diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/schema/Schemas.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/schema/Schemas.java
index f02fc461d9..1c1909944e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/schema/Schemas.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/schema/Schemas.java
@@ -136,8 +136,12 @@ public List<AssertSchemaResult> assertConstraints(Map<String, List<Object>> cons
         Schema schema = tx.schema();
 
         for (ConstraintDefinition definition : schema.getConstraints()) {
+            ConstraintType constraintType = definition.getConstraintType();
             String label = definition.isConstraintType(ConstraintType.RELATIONSHIP_PROPERTY_EXISTENCE) ? definition.getRelationshipType().name() : definition.getLabel().name();
-            AssertSchemaResult info = new AssertSchemaResult(label, Iterables.asList(definition.getPropertyKeys())).unique();
+            AssertSchemaResult info = new AssertSchemaResult(label, Iterables.asList(definition.getPropertyKeys()));
+            if (Util.constraintIsUnique(constraintType)) {
+                info = info.unique();
+            }
             if (!checkIfConstraintExists(label, constraints, info)) {
                 if (dropExisting) {
                     definition.drop();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
index f945c90cff..685ef2bf60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.ResourceIterator;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Transaction;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.TransactionTerminatedException;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.schema.ConstraintType;
 import org.neo4j.internal.helpers.collection.Iterators;
 import org.neo4j.internal.helpers.collection.Pair;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.procs.ProcedureCallContext;
@@ -1230,4 +1231,10 @@ public static int indexOf(List<Object> list, Object value) {
                 (i) -> Util.valueEquals(i, value)
         );
     }
+
+    public static boolean constraintIsUnique(ConstraintType type) {
+        return type == ConstraintType.NODE_KEY ||
+                type == ConstraintType.UNIQUENESS;
+    }
+
 }