diff --git a/src/components/fx/hover.js b/src/components/fx/hover.js
index 3d326d007cc..d1a360c9660 100644
--- a/src/components/fx/hover.js
+++ b/src/components/fx/hover.js
@@ -1124,10 +1124,6 @@ function alignHoverText(hoverLabels, rotateLabels) {
             tx2x = txx + alignShift * (d.txwidth + HOVERTEXTPAD),
             offsetX = 0,
             offsetY = d.offset;
-        if(d.anchor === 'middle') {
-            txx -= d.tx2width / 2;
-            tx2x -= d.tx2width / 2;
-        }
         if(rotateLabels) {
             offsetY *= -YSHIFTY;
             offsetX = d.offset * YSHIFTX;
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/centered-tooltips.json b/test/image/mocks/centered-tooltips.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ccc8cb44c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/centered-tooltips.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "y": [
+                1,
+                2,
+                6,
+                3,
+                5,
+                6
+            ],
+            "x": [
+                0,
+                1,
+                2,
+                3,
+                4,
+                5
+            ],
+            "text": [
+                "short label",
+                "short label",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "y": [
+                6,
+                5,
+                1,
+                4,
+                1,
+                0
+            ],
+            "x": [
+                0,
+                1,
+                2,
+                3,
+                4,
+                5
+            ],
+            "text": [
+                "short label",
+                "short label",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco",
+                "Very long label named San Francisco"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "width": 400,
+        "height": 300
+    }
+}