diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
index 6c96f5871a..5fdd4e7cdc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
@@ -5879,8 +5879,11 @@ Restart:
 
     }
 
-    this->drawConstraintIcons();
-    this->updateColor();
+    // Avoids unneeded calls to pixmapFromSvg
+    if(Mode==STATUS_NONE) {
+       this->drawConstraintIcons();
+       this->updateColor();
+    }
 
     // delete the cloned objects
     if (temp) {