diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
index e5b93d1d76..ff01ddcf0e 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Commands/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ data GovernanceActionCreateConstitutionCmdArgs era
       , proposalUrl             :: !ProposalUrl
       , proposalHash            :: !(Ledger.SafeHash Crypto.StandardCrypto Ledger.AnchorData)
       , constitutionUrl         :: !ConstitutionUrl
-      , constitutionHashSource  :: !ConstitutionHashSource
+      , constitutionHash        :: !(Ledger.SafeHash Crypto.StandardCrypto Ledger.AnchorData)
       , outFile                 :: !(File () Out)
       } deriving Show
 
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Common.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Common.hs
index 55de5b44d0..19487f995f 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Common.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Common.hs
@@ -875,31 +875,14 @@ catCommands = \case
 pConstitutionUrl :: Parser ConstitutionUrl
 pConstitutionUrl =
   ConstitutionUrl
-    <$> pUrl "constitution-anchor-url" "Constitution anchor URL."
-
-pConstitutionHashSource :: Parser ConstitutionHashSource
-pConstitutionHashSource =
-  asum
-    [ ConstitutionHashSourceText
-        <$> Opt.strOption
-            ( mconcat
-                [ Opt.long "constitution-anchor-metadata"
-                , Opt.metavar "TEXT"
-                , Opt.help "Constitution anchor contents as UTF-8 encoded text."
-                ]
-            )
-    , ConstitutionHashSourceFile
-        <$> pFileInDirection "constitution-anchor-metadata-file" "Constitution anchor contents as a text file."
-    , ConstitutionHashSourceHash
-        <$> pConstitutionHash
-    ]
+    <$> pUrl "constitution-url" "Constitution URL."
 
 pConstitutionHash :: Parser (L.SafeHash Crypto.StandardCrypto L.AnchorData)
 pConstitutionHash =
   Opt.option readSafeHash $ mconcat
-    [ Opt.long "constitution-anchor-metadata-hash"
+    [ Opt.long "constitution-hash"
     , Opt.metavar "HASH"
-    , Opt.help "Hash of the constitution anchor data."
+    , Opt.help "Hash of the constitution data (obtain it with \"cardano-cli conway governance hash ...\")."
     ]
 
 pUrl :: String -> String -> Parser Ledger.Url
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
index e67f2a126d..b4a7453a73 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pGovernanceActionNewConstitutionCmd era = do
               <*> pAnchorUrl
               <*> pAnchorDataHash
               <*> pConstitutionUrl
-              <*> pConstitutionHashSource
+              <*> pConstitutionHash
               <*> pFileOutDirection "out-file" "Output filepath of the constitution."
         )
     $ Opt.progDesc "Create a constitution."
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
index 7ac56b078b..ea6895e9c6 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ runGovernanceActionCreateConstitutionCmd
       , Cmd.proposalUrl
       , Cmd.proposalHash
       , Cmd.constitutionUrl
-      , Cmd.constitutionHashSource
+      , Cmd.constitutionHash
       , Cmd.outFile
       } = do
 
@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ runGovernanceActionCreateConstitutionCmd
         , Ledger.anchorDataHash = proposalHash
         }
 
-  constitutionHash <-
-    constitutionHashSourceToHash constitutionHashSource
-      & firstExceptT GovernanceActionsCmdConstitutionError
-
   let prevGovActId = Ledger.maybeToStrictMaybe $ uncurry createPreviousGovernanceActionId <$> mPrevGovernanceActionId
       constitutionAnchor = Ledger.Anchor
         { Ledger.anchorUrl = unConstitutionUrl constitutionUrl