diff --git a/css/map.css b/css/map.css
index f1998277c..63950671f 100644
--- a/css/map.css
+++ b/css/map.css
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ g.vertex.selected .shadow {
 
 /* midpoints */
 
+.mode-draw-area g.midpoint,
+.mode-draw-line g.midpoint,
+.mode-add-area g.midpoint,
+.mode-add-line g.midpoint,
+.mode-add-point g.midpoint {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 g.midpoint .fill {
     fill:#aaa;
 }
diff --git a/js/id/behavior/draw_way.js b/js/id/behavior/draw_way.js
index 64ec15e51..fa2c24c87 100644
--- a/js/id/behavior/draw_way.js
+++ b/js/id/behavior/draw_way.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ iD.behavior.DrawWay = function(context, wayId, index, mode, baseGraph) {
     function move(datum) {
         var loc = context.map().mouseCoordinates();
 
-        if (datum.type === 'node' || datum.type === 'midpoint') {
+        if (datum.type === 'node') {
             loc = datum.loc;
         } else if (datum.type === 'way') {
             loc = iD.geo.chooseIndex(datum, d3.mouse(context.surface().node()), context).loc;