diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
index 32211212d0..822442fcea 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/FilterEditor/FilterDrawer.svelte
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
     Body,
     Button,
     Combobox,
-    Multiselect,
     DatePicker,
     DrawerContent,
     Icon,
     Input,
-    Layout,
-    Select,
     Label,
+    Layout,
+    Multiselect,
+    Select,
   } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import DrawerBindableInput from "components/common/bindings/DrawerBindableInput.svelte"
   import ClientBindingPanel from "components/common/bindings/ClientBindingPanel.svelte"
   import { generate } from "shortid"
-  import { LuceneUtils, Constants } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
+  import { Constants, LuceneUtils } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
   import { getFields } from "helpers/searchFields"
   import { FieldType } from "@budibase/types"
   import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     return enrichedSchemaFields.find(field => field.name === filter.field)
   }
 
-  const santizeTypes = filter => {
+  const sanitizeTypes = filter => {
     // Update type based on field
     const fieldSchema = enrichedSchemaFields.find(x => x.name === filter.field)
     filter.type = fieldSchema?.type
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     filter.externalType = getSchema(filter)?.externalType
   }
 
-  const santizeOperator = filter => {
+  const sanitizeOperator = filter => {
     // Ensure a valid operator is selected
     const operators = getValidOperatorsForType(filter).map(x => x.value)
     if (!operators.includes(filter.operator)) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     filter.noValue = noValueOptions.includes(filter.operator)
   }
 
-  const santizeValue = (filter, previousType) => {
+  const sanitizeValue = (filter, previousType) => {
     // Check if the operator allows a value at all
     if (filter.noValue) {
       filter.value = null
@@ -171,18 +171,18 @@
 
   const onFieldChange = filter => {
     const previousType = filter.type
-    santizeTypes(filter)
-    santizeOperator(filter)
-    santizeValue(filter, previousType)
+    sanitizeTypes(filter)
+    sanitizeOperator(filter)
+    sanitizeValue(filter, previousType)
   }
 
   const onOperatorChange = filter => {
-    santizeOperator(filter)
-    santizeValue(filter)
+    sanitizeOperator(filter)
+    sanitizeValue(filter, filter.type)
   }
 
   const onValueTypeChange = filter => {
-    santizeValue(filter)
+    sanitizeValue(filter)
   }
 
   const getFieldOptions = field => {
@@ -195,25 +195,11 @@
       return []
     }
 
-    let type = filter.type
-    if (type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE) {
-      const fieldSchema = getSchema(filter)
-      if (fieldSchema) {
-        type = {
-          type: fieldSchema.type,
-          multiple:
-            fieldSchema.relationshipType === RelationshipType.MANY_TO_MANY,
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    const operators = LuceneUtils.getValidOperatorsForType(
-      type,
+    return LuceneUtils.getValidOperatorsForType(
+      filter.type,
       filter.field,
       datasource
     )
-
-    return operators
   }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 9f883d8f25..6ab8ce623e 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -12,22 +12,12 @@ import { deepGet } from "./helpers"
 
 const HBS_REGEX = /{{([^{].*?)}}/g
 
-type RequestedFieldType =
-  | Exclude<FieldType, FieldType.BB_REFERENCE>
-  | { type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE; multiple: boolean }
-
-export function isFieldType(
-  r: RequestedFieldType
-): r is Exclude<FieldType, FieldType.BB_REFERENCE> {
-  return typeof r === "string" && Object.values(FieldType).includes(r)
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the valid operator options for a certain data type
  * @param type the data type
  */
 export const getValidOperatorsForType = (
-  type: RequestedFieldType,
+  type: FieldType,
   field: string,
   datasource: Datasource & { tableId: any } // TODO: is this table id ever populated?
 ) => {
@@ -70,13 +60,8 @@ export const getValidOperatorsForType = (
     ops = numOps
   } else if (type === FieldType.FORMULA) {
     ops = stringOps.concat([Op.MoreThan, Op.LessThan])
-  } else if (!isFieldType(type) && type.type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE) {
-    if (type.multiple) {
-      // Temporally disabled
-      ops = []
-    } else {
-      ops = [Op.Equals, Op.NotEquals, Op.Empty, Op.NotEmpty, Op.In]
-    }
+  } else if (type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE) {
+    ops = [Op.Equals, Op.NotEquals, Op.Empty, Op.NotEmpty, Op.In]
   }
 
   // Only allow equal/not equal for _id in SQL tables