diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 59c85a11..d806e58e 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -3060,7 +3060,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           setCursor(this.canvas, CURSOR_TYPE.MOVE);
         }
       } else if (
-        shouldShowBoundingBox([element]) &&
+        shouldShowBoundingBox([element], this.state) &&
         isHittingElementBoundingBoxWithoutHittingElement(
           element,
           this.state,
diff --git a/src/element/collision.ts b/src/element/collision.ts
index 45d5d609..e47e5e55 100644
--- a/src/element/collision.ts
+++ b/src/element/collision.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const hitTest = (
 
   if (
     isElementSelected(appState, element) &&
-    shouldShowBoundingBox([element])
+    shouldShowBoundingBox([element], appState)
   ) {
     return isPointHittingElementBoundingBox(element, point, threshold);
   }
diff --git a/src/element/transformHandles.ts b/src/element/transformHandles.ts
index baf7f279..5821b0b4 100644
--- a/src/element/transformHandles.ts
+++ b/src/element/transformHandles.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 
 import { getElementAbsoluteCoords, Bounds } from "./bounds";
 import { rotate } from "../math";
-import { Zoom } from "../types";
+import { AppState, Zoom } from "../types";
 import { isTextElement } from ".";
 import { isLinearElement } from "./typeChecks";
 import { DEFAULT_SPACING } from "../renderer/renderScene";
@@ -267,7 +267,11 @@ export const getTransformHandles = (
 
 export const shouldShowBoundingBox = (
   elements: NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[],
+  appState: AppState,
 ) => {
+  if (appState.editingLinearElement) {
+    return false;
+  }
   if (elements.length > 1) {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
index 361883b9..6e302c44 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,10 @@ export const _renderScene = ({
       !appState.editingLinearElement
     ) {
       const locallySelectedElements = getSelectedElements(elements, appState);
-      const showBoundingBox = shouldShowBoundingBox(locallySelectedElements);
+      const showBoundingBox = shouldShowBoundingBox(
+        locallySelectedElements,
+        appState,
+      );
 
       const locallySelectedIds = locallySelectedElements.map(
         (element) => element.id,