diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/globalMouseMoveMonitor.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/globalMouseMoveMonitor.ts
index 328ecaee03d8c8162abcd1a8724233495668b608..6b3f30cb4a628dc247bea45e6439ae4ba2e397cd 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/globalMouseMoveMonitor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/globalMouseMoveMonitor.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ export class GlobalMouseMoveMonitor<R extends { buttons: number; }> implements I
 		this._onStopCallback = onStopCallback;
 
 		const windowChain = IframeUtils.getSameOriginWindowChain();
-		const mouseMove = platform.isIOS && BrowserFeatures.pointerEvents ? 'pointermove' : 'mousemove';
-		const mouseUp = platform.isIOS && BrowserFeatures.pointerEvents ? 'pointerup' : 'mouseup';
+		const mouseMove = 'mousemove';
+		const mouseUp = 'mouseup';
 
 		const listenTo: (Document | ShadowRoot)[] = windowChain.map(element => element.window.document);
 		const shadowRoot = dom.getShadowRoot(initialElement);
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/pointerHandler.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/pointerHandler.ts
index 83fd67d6fd830c2f041fc8660595a56549cd4c3c..b86fd84fd6703dc9bc4348b5ddaec331f47cb242 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/pointerHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/pointerHandler.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class PointerEventHandler extends MouseHandler {
 	}
 
 	public _onMouseDown(e: EditorMouseEvent): void {
-		if (e.target && this.viewHelper.linesContentDomNode.contains(e.target) && this._lastPointerType === 'touch') {
+		if ((e.browserEvent as any).pointerType === 'touch') {
 			return;
 		}