diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx
index fe3f8c5d7..7e5ed919c 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/actions/actionDeleteSelected.tsx
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ export const actionDeleteSelected = register({
         activeTool: updateActiveTool(appState, { type: "selection" }),
         multiElement: null,
         activeEmbeddable: null,
+        selectedLinearElement: null,
       },
       captureUpdate: isSomeElementSelected(
         getNonDeletedElements(elements),