diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_columns.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_table.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_columns.ts
rename to src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_table.ts
index 8477de50cc0391..9dbb6c0c76e258 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_columns.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/create_formatted_table.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ import { getFormatService } from '../services';
 import { FormattedColumn, FormattedColumns, TableVisConfig, TableContext } from '../types';
 import { AggTypes } from '../../common';
 
-export const createFormattedColumns = (
+export const createFormattedTable = (
   table: Datatable | TableContext,
   visConfig: TableVisConfig
 ) => {
   const { buckets, metrics } = visConfig.dimensions;
 
-  return table.columns.reduce<FormattedColumns>((acc, col, i) => {
+  const formattedColumns = table.columns.reduce<FormattedColumns>((acc, col, i) => {
     const isBucket = buckets.find(({ accessor }) => accessor === i);
     const dimension = isBucket || metrics.find(({ accessor }) => accessor === i);
 
@@ -87,4 +87,11 @@ export const createFormattedColumns = (
 
     return acc;
   }, {});
+
+  return {
+    // filter out columns which are not dimensions
+    columns: table.columns.filter((col) => formattedColumns[col.id]),
+    rows: table.rows,
+    formattedColumns,
+  };
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/table_vis_response_handler.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/table_vis_response_handler.ts
index afdf7ae98ed40f..0a2b8d81808543 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/table_vis_response_handler.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_table/public/utils/table_vis_response_handler.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Datatable } from 'src/plugins/expressions';
 import { getFormatService } from '../services';
 import { TableVisData, TableGroup, TableVisConfig, TableContext } from '../types';
 import { addPercentageColumn } from './add_percentage_column';
-import { createFormattedColumns } from './create_formatted_columns';
+import { createFormattedTable } from './create_formatted_table';
 
 /**
  * Converts datatable input from response into appropriate format for consuming renderer
@@ -53,18 +53,14 @@ export function tableVisResponseHandler(input: Datatable, visConfig: TableVisCon
     });
 
     tables.forEach((tg) => {
-      tg.table.formattedColumns = createFormattedColumns(
-        { ...tg.table, columns: input.columns },
-        visConfig
-      );
-      tg.table = addPercentageColumn(tg.table, visConfig.percentageCol);
+      tg.table = createFormattedTable({ ...tg.table, columns: input.columns }, visConfig);
+
+      if (visConfig.percentageCol) {
+        tg.table = addPercentageColumn(tg.table, visConfig.percentageCol);
+      }
     });
   } else {
-    const formattedColumns = createFormattedColumns(input, visConfig);
-    table = {
-      ...input,
-      formattedColumns,
-    };
+    table = createFormattedTable(input, visConfig);
 
     if (visConfig.percentageCol) {
       table = addPercentageColumn(table, visConfig.percentageCol);