diff --git a/packages/element/src/transformHandles.ts b/packages/element/src/transformHandles.ts
index 679937d4ae..b311e3af83 100644
--- a/packages/element/src/transformHandles.ts
+++ b/packages/element/src/transformHandles.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_TRANSFORM_HANDLE_SPACING,
   isAndroid,
   isIOS,
+  isMobileOrTablet,
 } from "@excalidraw/common";
 
 import { pointFrom, pointRotateRads } from "@excalidraw/math";
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ export const getTransformHandles = (
   );
 };
 
-export const shouldShowBoundingBox = (
+export const hasBoundingBox = (
   elements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[],
   appState: InteractiveCanvasAppState,
 ) => {
@@ -345,5 +346,7 @@ export const shouldShowBoundingBox = (
     return true;
   }
 
-  return element.points.length > 2;
+  // on mobile/tablet we currently don't show bbox because of resize issues
+  // (also prob best for simplicity's sake)
+  return element.points.length > 2 && !isMobileOrTablet();
 };
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index 178c0cd631..514582dc96 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ import {
   getContainerElement,
   isValidTextContainer,
   redrawTextBoundingBox,
-  shouldShowBoundingBox,
+  hasBoundingBox,
   getFrameChildren,
   isCursorInFrame,
   addElementsToFrame,
@@ -5678,7 +5678,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     if (
       considerBoundingBox &&
       this.state.selectedElementIds[element.id] &&
-      shouldShowBoundingBox([element], this.state)
+      hasBoundingBox([element], this.state)
     ) {
       // if hitting the bounding box, return early
       // but if not, we should check for other cases as well (e.g. frame name)
@@ -6597,7 +6597,13 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         (!this.state.selectedLinearElement ||
           this.state.selectedLinearElement.hoverPointIndex === -1) &&
         this.state.openDialog?.name !== "elementLinkSelector" &&
-        !(selectedElements.length === 1 && isElbowArrow(selectedElements[0]))
+        !(selectedElements.length === 1 && isElbowArrow(selectedElements[0])) &&
+        // HACK: Disable transform handles for linear elements on mobile until a
+        // better way of showing them is found
+        !(
+          isLinearElement(selectedElements[0]) &&
+          (isMobileOrTablet() || selectedElements[0].points.length === 2)
+        )
       ) {
         const elementWithTransformHandleType =
           getElementWithTransformHandleType(
@@ -7730,14 +7736,8 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
         !this.state.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing &&
         !isElbowArrow(selectedElements[0]) &&
         !(
-          isLineElement(selectedElements[0]) &&
-          LinearElementEditor.getPointIndexUnderCursor(
-            selectedElements[0],
-            elementsMap,
-            this.state.zoom,
-            pointerDownState.origin.x,
-            pointerDownState.origin.y,
-          ) !== -1
+          isLinearElement(selectedElements[0]) &&
+          (isMobileOrTablet() || selectedElements[0].points.length === 2)
         ) &&
         !(
           this.state.selectedLinearElement &&
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/renderer/interactiveScene.ts b/packages/excalidraw/renderer/interactiveScene.ts
index e8e016d519..da26e01718 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/renderer/interactiveScene.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/renderer/interactiveScene.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   getOmitSidesForDevice,
   getTransformHandles,
   getTransformHandlesFromCoords,
-  shouldShowBoundingBox,
+  hasBoundingBox,
 } from "@excalidraw/element";
 import {
   isElbowArrow,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ const _renderInteractiveScene = ({
     !appState.newElement &&
     !appState.selectedLinearElement?.isEditing
   ) {
-    const showBoundingBox = shouldShowBoundingBox(selectedElements, appState);
+    const showBoundingBox = hasBoundingBox(selectedElements, appState);
 
     const isSingleLinearElementSelected =
       selectedElements.length === 1 && isLinearElement(selectedElements[0]);