diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/topology/TaskEdge.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/topology/TaskEdge.tsx
index 1087a531ff..c648c47adb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/topology/TaskEdge.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/topology/TaskEdge.tsx
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@ const TaskEdge: React.FunctionComponent<TaskEdgeProps> = ({
         d={integralShapePath(startPoint, endPoint, startIndent, nodeSeparation, verticalLayout)}
         shapeRendering="geometricPrecision"
       />
-
-      {element.getTarget().getType() !== DEFAULT_SPACER_NODE_TYPE ? (
         <ConnectorArrow
           className={styles.topologyEdge}
           startPoint={endPoint.clone().translate(0, -1)}
           endPoint={endPoint}
         />
-      ) : null}
     </g>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/topology/customNodes/StandardTaskNode.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/topology/customNodes/StandardTaskNode.tsx
index 0051cf5f3a..633254c487 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/topology/customNodes/StandardTaskNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/topology/customNodes/StandardTaskNode.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ const StandardTaskNode: React.FunctionComponent<StandardTaskNodeProps> = ({
   ) : null;
 
   return (
-    <Layer id={detailsLevel !== ScaleDetailsLevel.high && hover ? TOP_LAYER : DEFAULT_LAYER}>
-      <g ref={hoverRef as React.LegacyRef<SVGGElement>}>
+    <g ref={hoverRef as React.LegacyRef<SVGGElement>}>
         <TaskNode
           element={element}
           onSelect={onSelect}
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ const StandardTaskNode: React.FunctionComponent<StandardTaskNodeProps> = ({
         >
           {whenDecorator}
         </TaskNode>
-      </g>
-    </Layer>
+    </g>
   );
 };