diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentile_ranks.js b/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentile_ranks.js
index f782f2a13f296c..f0e6147a6c7051 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentile_ranks.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentile_ranks.js
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export default function AggTypeMetricPercentileRanksProvider(Private) {
         name: 'values',
         editor: valuesEditor,
         default: []
+      },
+      {
+        write(agg, output) {
+          output.params.keyed = false;
+        }
       }
     ],
     getResponseAggs: function (agg) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentiles.js b/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentiles.js
index 95fd76dfbf2953..08edbfc193a8bf 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentiles.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_types/metrics/percentiles.js
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ export default function AggTypeMetricPercentilesProvider(Private) {
         name: 'percents',
         editor: percentsEditor,
         default: [1, 5, 25, 50, 75, 95, 99]
+      },
+      {
+        write(agg, output) {
+          output.params.keyed = false;
+        }
       }
     ],
     getResponseAggs: function (agg) {