diff --git a/src/traces/sankey/render.js b/src/traces/sankey/render.js
index 848613c2272..53334540c36 100644
--- a/src/traces/sankey/render.js
+++ b/src/traces/sankey/render.js
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ function nodeModel(uniqueKeys, d, n) {
     var tc = tinycolor(n.color),
         zoneThicknessPad = c.nodePadAcross,
         zoneLengthPad = d.nodePad / 2,
-        visibleThickness = n.dx + 0.5,
-        visibleLength = Math.max(1, n.dy - 0.5);
+        visibleThickness = n.dx,
+        visibleLength = Math.max(0.5, n.dy);
 
     var basicKey = n.label;
     var foundKey = uniqueKeys[basicKey];
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function nodeModel(uniqueKeys, d, n) {
         textFont: d.textFont,
         size: d.horizontal ? d.height : d.width,
         visibleWidth: Math.ceil(visibleThickness),
-        visibleHeight: Math.ceil(visibleLength),
+        visibleHeight: visibleLength,
         zoneX: -zoneThicknessPad,
         zoneY: -zoneLengthPad,
         zoneWidth: visibleThickness + 2 * zoneThicknessPad,
@@ -227,14 +227,10 @@ function nodeModel(uniqueKeys, d, n) {
 
 // rendering snippets
 
-function crispLinesOnEnd(sankeyNode) {
-    d3.select(sankeyNode.node().parentNode).style('shape-rendering', 'crispEdges');
-}
-
 function updateNodePositions(sankeyNode) {
     sankeyNode
         .attr('transform', function(d) {
-            return 'translate(' + (d.node.x - 0.5) + ', ' + (d.node.y - d.node.dy / 2 + 0.5) + ')';
+            return 'translate(' + d.node.x.toFixed(3) + ', ' + (d.node.y - d.node.dy / 2).toFixed(3) + ')';
         });
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +243,6 @@ function linkPath(d) {
 }
 
 function updateNodeShapes(sankeyNode) {
-    d3.select(sankeyNode.node().parentNode).style('shape-rendering', 'optimizeSpeed');
     sankeyNode.call(updateNodePositions);
 }
 
@@ -360,7 +355,6 @@ function attachDragHandler(sankeyNode, sankeyLink, callbacks) {
             if(d.arrangement !== 'snap') {
                 d.sankey.relayout();
                 updateShapes(sankeyNode.filter(sameLayer(d)), sankeyLink);
-                sankeyNode.call(crispLinesOnEnd);
             }
         })
 
@@ -414,15 +408,11 @@ function snappingForce(sankeyNode, forceKey, nodes, d) {
         }
         if(!d.interactionState.dragInProgress && maxVelocity < 0.1 && d.forceLayouts[forceKey].alpha() > 0) {
             d.forceLayouts[forceKey].alpha(0);
-            window.setTimeout(function() {
-                sankeyNode.call(crispLinesOnEnd);
-            }, 30); // geome on move, crisp when static
         }
     };
 }
 
 // scene graph
-
 module.exports = function(svg, styledData, layout, callbacks) {
     var sankey = svg.selectAll('.sankey')
         .data(styledData
@@ -495,7 +485,6 @@ module.exports = function(svg, styledData, layout, callbacks) {
 
     sankeyNodeSet.enter()
         .append('g')
-        .style('shape-rendering', 'geometricPrecision')
         .classed('sankeyNodeSet', true);
 
     sankeyNodeSet
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy.png b/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy.png
index 3ca3c968929..0e059234f0b 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy.png and b/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy_dark.png b/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy_dark.png
index d03951eaf46..794016ca7b3 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy_dark.png and b/test/image/baselines/sankey_energy_dark.png differ
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
index a67a2615040..92f2197bbb9 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
                 .then(function() {
                     expect(d3.selectAll('.sankey .nodeRect')[0].reduce(function(prevMin, rect) {
                         return Math.min(prevMin, d3.select(rect).attr('height'));
-                    }, Infinity)).toEqual(1);
+                    }, Infinity)).toEqual(0.5);
                     done();
                 });
         });
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
     describe('Test hover/click interactions:', function() {
         afterEach(destroyGraphDiv);
 
-        it('should shows the correct hover labels', function(done) {
+        it('should show the correct hover labels', function(done) {
             var gd = createGraphDiv();
             var mockCopy = Lib.extendDeep({}, mock);
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
             }
 
             Plotly.plot(gd, mockCopy).then(function() {
-                _hover(400, 300);
+                _hover(404, 302);
 
                 assertLabel(
                     ['Solid', 'Incoming flow count: 4', 'Outgoing flow count: 3', '447TWh'],
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
                 return Plotly.relayout(gd, 'hoverlabel.font.family', 'Roboto');
             })
             .then(function() {
-                _hover(400, 300);
+                _hover(404, 302);
 
                 assertLabel(
                     ['Solid', 'Incoming flow count: 4', 'Outgoing flow count: 3', '447TWh'],
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
                 });
             })
             .then(function() {
-                _hover(400, 300);
+                _hover(404, 302);
 
                 assertLabel(
                     ['Solid', 'Incoming flow count: 4', 'Outgoing flow count: 3', '447TWh'],
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ describe('sankey tests', function() {
 
         function _makeWrapper(eventType, mouseFn) {
             var posByElementType = {
-                node: [400, 300],
+                node: [404, 302],
                 link: [450, 300]
             };