diff --git a/docs/reference/plugins/plugins.md b/docs/reference/plugins/plugins.md
index 0b720607d..d6958cd4f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/plugins/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/reference/plugins/plugins.md
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ If no other plugin handles this event, it will be handled by the [Core plugin](.
 
 This handler is called whenever the native selection changes.
 
-The `data` object contains a State [`Selection`](../models/selection.md) object representing the new selection, and an `isNative` boolean connoting whether the editor needs to be re-rendered for the selection to be updated or correctly placed or not.
+The `data` object contains a State [`Selection`](../models/selection.md) object representing the new selection.
 
 If no other plugin handles this event, it will be handled by the [Core plugin](./core.md).
 
diff --git a/lib/components/content.js b/lib/components/content.js
index 4204c0b3b..eb8f41ece 100644
--- a/lib/components/content.js
+++ b/lib/components/content.js
@@ -599,9 +599,10 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
       const anchor = this.getPoint(anchorNode, anchorOffset)
       const focus = this.getPoint(focusNode, focusOffset)
 
-      // COMPAT: In Firefox, and potentially other browsers, sometimes a select
-      // event will fire that resolves to the same location as the current
-      // selection, so we can ignore it.
+      // There are valid situations where a select event will fire when we're
+      // already at that position (for example when entering a character), since
+      // our `insertText` transform already updates the selection. In those
+      // cases we can safely ignore the event.
       if (
         anchor.key == selection.anchorKey &&
         anchor.offset == selection.anchorOffset &&
@@ -611,23 +612,18 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
         return
       }
 
-      // If the native selection is inside text nodes, we can trust the native
-      // state and not need to re-render.
-      data.isNative = (
-        anchorNode.nodeType == 3 &&
-        focusNode.nodeType == 3
-      )
-
-      selection = selection.merge({
+      const properties = {
         anchorKey: anchor.key,
         anchorOffset: anchor.offset,
         focusKey: focus.key,
         focusOffset: focus.offset,
         isFocused: true,
         isBackward: null
-      })
+      }
 
-      data.selection = selection.normalize(document)
+      data.selection = selection
+        .merge(properties)
+        .normalize(document)
     }
 
     this.props.onSelect(e, data)
diff --git a/lib/plugins/core.js b/lib/plugins/core.js
index 024e9027c..fd1278e5a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/core.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/core.js
@@ -538,12 +538,12 @@ function Plugin(options = {}) {
    */
 
   function onSelect(e, data, state) {
-    const { selection, isNative } = data
+    const { selection } = data
     return state
       .transform()
       .moveTo(selection)
       .focus()
-      .apply({ isNative })
+      .apply()
   }
 
   /**