diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
index cb28f5536..b5ab79431 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/bboxwidget.lua
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ function BBoxWidget:onSwipeAdjust(arg, ges)
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onHoldAdjust(arg, ges)
-    self:adjustScreenBBox(ges)
+    -- FIXME: this is a dirty hack to disable hold gesture in page cropping
+    -- since Kobo devices may append hold gestures to each swipe gesture rendering
+    -- relative replacement impossible. See koreader/koreader#987 at Github.
+    --self:adjustScreenBBox(ges)
     return true
 end