diff --git a/lib/ace/ext/language_tools.js b/lib/ace/ext/language_tools.js
index fa913e5b..9bb5da6a 100644
--- a/lib/ace/ext/language_tools.js
+++ b/lib/ace/ext/language_tools.js
@@ -124,14 +124,10 @@ var onChangeAutocomplete = function(e) {
 
     var text = e.args || "";
 
-    // Detect paste (poor man's paste detection)
-    var typing = !(
-        (
-            e.command.name === "insertstring" &&
-            text.length > 1
-        ) ||
-        e.command.name !== "insertstring"
-    );
+    // Is the user entering text
+    // we only want to automatically show the autocomplete dialog
+    // whenever the user is typing in text not pasting, deleting, ...
+    var typing = (e.command.name === "insertstring" && text.length === 1);
 
     // We don't want to autocomplete with no prefix
     if(