diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index c702dc92d..759102259 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -2144,13 +2144,10 @@
       [:div.more (ui/icon "dots-circle-horizontal" {:style {:fontSize 16}})])]])
 
 (rum/defcs block-content-or-editor < rum/reactive
-  {:init (fn [state]
-           (let [[config block] (:rum/args state)
-                 inline-block-refs-hide? (not= (:id config) (str (:block/uuid block)))]
-             (assoc state ::hide-block-refs? (atom inline-block-refs-hide?))))}
+  (rum/local true ::hide-block-refs?)
   [state config {:block/keys [uuid format] :as block} edit-input-id block-id heading-level edit?]
   (let [*hide-block-refs? (get state ::hide-block-refs?)
-        hide-block-refs? (rum/react *hide-block-refs?)
+        hide-block-refs? @*hide-block-refs?
         editor-box (get config :editor-box)
         editor-id (str "editor-" edit-input-id)
         slide? (:slide? config)