diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
index 25fa21970c..c408e05419 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ void AnnotatedCameraWidget::drawHud(QPainter &p) {
 }
 
 void AnnotatedCameraWidget::drawText(QPainter &p, int x, int y, const QString &text, int alpha) {
-  QRect real_rect = getTextRect(p, 0, text);
+  QRect real_rect = p.fontMetrics().boundingRect(text);
   real_rect.moveCenter({x, y - real_rect.height() / 2});
 
   p.setPen(QColor(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, alpha));
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
index 212f195625..e033a6279e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@ void Sidebar::drawMetric(QPainter &p, const QPair<QString, QString> &label, QCol
 
   p.setPen(QColor(0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
   configFont(p, "Inter", 35, "SemiBold");
-
-  QRect label_rect = getTextRect(p, Qt::AlignCenter, label.first);
-  label_rect.setWidth(218);
-  label_rect.moveLeft(rect.left() + 22);
-  label_rect.moveTop(rect.top() + 19);
-  p.drawText(label_rect, Qt::AlignCenter, label.first);
-
-  label_rect.moveTop(rect.top() + 65);
-  p.drawText(label_rect, Qt::AlignCenter, label.second);
+  p.drawText(rect.adjusted(22, 0, 0, 0), Qt::AlignCenter, label.first + "\n" + label.second);
 }
 
 Sidebar::Sidebar(QWidget *parent) : QFrame(parent), onroad(false), flag_pressed(false), settings_pressed(false) {
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.cc
index c844cb2ba0..5adb683f6f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.cc
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ QPixmap loadPixmap(const QString &fileName, const QSize &size, Qt::AspectRatioMo
   }
 }
 
-QRect getTextRect(QPainter &p, int flags, const QString &text) {
-  QFontMetrics fm(p.font());
-  QRect init_rect = fm.boundingRect(text);
-  return fm.boundingRect(init_rect, flags, text);
-}
-
 void drawRoundedRect(QPainter &painter, const QRectF &rect, qreal xRadiusTop, qreal yRadiusTop, qreal xRadiusBottom, qreal yRadiusBottom){
   qreal w_2 = rect.width() / 2;
   qreal h_2 = rect.height() / 2;
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h
index b86bbcf899..1d6894f621 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ QWidget* topWidget (QWidget* widget);
 QPixmap loadPixmap(const QString &fileName, const QSize &size = {}, Qt::AspectRatioMode aspectRatioMode = Qt::KeepAspectRatio);
 QPixmap bootstrapPixmap(const QString &id);
 
-QRect getTextRect(QPainter &p, int flags, const QString &text);
 void drawRoundedRect(QPainter &painter, const QRectF &rect, qreal xRadiusTop, qreal yRadiusTop, qreal xRadiusBottom, qreal yRadiusBottom);
 QColor interpColor(float xv, std::vector<float> xp, std::vector<QColor> fp);