diff --git a/src/Edit.c b/src/Edit.c
index 836de28af..00419ad8c 100644
--- a/src/Edit.c
+++ b/src/Edit.c
@@ -2949,14 +2949,14 @@ static int utsort_ln(const void *a, const void *b) {
     return (_a < _b) ? -1 : ((_a > _b) ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
-void EditCutLines(HWND hwnd)
+void EditCutLines(HWND hwnd, const bool bMSBehavSelEmpty)
 {
     if (!Sci_IsMultiOrRectangleSelection())
     {
         bool const bInLastLine = Sci_InLastLine();
         bool const bClearCB = bInLastLine ? (Sci_GetNetLineLength(Sci_GetCurrentLineNumber()) == 0) : false;
         UndoTransActionBegin();
-        if (SciCall_IsSelectionEmpty()) {
+        if (SciCall_IsSelectionEmpty() && bMSBehavSelEmpty) {
             SciCall_CopyAllowLine(); // (!) VisualStudio behavior
             // On Windows, an extra "MSDEVLineSelect" marker is added to the clipboard
             // which is then used in SCI_PASTE to paste the whole line before the current line.
diff --git a/src/Edit.h b/src/Edit.h
index cb2aefe76..a307ae3f8 100644
--- a/src/Edit.h
+++ b/src/Edit.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void EditMoveUp(HWND hwnd);
 void EditMoveDown(HWND hwnd);
 bool EditSetCaretToSelectionStart();
 bool EditSetCaretToSelectionEnd();
-void EditCutLines(HWND hwnd);
+void EditCutLines(HWND hwnd, const bool bMSBehavSelEmpty);
 void EditCopyMultiSelection(HWND hwnd);
 void EditModifyLines(const PENCLOSESELDATA pEnclData);
 void EditIndentBlock(HWND hwnd,int cmd, bool bFormatIndentation, bool bForceAll);
diff --git a/src/Notepad3.c b/src/Notepad3.c
index 76574b657..d6dc2a49b 100644
--- a/src/Notepad3.c
+++ b/src/Notepad3.c
@@ -5143,7 +5143,7 @@ LRESULT MsgCommand(HWND hwnd, UINT umsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         }
         EditDeleteMarkerInSelection();
         if (SciCall_IsSelectionEmpty()) {
-            EditCutLines(Globals.hwndEdit);
+            EditCutLines(Globals.hwndEdit, true);
         } else {
             SciCall_Cut();
         }
@@ -5157,7 +5157,7 @@ LRESULT MsgCommand(HWND hwnd, UINT umsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         }
         //~ explicit(!): ignore (SciCall_IsSelectionEmpty()) && Settings2.NoCutLineOnEmptySelection) 
         EditDeleteMarkerInSelection();
-        EditCutLines(Globals.hwndEdit);
+        EditCutLines(Globals.hwndEdit, false);
     }
     break;