diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFlip.ts b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFlip.ts
index 6b75b8facd..aba4ec2316 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFlip.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionFlip.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { register } from "./register";
 import { getSelectedElements } from "../scene";
-import { getNonDeletedElements } from "../element";
+import { getCommonBounds, getNonDeletedElements } from "../element";
 import type {
   ExcalidrawArrowElement,
   ExcalidrawElbowArrowElement,
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { resizeMultipleElements } from "../element/resizeElements";
 import type { AppClassProperties, AppState } from "../types";
 import { arrayToMap } from "../utils";
 import { CODES, KEYS } from "../keys";
-import { getCommonBoundingBox } from "../element/bounds";
 import {
   bindOrUnbindLinearElements,
   isBindingEnabled,
@@ -132,8 +131,9 @@ const flipElements = (
     });
   }
 
-  const { minX, minY, maxX, maxY, midX, midY } =
-    getCommonBoundingBox(selectedElements);
+  const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = getCommonBounds(selectedElements);
+  const midX = (minX + maxX) / 2;
+  const midY = (minY + maxY) / 2;
 
   resizeMultipleElements(
     elementsMap,
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@ const flipElements = (
     { elbowArrows: [], otherElements: [] },
   );
 
-  const { midX: newMidX, midY: newMidY } =
-    getCommonBoundingBox(selectedElements);
+  const [newMinX, newMinY, newMaxX, newMaxY] =
+    getCommonBounds(selectedElements);
+  const newMidX = (newMinX + newMaxX) / 2;
+  const newMidY = (newMinY + newMaxY) / 2;
+
   const [diffX, diffY] = [midX - newMidX, midY - newMidY];
   otherElements.forEach((element) =>
     mutateElement(element, {
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/align.ts b/packages/excalidraw/align.ts
index 5abebea21e..98dcc4d7b3 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/align.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/align.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { ElementsMap, ExcalidrawElement } from "./element/types";
 import { newElementWith } from "./element/mutateElement";
-import type { BoundingBox } from "./element/bounds";
-import { getCommonBoundingBox } from "./element/bounds";
+import { getCommonBounds, type Bounds } from "./element/bounds";
 import { getMaximumGroups } from "./groups";
 
 export interface Alignment {
@@ -18,14 +17,10 @@ export const alignElements = (
     selectedElements,
     elementsMap,
   );
-  const selectionBoundingBox = getCommonBoundingBox(selectedElements);
+  const selectionBounds = getCommonBounds(selectedElements);
 
   return groups.flatMap((group) => {
-    const translation = calculateTranslation(
-      group,
-      selectionBoundingBox,
-      alignment,
-    );
+    const translation = calculateTranslation(group, selectionBounds, alignment);
     return group.map((element) =>
       newElementWith(element, {
         x: element.x + translation.x,
@@ -37,10 +32,30 @@ export const alignElements = (
 
 const calculateTranslation = (
   group: ExcalidrawElement[],
-  selectionBoundingBox: BoundingBox,
+  selectionBounds: Bounds,
   { axis, position }: Alignment,
 ): { x: number; y: number } => {
-  const groupBoundingBox = getCommonBoundingBox(group);
+  const selectionBoundingBox = {
+    minX: selectionBounds[0],
+    minY: selectionBounds[1],
+    maxX: selectionBounds[2],
+    maxY: selectionBounds[3],
+    midX: (selectionBounds[0] + selectionBounds[2]) / 2,
+    midY: (selectionBounds[1] + selectionBounds[3]) / 2,
+    width: selectionBounds[2] - selectionBounds[0],
+    height: selectionBounds[3] - selectionBounds[1],
+  };
+  const groupBounds = getCommonBounds(group);
+  const groupBoundingBox = {
+    minX: groupBounds[0],
+    minY: groupBounds[1],
+    maxX: groupBounds[2],
+    maxY: groupBounds[3],
+    midX: (groupBounds[0] + groupBounds[2]) / 2,
+    midY: (groupBounds[1] + groupBounds[3]) / 2,
+    width: groupBounds[2] - groupBounds[0],
+    height: groupBounds[3] - groupBounds[1],
+  };
 
   const [min, max]: ["minX" | "minY", "maxX" | "maxY"] =
     axis === "x" ? ["minX", "maxX"] : ["minY", "maxY"];
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/library.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/library.ts
index fe5eb8a557..c14d933816 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/library.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/library.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import type App from "../components/App";
 import { atom } from "jotai";
 import { jotaiStore } from "../jotai";
 import type { ExcalidrawElement } from "../element/types";
-import { getCommonBoundingBox } from "../element/bounds";
 import { AbortError } from "../errors";
 import { t } from "../i18n";
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 import type { MaybePromise } from "../utility-types";
 import { Emitter } from "../emitter";
 import { Queue } from "../queue";
-import { hashElementsVersion, hashString } from "../element";
+import { getCommonBounds, hashElementsVersion, hashString } from "../element";
 
