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
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/Test/Golden/Governance/Action.hs b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/Test/Golden/Governance/Action.hs
index 3b7059da0b..9bc61d6816 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/Test/Golden/Governance/Action.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/Test/Golden/Governance/Action.hs
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ hprop_golden_governance_action_create_constitution =
 
     proposalHash <- execCardanoCLI
       [ "conway", "governance", "hash"
-      , "--text", "whatever "]
+      , "--text", "whatever"]
+
+    constitutionHash <- execCardanoCLI
+      [ "conway", "governance", "hash"
+      , "--text", "something else"]
 
     void $ execCardanoCLI
       [ "conway", "governance", "action", "create-constitution"
@@ -39,8 +43,8 @@ hprop_golden_governance_action_create_constitution =
       , "--governance-action-deposit", "10"
       , "--stake-verification-key-file", stakeAddressVKeyFile
       , "--out-file", actionFile
-      , "--constitution-anchor-url", "constitution-dummy-url"
-      , "--constitution-anchor-metadata", "This is a test constitution."
+      , "--constitution-url", "constitution-dummy-url"
+      , "--constitution-hash", constitutionHash
       ]
 
     goldenActionFile <-  H.note "test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/create-constitution-for-stake-address.action.golden"
@@ -67,6 +71,11 @@ hprop_golden_conway_governance_action_view_constitution_json =
 
     proposalHash <- H.readFile hashFile
 
+    constitutionHash <- execCardanoCLI
+      [ "conway", "governance", "hash"
+      , "--text", "nonAsciiInput: 你好 and some more: こんにちは"
+      ]
+
     void $ execCardanoCLI
       [ "conway", "governance", "action", "create-constitution"
       , "--mainnet"
@@ -75,8 +84,8 @@ hprop_golden_conway_governance_action_view_constitution_json =
       , "--governance-action-deposit", "10"
       , "--stake-verification-key-file", stakeAddressVKeyFile
       , "--out-file", actionFile
-      , "--constitution-anchor-url", "constitution-dummy-url"
-      , "--constitution-anchor-metadata", "This is a test constitution."
+      , "--constitution-url", "http://my-great-constitution.rocks"
+      , "--constitution-hash", constitutionHash
       ]
 
     goldenActionViewFile <- H.note "test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/view/create-constitution.action.view"
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/view/create-constitution.action.view b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/view/create-constitution.action.view
index 0a21699f6f..2dcdf99ead 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/view/create-constitution.action.view
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/governance/action/view/create-constitution.action.view
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
             null,
             {
                 "anchor": {
-                    "dataHash": "42cb2e410023679943d26c23ce2b5046eb7dfc5883c69fb91cc8a3c9c9a99a99",
-                    "url": "constitution-dummy-url"
+                    "dataHash": "913844423a72d4ff4cffe1ca2bed8e7f354dba7563df9e630e5b6a86fa72659a",
+                    "url": "http://my-great-constitution.rocks"
                 }
             }
         ],
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
index 06ad51b7b7..d46937f2f3 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help.cli
@@ -5923,11 +5923,8 @@ Usage: cardano-cli conway governance action create-constitution
                                                                     --governance-action-index WORD32]
                                                                   --anchor-url TEXT
                                                                   --anchor-data-hash HASH
-                                                                  --constitution-anchor-url TEXT
-                                                                  ( --constitution-anchor-metadata TEXT
-                                                                  | --constitution-anchor-metadata-file FILE
-                                                                  | --constitution-anchor-metadata-hash HASH
-                                                                  )
+                                                                  --constitution-url TEXT
+                                                                  --constitution-hash HASH
                                                                   --out-file FILE
 
   Create a constitution.
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-constitution.cli b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-constitution.cli
index bc5ea30913..b2547834a2 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-constitution.cli
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-golden/files/golden/help/conway_governance_action_create-constitution.cli
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@ Usage: cardano-cli conway governance action create-constitution
                                                                     --governance-action-index WORD32]
                                                                   --anchor-url TEXT
                                                                   --anchor-data-hash HASH
-                                                                  --constitution-anchor-url TEXT
-                                                                  ( --constitution-anchor-metadata TEXT
-                                                                  | --constitution-anchor-metadata-file FILE
-                                                                  | --constitution-anchor-metadata-hash HASH
-                                                                  )
+                                                                  --constitution-url TEXT
+                                                                  --constitution-hash HASH
                                                                   --out-file FILE
 
   Create a constitution.
@@ -37,13 +34,8 @@ Available options:
   --anchor-url TEXT        Anchor URL
   --anchor-data-hash HASH  Proposal anchor data hash (obtain it with
                            "cardano-cli conway governance hash ...")
-  --constitution-anchor-url TEXT
-                           Constitution anchor URL.
-  --constitution-anchor-metadata TEXT
-                           Constitution anchor contents as UTF-8 encoded text.
-  --constitution-anchor-metadata-file FILE
-                           Constitution anchor contents as a text file.
-  --constitution-anchor-metadata-hash HASH
-                           Hash of the constitution anchor data.
+  --constitution-url TEXT  Constitution URL.
+  --constitution-hash HASH Hash of the constitution data (obtain it with
+                           "cardano-cli conway governance hash ...").
   --out-file FILE          Output filepath of the constitution.
   -h,--help                Show this help text