diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
index c3549846e2..1b87ca8d4e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct DrawingParameters
     const float zMidLines = 0.006f;    // Height used for in-the-middle rendered lines
     const float zHighLines = 0.007f;   // Height used for on top rendered lines
     const float zHighLine = 0.008f;    // Height for highlighted lines (selected/preselected)
-    const float zConstr = 0.009f;      // Height for rendering constraints
+    const float zConstr = 0.004f;      // Height for rendering constraints
     const float zRootPoint = 0.010f;   // Height used for rendering the root point
     const float zLowPoints = 0.011f;   // Height used for bottom rendered points
     const float zMidPoints = 0.012f;   // Height used for mid rendered points
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
index 92d71ab502..8e25ea1bc8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeConstraintCoinManager.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ void EditModeConstraintCoinManager::processConstraints(const GeoListFacade& geol
 
     auto zConstrH = ViewProviderSketchCoinAttorney::getViewOrientationFactor(viewProvider)
         * drawingParameters.zConstr;
-
     // After an undo/redo it can happen that we have an empty geometry list but a non-empty
     // constraint list In this case just ignore the constraints. (See bug #0000421)
     if (geolistfacade.geomlist.size() <= 2 && !constrlist.empty()) {
@@ -1976,12 +1975,8 @@ void EditModeConstraintCoinManager::rebuildConstraintNodes(
                 text->size.setValue(drawingParameters.labelFontSize);
                 text->lineWidth = 2 * drawingParameters.pixelScalingFactor;
                 text->useAntialiasing = false;
-                SoAnnotation* anno = new SoAnnotation();
-                anno->renderCaching = SoSeparator::OFF;
-                anno->addChild(text);
-                // #define CONSTRAINT_SEPARATOR_INDEX_MATERIAL_OR_DATUMLABEL 0
                 sep->addChild(text);
-                editModeScenegraphNodes.constrGroup->addChild(anno);
+                editModeScenegraphNodes.constrGroup->addChild(sep);
                 vConstrType.push_back((*it)->Type);
                 // nodes not needed
                 sep->unref();