 type LibraryUpdate = {
   /** deleted library items since last onLibraryChange event */
@@ -387,7 +386,8 @@ export const distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid = (
     const maxHeight = libraryItems
       .slice(row * ITEMS_PER_ROW, row * ITEMS_PER_ROW + ITEMS_PER_ROW)
       .reduce((acc, item) => {
-        const { height } = getCommonBoundingBox(item.elements);
+        const bounds = getCommonBounds(item.elements);
+        const height = bounds[3] - bounds[1];
         return Math.max(acc, height);
       }, 0);
     return maxHeight;
@@ -402,7 +402,9 @@ export const distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid = (
         currCol = 0;
       }
       if (currCol === targetCol) {
-        const { width } = getCommonBoundingBox(item.elements);
+        const bounds = getCommonBounds(item.elements);
+        const width = bounds[2] - bounds[0];
+
         maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, width);
       }
       index++;
@@ -434,7 +436,10 @@ export const distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid = (
     }
     maxWidthCurrCol = getMaxWidthPerCol(col);
 
-    const { minX, minY, width, height } = getCommonBoundingBox(item.elements);
+    const bounds = getCommonBounds(item.elements);
+    const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = bounds;
+    const width = maxX - minX;
+    const height = maxY - minY;
     const offsetCenterX = (maxWidthCurrCol - width) / 2;
     const offsetCenterY = (maxHeightCurrRow - height) / 2;
     resElements.push(
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/distribute.ts b/packages/excalidraw/distribute.ts
index 368b2f24da..0118b52209 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/distribute.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/distribute.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { newElementWith } from "./element/mutateElement";
 import { getMaximumGroups } from "./groups";
-import { getCommonBoundingBox } from "./element/bounds";
 import type { ElementsMap, ExcalidrawElement } from "./element/types";
+import { getCommonBounds } from "./element/bounds";
 
 export interface Distribution {
   space: "between";
@@ -18,9 +18,35 @@ export const distributeElements = (
       ? (["minX", "midX", "maxX", "width"] as const)
       : (["minY", "midY", "maxY", "height"] as const);
 
-  const bounds = getCommonBoundingBox(selectedElements);
+  const bb = getCommonBounds(selectedElements);
+  const bounds = {
+    minX: bb[0],
+    minY: bb[1],
+    maxX: bb[2],
+    maxY: bb[3],
+    midX: (bb[0] + bb[2]) / 2,
+    midY: (bb[1] + bb[3]) / 2,
+    width: bb[2] - bb[0],
+    height: bb[3] - bb[1],
+  };
   const groups = getMaximumGroups(selectedElements, elementsMap)
-    .map((group) => [group, getCommonBoundingBox(group)] as const)
+    .map((group) => {
+      const bounds = getCommonBounds(group);
+
+      return [
+        group,
+        {
+          minX: bounds[0],
+          minY: bounds[1],
+          maxX: bounds[2],
+          maxY: bounds[3],
+          midX: (bounds[0] + bounds[2]) / 2,
+          midY: (bounds[1] + bounds[3]) / 2,
+          width: bounds[2] - bounds[0],
+          height: bounds[3] - bounds[1],
+        },
+      ] as const;
+    })
     .sort((a, b) => a[1][mid] - b[1][mid]);
 
   let span = 0;
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/bounds.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/bounds.ts
index 5593219328..b39f965f52 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/bounds.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/bounds.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type {
   ExcalidrawElement,
   ExcalidrawLinearElement,
   ExcalidrawFreeDrawElement,
-  NonDeleted,
   ExcalidrawTextElementWithContainer,
   ElementsMap,
 } from "./types";
@@ -643,33 +642,6 @@ export const getClosestElementBounds = (
   return getElementBounds(closestElement, elementsMap);
 };
 
