diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index 34f7429450..1da5c62338 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -1379,8 +1379,7 @@
            (f)
            (js/setTimeout f 5)))
 
-       (when-not (state/get-selection-start-block)
-         (when block-id (state/set-selection-start-block! block-id)))))))
+       (when block-id (state/set-selection-start-block! block-id))))))
 
 (defn- block-content-on-drag-over
   [event uuid]
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
index 3d7b171457..5e761a12ca 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
@@ -277,10 +277,6 @@
                       (state/hide-custom-context-menu!)
 
                       (editor-handler/clear-selection! e)))
-     (mixins/listen state js/window "mouseup"
-                    (fn [e]
-                      (when (state/get-selection-start-block)
-                        (state/set-selection-start-block! nil))))
 
      ;; TODO: move to keyboards
      (mixins/on-key-down