diff --git a/eeschema/class_libentry.cpp b/eeschema/class_libentry.cpp
index 22218fc239..4a6ef1e9e5 100644
--- a/eeschema/class_libentry.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/class_libentry.cpp
@@ -182,9 +182,15 @@ bool operator<( const LIB_ALIAS& aItem1, const LIB_ALIAS& aItem2 )
 
 void LIB_ALIAS::ViewGetLayers( int aLayers[], int& aCount ) const
 {
-    aCount      = 2;
+    // An alias's fields don't know how to fetch their parent's values so we don't let
+    // them draw themselves.  This means the alias always has to draw them, which means
+    // it has to "own" their layers as well.
+    aCount      = 5;
     aLayers[0]  = LAYER_DEVICE;
     aLayers[1]  = LAYER_DEVICE_BACKGROUND;
+    aLayers[2]  = LAYER_REFERENCEPART;
+    aLayers[3]  = LAYER_VALUEPART;
+    aLayers[4]  = LAYER_FIELDS;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/eeschema/sch_preview_panel.cpp b/eeschema/sch_preview_panel.cpp
index 14c8a6ca9d..7bda353644 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_preview_panel.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sch_preview_panel.cpp
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ void SCH_PREVIEW_PANEL::setDefaultLayerOrder()
 
 void SCH_PREVIEW_PANEL::setDefaultLayerDeps()
 {
-    // caching makes no sense for Cairo and other software renderers
-    auto target = m_backend == GAL_TYPE_OPENGL ? KIGFX::TARGET_CACHED : KIGFX::TARGET_NONCACHED;
+    // An alias's fields don't know how to substitute in their parent's values, so we
+    // don't let them draw themselves.  This means no caching.
+    auto target = KIGFX::TARGET_NONCACHED;
 
     for( int i = 0; i < KIGFX::VIEW::VIEW_MAX_LAYERS; i++ )
         m_view->SetLayerTarget( i, target );
diff --git a/eeschema/sch_view.cpp b/eeschema/sch_view.cpp
index ead07bdd86..2e9b8ec5fc 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_view.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sch_view.cpp
@@ -82,18 +82,8 @@ void SCH_VIEW::DisplayComponent( LIB_PART *aPart )
     if( !aPart )
         return;
 
-    int fgPriority = INT_MAX / 2;
-    int bgPriority = 0;
-
     for ( auto &item : aPart->GetDrawItems() )
-    {
-        // Apply a z-order heuristic (because we don't yet let the user edit it):
-        // push body-filled objects to the back.
-        if( item.GetFillMode() == FILLED_WITH_BG_BODYCOLOR )
-            Add( &item, bgPriority++ );
-        else
-            Add( &item, fgPriority++ );
-    }
+        Add( &item );
 
     m_selectionArea.reset( new KIGFX::PREVIEW::SELECTION_AREA( ) );
     m_preview.reset( new KIGFX::VIEW_GROUP () );