diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explore/components/FilterControl_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explore/components/FilterControl_spec.jsx
index 114e3e96b18a4..2b83fff457979 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explore/components/FilterControl_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/explore/components/FilterControl_spec.jsx
@@ -227,12 +227,7 @@ describe('FilterControl', () => {
     // Sets active to null after success
     $.ajax.getCall(0).args[0].success(['opt1', 'opt2', null, '']);
     expect(wrapper.state().filters[0].valuesLoading).to.equal(false);
-    expect(wrapper.state().filters[0].valueChoices).to.deep.equal([
-      { value: 'opt1', label: 'opt1' },
-      { value: 'opt2', label: 'opt2' },
-      { value: '<NULL>', label: '<NULL>' },
-      { value: '', label: '<empty string>' },
-    ]);
+    expect(wrapper.state().filters[0].valueChoices).to.deep.equal(['opt1', 'opt2', null, '']);
     expect(wrapper.state().activeRequest).to.equal(null);
   });
 
diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/utils/common_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/utils/common_spec.jsx
index 5aa4b4334f43b..861c38ae530c8 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/utils/common_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/utils/common_spec.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { it, describe } from 'mocha';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { isTruthy } from '../../../src/utils/common';
+import { isTruthy, optionFromValue } from '../../../src/utils/common';
 
 describe('utils/common', () => {
   describe('isTruthy', () => {
@@ -40,4 +40,14 @@ describe('utils/common', () => {
       expect(isTruthy('false')).to.equal(false);
     });
   });
+  describe('optionFromValue', () => {
+    it('converts values as expected', () => {
+      expect(optionFromValue(false)).to.deep.equal({ value: false, label: '<false>' });
+      expect(optionFromValue(true)).to.deep.equal({ value: true, label: '<true>' });
+      expect(optionFromValue(null)).to.deep.equal({ value: '<NULL>', label: '<NULL>' });
+      expect(optionFromValue('')).to.deep.equal({ value: '', label: '<empty string>' });
+      expect(optionFromValue('foo')).to.deep.equal({ value: 'foo', label: 'foo' });
+      expect(optionFromValue(5)).to.deep.equal({ value: 5, label: '5' });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/components/OnPasteSelect.jsx b/superset/assets/src/components/OnPasteSelect.jsx
index d715d2afa85af..40bbbd09328d7 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/components/OnPasteSelect.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/components/OnPasteSelect.jsx
@@ -2,31 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Select from 'react-select';
 
-
-function optionLabel(opt) {
-  if (opt === null) {
-    return '<NULL>';
-  } else if (opt === '') {
-    return '<empty string>';
-  } else if (opt === true) {
-    return '<true>';
-  } else if (opt === '') {
-    return '<false>';
-  }
-  return opt;
-}
-function optionValue(opt) {
-  if (opt === null) {
-    return '<NULL>';
-  }
-  return opt;
-}
-function optionFromValue(opt) {
-  // From a list of options, handles special values & labels
-  return { value: optionValue(opt), label: optionLabel(opt) };
-}
-
-
 export default class OnPasteSelect extends React.Component {
   onPaste(evt) {
     if (!this.props.multi) {
@@ -80,7 +55,6 @@ export default class OnPasteSelect extends React.Component {
       this.pasteInput = ref;
     };
     const inputProps = { onPaste: this.onPaste.bind(this) };
-    console.log(this.props);
     return (
       <SelectComponent
         {...this.props}
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/explore/components/controls/Filter.jsx b/superset/assets/src/explore/components/controls/Filter.jsx
index ec7891ca00054..539a4133aed88 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/explore/components/controls/Filter.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/explore/components/controls/Filter.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Select from 'react-select';
 import { Button, Row, Col } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import { t } from '../../../locales';
-import OnPasteSelect from '../../../components/OnPasteSelect';
 import SelectControl from './SelectControl';
 
 const operatorsArr = [
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js b/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
index 78942d9cc444c..093882aa903c0 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/utils/common.js
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ export function optionLabel(opt) {
     return '<true>';
   } else if (opt === false) {
     return '<false>';
+  } else if (typeof opt !== 'string' && opt.toString) {
+    return opt.toString();
   }
   return opt;
 }