-export interface BoundingBox {
-  minX: number;
-  minY: number;
-  maxX: number;
-  maxY: number;
-  midX: number;
-  midY: number;
-  width: number;
-  height: number;
-}
-
-export const getCommonBoundingBox = (
-  elements: ExcalidrawElement[] | readonly NonDeleted<ExcalidrawElement>[],
-): BoundingBox => {
-  const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = getCommonBounds(elements);
-  return {
-    minX,
-    minY,
-    maxX,
-    maxY,
-    width: maxX - minX,
-    height: maxY - minY,
-    midX: (minX + maxX) / 2,
-    midY: (minY + maxY) / 2,
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * returns scene coords of user's editor viewport (visible canvas area) bounds
  */
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/resizeElements.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/resizeElements.ts
index 0704740c85..0191fddab6 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/resizeElements.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/resizeElements.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   getElementAbsoluteCoords,
   getCommonBounds,
   getResizedElementAbsoluteCoords,
-  getCommonBoundingBox,
 } from "./bounds";
 import {
   isArrowElement,
@@ -808,9 +807,11 @@ export const resizeMultipleElements = (
     return [...acc, { ...text, ...xy }];
   }, [] as ExcalidrawTextElementWithContainer[]);
 
-  const { minX, minY, maxX, maxY, midX, midY } = getCommonBoundingBox(
+  const [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] = getCommonBounds(
     targetElements.map(({ orig }) => orig).concat(boundTextElements),
   );
+  const midX = (minX + maxX) / 2;
+  const midY = (minY + maxY) / 2;
   const width = maxX - minX;
   const height = maxY - minY;
 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/library.test.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/tests/library.test.tsx
index 51b139ce37..10ef75e185 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/library.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/library.test.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { vi } from "vitest";
 import { fireEvent, render, waitFor } from "./test-utils";
 import { act, queryByTestId } from "@testing-library/react";
 
-import { Excalidraw } from "../index";
+import { Excalidraw, getCommonBounds } from "../index";
 import { API } from "./helpers/api";
 import { MIME_TYPES } from "../constants";
 import type { LibraryItem, LibraryItems } from "../types";
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { UI } from "./helpers/ui";
 import { serializeLibraryAsJSON } from "../data/json";
 import { distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid } from "../data/library";
 import type { ExcalidrawGenericElement } from "../element/types";
-import { getCommonBoundingBox } from "../element/bounds";
 import { parseLibraryJSON } from "../data/blob";
 
 const { h } = window;
@@ -294,6 +293,7 @@ describe("distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid()", () => {
     expect(distributed.length).toEqual(
       libraryItems.map((x) => x.elements).flat().length,
     );
+    const el4_el5_bounds = getCommonBounds([el4, el5]);
     expect(distributed).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([
         expect.objectContaining({
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ describe("distributeLibraryItemsOnSquareGrid()", () => {
           x:
             el1.width +
             PADDING +
-            (getCommonBoundingBox([el4, el5]).width - el2.width) / 2,
+            (el4_el5_bounds[2] - el4_el5_bounds[0] - el2.width) / 2,
           y: Math.abs(el1.height - el2.height) / 2,
         }),
         expect.objectContaining({
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/visualdebug.ts b/packages/excalidraw/visualdebug.ts
index 2c5587c597..f6cb1d3c87 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/visualdebug.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/visualdebug.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { LineSegment } from "../math";
 import { isLineSegment, lineSegment, point, type GlobalPoint } from "../math";
-import type { BoundingBox, Bounds } from "./element/bounds";
+import type { Bounds } from "./element/bounds";
 import { isBounds } from "./element/typeChecks";
 
 // The global data holder to collect the debug operations
@@ -72,41 +72,6 @@ export const debugDrawPoint = (
   );
 };
 
-export const debugDrawBoundingBox = (
-  box: BoundingBox | BoundingBox[],
-  opts?: {
-    color?: string;
-    permanent?: boolean;
-  },
-) => {
-  (Array.isArray(box) ? box : [box]).forEach((bbox) =>
-    debugDrawLine(
-      [
-        lineSegment(
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.minX, bbox.minY),
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.maxX, bbox.minY),
-        ),
-        lineSegment(
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.maxX, bbox.minY),
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.maxX, bbox.maxY),
-        ),
-        lineSegment(
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.maxX, bbox.maxY),
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.minX, bbox.maxY),
-        ),
-        lineSegment(
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.minX, bbox.maxY),
-          point<GlobalPoint>(bbox.minX, bbox.minY),
-        ),
-      ],
-      {
-        color: opts?.color ?? "cyan",
-        permanent: opts?.permanent,
-      },
-    ),
-  );
-};
-
 export const debugDrawBounds = (
   box: Bounds | Bounds[],
   opts?: {
diff --git a/packages/utils/index.ts b/packages/utils/index.ts
index a51b3c9cc3..e2e1eee7f8 100644
--- a/packages/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 export * from "./export";
 export * from "./withinBounds";
-export { getCommonBounds } from "../excalidraw/element/bounds";