diff --git a/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/build_test.go b/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/build_test.go
index be1bdb3ace17..5e10d1034839 100644
--- a/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/build_test.go
+++ b/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/build_test.go
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ limits_config:
   max_cache_freshness_per_query: 10m
   per_stream_rate_limit: 3MB
   per_stream_rate_limit_burst: 15MB
-  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
 memberlist:
   abort_if_cluster_join_fails: true
   bind_port: 7946
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ query_range:
       enable_fifocache: true
       fifocache:
         max_size_bytes: 500MB
+  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
   parallelise_shardable_queries: true
 schema_config:
   configs:
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ limits_config:
   max_cache_freshness_per_query: 10m
   per_stream_rate_limit: 3MB
   per_stream_rate_limit_burst: 15MB
-  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
 memberlist:
   abort_if_cluster_join_fails: true
   bind_port: 7946
@@ -332,6 +331,7 @@ query_range:
       enable_fifocache: true
       fifocache:
         max_size_bytes: 500MB
+  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
   parallelise_shardable_queries: true
 schema_config:
   configs:
diff --git a/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/loki-config.yaml b/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/loki-config.yaml
index df421576bb97..b611d3adcea4 100644
--- a/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/loki-config.yaml
+++ b/operator/internal/manifests/internal/config/loki-config.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ limits_config:
   max_cache_freshness_per_query: 10m
   per_stream_rate_limit: 3MB
   per_stream_rate_limit_burst: 15MB
-  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
 memberlist:
   abort_if_cluster_join_fails: true
   bind_port: {{ .GossipRing.Port }}
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ query_range:
       enable_fifocache: true
       fifocache:
         max_size_bytes: 500MB
+  split_queries_by_interval: 30m
   parallelise_shardable_queries: true
 schema_config:
   configs: