diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index ef6aedb24c..3f94fd4dad 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -7038,6 +7038,22 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
           this.finishImageCropping();
         }
 
+        this.hitLinkElement = this.getElementLinkAtPosition(
+          pointerDownState.origin,
+          pointerDownState.hit.element,
+        );
+
+        if (this.hitLinkElement) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        if (
+          this.state.croppingElementId &&
+          pointerDownState.hit.element?.id !== this.state.croppingElementId
+        ) {
+          this.finishImageCropping();
+        }
+
         if (pointerDownState.hit.element) {
           // Early return if pointer is hitting link icon
           const hitLinkElement = this.getElementLinkAtPosition(
diff --git a/scripts/buildPackage.js b/scripts/buildPackage.js
index 31107d0b48..0dd925ed57 100644
--- a/scripts/buildPackage.js
+++ b/scripts/buildPackage.js
@@ -158,5 +158,8 @@ const createESMRawBuild = async () => {
   await buildProd(rawConfigChunks);
 };
 
-createESMRawBuild();
-createESMBrowserBuild();
+// otherwise throws "ERROR: Could not resolve "./subset-worker.chunk"
+(async () => {
+  await createESMRawBuild();
+  await createESMBrowserBuild();
+})();