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>>(
+    obj: T,
+    ignoredKeys: string[] = []
+): T {
     const response = { ...obj }
-    Object.keys(response).forEach((key) => {
-        // remove undefined values
-        if (response[key] === undefined) {
-            delete response[key]
-        }
-        // remove empty arrays i.e. []
-        if (
-            typeof response[key] === 'object' &&
-            Array.isArray(response[key]) &&
-            (response[key] as unknown[]).length === 0
-        ) {
-            delete response[key]
-        }
-        // remove empty objects i.e. {}
-        if (
-            typeof response[key] === 'object' &&
-            !Array.isArray(response[key]) &&
-            response[key] !== null &&
-            Object.keys(response[key] as Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>).length === 0
-        ) {
-            delete response[key]
-        }
-    })
+    Object.keys(response)
+        .filter((key) => !ignoredKeys.includes(key))
+        .forEach((key) => {
+            // remove undefined values
+            if (response[key] === undefined) {
+                delete response[key]
+            }
+            // remove empty arrays i.e. []
+            if (
+                typeof response[key] === 'object' &&
+                Array.isArray(response[key]) &&
+                (response[key] as unknown[]).length === 0
+            ) {
+                delete response[key]
+            }
+            // remove empty objects i.e. {}
+            if (
+                typeof response[key] === 'object' &&
+                !Array.isArray(response[key]) &&
+                response[key] !== null &&
+                Object.keys(response[key] as Record<string | number | symbol, unknown>).length === 0
+            ) {
+                delete response[key]
+            }
+        })
     return response
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.test.ts b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.test.ts
index 0cae5601db412..30af701ae91a1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.test.ts
@@ -281,9 +281,10 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<TrendsQuery> = {
+            const query: TrendsQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.TrendsQuery,
                 interval: 'day',
+                series: [],
             }
             expect(result).toEqual(query)
         })
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<TrendsQuery> = {
+            const query: TrendsQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.TrendsQuery,
                 trendsFilter: {
                     smoothing_intervals: 1,
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
                 breakdown: {
                     breakdown_histogram_bin_count: 1,
                 },
+                series: [],
             }
             expect(result).toEqual(query)
         })
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<FunnelsQuery> = {
+            const query: FunnelsQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.FunnelsQuery,
                 funnelsFilter: {
                     funnel_viz_type: FunnelVizType.Steps,
@@ -384,6 +386,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
                     layout: FunnelLayout.horizontal,
                     hidden_legend_breakdowns: ['Chrome', 'Safari'],
                 },
+                series: [],
             }
             expect(result).toEqual(query)
         })
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<RetentionQuery> = {
+            const query: RetentionQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.RetentionQuery,
                 retentionFilter: {
                     retention_type: 'retention_first_time',
@@ -443,7 +446,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<PathsQuery> = {
+            const query: PathsQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.PathsQuery,
                 pathsFilter: {
                     path_type: PathType.Screen,
@@ -479,7 +482,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<StickinessQuery> = {
+            const query: StickinessQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.StickinessQuery,
                 stickinessFilter: {
                     compare: true,
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
                     hidden_legend_indexes: [0, 10],
                     display: ChartDisplayType.ActionsLineGraph,
                 },
+                series: [],
             }
             expect(result).toEqual(query)
         })
@@ -502,11 +506,12 @@ describe('filtersToQueryNode', () => {
 
             const result = filtersToQueryNode(filters)
 
-            const query: Partial<LifecycleQuery> = {
+            const query: LifecycleQuery = {
                 kind: NodeKind.LifecycleQuery,
                 lifecycleFilter: {
                     toggledLifecycles: ['new', 'dormant'],
                 },
+                series: [],
             }
             expect(result).toEqual(query)
         })
diff --git a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.ts b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.ts
index f0462618aae0e..93f5339cc929b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/filtersToQueryNode.ts
@@ -257,5 +257,5 @@ export const filtersToQueryNode = (filters: Partial<FilterType>): InsightQueryNo
     }
 
     // remove undefined and empty array/objects and return
-    return objectCleanWithEmpty(query as Record<string, any>) as InsightQueryNode
+    return objectCleanWithEmpty(query as Record<string, any>, ['series']) as InsightQueryNode
 }