diff --git a/src/modes/direct_select.js b/src/modes/direct_select.js
index 83f41c958..7ba82e9d5 100644
--- a/src/modes/direct_select.js
+++ b/src/modes/direct_select.js
@@ -183,15 +183,10 @@ DirectSelect.onMouseMove = function(state, e) {
   // On mousemove that is not a drag, stop vertex movement.
   const isFeature = isActiveFeature(e);
   const onVertex = isVertex(e);
-  const isMidPoint = isMidpoint(e);
   const noCoords = state.selectedCoordPaths.length === 0;
   if (isFeature && noCoords) this.updateUIClasses({ mouse: Constants.cursors.MOVE });
   else if (onVertex && !noCoords) this.updateUIClasses({ mouse: Constants.cursors.MOVE });
   else this.updateUIClasses({ mouse: Constants.cursors.NONE });
-
-  const isDraggableItem = onVertex || isFeature || isMidPoint;
-  if (isDraggableItem && state.dragMoving) this.fireUpdate();
-
   this.stopDragging(state);
 
   // Skip render
diff --git a/src/modes/simple_select.js b/src/modes/simple_select.js
index 4802d18b1..b8550db53 100644
--- a/src/modes/simple_select.js
+++ b/src/modes/simple_select.js
@@ -97,10 +97,7 @@ SimpleSelect.onStop = function() {
   doubleClickZoom.enable(this);
 };
 
-SimpleSelect.onMouseMove = function(state, e) {
-  const isFeature = CommonSelectors.isFeature(e);
-  if (isFeature && state.dragMoving) this.fireUpdate();
-
+SimpleSelect.onMouseMove = function(state) {
   // On mousemove that is not a drag, stop extended interactions.
   // This is useful if you drag off the canvas, release the button,
   // then move the mouse back over the canvas --- we don't allow the