diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.test.ts
index 74c19faacd9..2bc591aa0d4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   TextBoxVariable,
   SceneVariableSet,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { DataQuery, DataSourceJsonData, VariableType } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { DataQuery, DataSourceJsonData, VariableHide, VariableType } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { SHARED_DASHBOARD_QUERY } from 'app/plugins/datasource/dashboard';
 import { DASHBOARD_DATASOURCE_PLUGIN_ID } from 'app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/types';
 
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ describe('getVariableScene', () => {
   it.each([
     ['custom', CustomVariable],
     ['query', QueryVariable],
-    ['constant', ConstantVariable],
     ['interval', IntervalVariable],
     ['datasource', DataSourceVariable],
     ['adhoc', AdHocFiltersVariable],
@@ -237,6 +236,15 @@ describe('getVariableScene', () => {
     const sceneVariable = getVariableScene(type as EditableVariableType, initialState);
     expect(sceneVariable).toBeInstanceOf(instanceType);
     expect(sceneVariable.state.name).toBe(initialState.name);
+    expect(sceneVariable.state.hide).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the scene variable instance for the constant editable variable type', () => {
+    const initialState = { name: 'MyVariable' };
+    const sceneVariable = getVariableScene('constant' as EditableVariableType, initialState);
+    expect(sceneVariable).toBeInstanceOf(ConstantVariable);
+    expect(sceneVariable.state.name).toBe(initialState.name);
+    expect(sceneVariable.state.hide).toBe(VariableHide.hideVariable);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.ts
index 221387b87d1..c7f5fb69588 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/settings/variables/utils.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   AdHocFiltersVariable,
   SceneVariableState,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { VariableType } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { VariableHide, VariableType } from '@grafana/schema';
 
 import { getIntervalsQueryFromNewIntervalModel } from '../../utils/utils';
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function getVariableScene(type: EditableVariableType, initialState: Commo
     case 'query':
       return new QueryVariable(initialState);
     case 'constant':
-      return new ConstantVariable(initialState);
+      return new ConstantVariable({ ...initialState, hide: VariableHide.hideVariable });
     case 'interval':
       return new IntervalVariable(initialState);
     case 'datasource':