diff --git a/src/context.hh b/src/context.hh
index 5ef3c42c..3fe28dc2 100644
--- a/src/context.hh
+++ b/src/context.hh
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public:
 
     bool is_editing() const { return m_edition_level!= 0; }
     void disable_undo_handling() { m_edition_level = -1; }
-    bool is_editing_selection() const { return m_selection_history.in_edition(); }
 
     NestedBool& hooks_disabled() { return m_hooks_disabled; }
     const NestedBool& hooks_disabled() const { return m_hooks_disabled; }
diff --git a/src/input_handler.cc b/src/input_handler.cc
index f90d2d22..664490d6 100644
--- a/src/input_handler.cc
+++ b/src/input_handler.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct MouseHandler
             switch (key.mouse_button())
             {
             case Key::MouseButton::Right: {
-                kak_assert(not context.is_editing_selection());
                 m_dragging.reset();
                 cursor = context.window().buffer_coord(key.coord());
                 ScopedSelectionEdition selection_edition{context};
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ struct MouseHandler
             }
 
             case Key::MouseButton::Left: {
-                kak_assert(not context.is_editing_selection());
                 m_dragging.reset(new ScopedSelectionEdition{context});
                 m_anchor = context.window().buffer_coord(key.coord());
                 if (not (key.modifiers & Key::Modifiers::Control))
diff --git a/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/cmd b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/in b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..190a1803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+123
diff --git a/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/out b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..547b8306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a1b2c3
diff --git a/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/script b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaf225ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/0-mouse-during-insert/script
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ui_out -ignore 4
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ "i" ] }'
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ "a" ] }'
+sleep .1
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "mouse_press", "params": [ "left", 0, 2 ] }'
+sleep .1
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ "b" ] }'
+sleep .1
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "mouse_release", "params": [ "left", 0, 4 ] }'
+sleep .1
+ui_in '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "keys", "params": [ "c<esc>" ] }'