diff --git a/src/components/BrowserSnifferService.js b/src/components/BrowserSnifferService.js
index a87d28429a..0693aba762 100644
--- a/src/components/BrowserSnifferService.js
+++ b/src/components/BrowserSnifferService.js
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
           move: 'mousemove',
           end: 'mouseup',
           over: 'mouseover',
-          out: 'mouseout'
+          out: 'mouseout',
+          menu: 'contextmenu'
         },
         touch: {
           start: 'touchstart',
@@ -70,23 +71,19 @@
           move: 'MSPointerMove',
           end: 'MSPointerUp',
           over: 'MSPointerOver',
-          out: 'MSPointerOut'
+          out: 'MSPointerOut',
+          menu: 'contextmenu'
         },
         pointer: {
           start: 'pointerdown',
           move: 'pointermove',
           end: 'pointerup',
           over: 'pointerover',
-          out: 'pointerout'
+          out: 'pointerout',
+          menu: 'contextmenu'
         }
       };
 
-      if ($window.oncontextmenu) {
-        events.mouse.menu = 'contextmenu';
-        events.msPointer.menu = 'contextmenu';
-        events.pointer.menu = 'contextmenu';
-      }
-
       var eventsKeys = events.mouse;
       if (usePointerEvents) {
         eventsKeys = events.pointer;
diff --git a/src/components/contextpopup/ContextPopupDirective.js b/src/components/contextpopup/ContextPopupDirective.js
index d8a6d3a473..89abe6e760 100644
--- a/src/components/contextpopup/ContextPopupDirective.js
+++ b/src/components/contextpopup/ContextPopupDirective.js
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
               event.stopPropagation();
               event.preventDefault();
 
-              //On Max, left-click with ctrlKey also fires
+              //On Mac, left-click with ctrlKey also fires
               //the 'contextmenu' event. But this conflicts
-              //with selectByRectangl feature (in featuretree
+              //with selectByRectangle feature (in featuretree
               //directive). So we bail out here if
               //ctrlKey is pressed
               if (event.ctrlKey) {
@@ -155,10 +155,7 @@
             };
 
 
-            if (gaBrowserSniffer.events.menu) {
-              // On surface tablet a 'contextmenu' event is triggered
-              // on long press.
-              // Listen to contextmenu events from the viewport.
+            if (!gaBrowserSniffer.mobile && gaBrowserSniffer.events.menu) {
               $(map.getViewport()).on(gaBrowserSniffer.events.menu, handler);
               element.on(gaBrowserSniffer.events.menu, 'a', function(e) {
                 e.stopPropagation();