diff --git a/packages/table/src/components/TableElement/useTableElement.ts b/packages/table/src/components/TableElement/useTableElement.ts
index 80e239a325..e50c21d29a 100644
--- a/packages/table/src/components/TableElement/useTableElement.ts
+++ b/packages/table/src/components/TableElement/useTableElement.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ export const useTableElementState = ({
 } = {}): TableElementState => {
   const editor = useEditorRef();
 
-  const { minColumnWidth, disableMarginLeft } = getPluginOptions<TablePlugin>(
-    editor,
-    ELEMENT_TABLE
-  );
+  const { minColumnWidth, disableMarginLeft, disableCellsMerging } =
+    getPluginOptions<TablePlugin>(editor, ELEMENT_TABLE);
 
   const element = useElement<TTableElement>();
   const selectedCells = useTableStore().get.selectedCells();
@@ -46,8 +44,10 @@ export const useTableElementState = ({
   let colSizes = useTableColSizes(element);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    computeAllCellIndices(editor, element);
-  }, [editor, element]);
+    if (!disableCellsMerging) {
+      computeAllCellIndices(editor, element);
+    }
+  }, [editor, element, disableCellsMerging]);
 
   if (transformColSizes) {
     colSizes = transformColSizes(colSizes);
diff --git a/packages/table/src/withMergedCells.ts b/packages/table/src/withMergedCells.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a92294e3d..0000000000
--- a/packages/table/src/withMergedCells.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  getBlockAbove,
-  getPluginType,
-  PlateEditor,
-  TElement,
-  Value,
-} from '@udecode/plate-common';
-import { BaseSelection } from 'slate';
-
-import {
-  ELEMENT_TABLE,
-  ELEMENT_TD,
-  ELEMENT_TH,
-  ELEMENT_TR,
-} from './createTablePlugin';
-import { computeAllCellIndices } from './merge/computeCellIndices';
-import { TTableElement } from './types';
-
-export const withMergedCells = <
-  V extends Value = Value,
-  E extends PlateEditor<V> = PlateEditor<V>,
->(
-  editor: E
-) => {
-  const { apply } = editor;
-
-  editor.apply = (op) => {
-    const needsSync =
-      op.type === 'insert_node' ||
-      op.type === 'merge_node' ||
-      op.type === 'move_node' ||
-      op.type === 'remove_node' ||
-      op.type === 'set_node';
-
-    const updateTable = (selection: BaseSelection) => {
-      const tableEntry = getBlockAbove(editor, {
-        at: selection?.anchor,
-        match: { type: getPluginType(editor, ELEMENT_TABLE) },
-      });
-      if (tableEntry) {
-        const realTable = tableEntry[0] as TTableElement;
-        // computeAllCellIndices(editor, realTable);
-      }
-    };
-
-    if (needsSync) {
-      updateTable(editor.selection);
-    }
-
-    apply(op);
-  };
-
-  return editor;
-};
diff --git a/packages/table/src/withTable.ts b/packages/table/src/withTable.ts
index 59d34a0c5e..ecf76ef4ab 100644
--- a/packages/table/src/withTable.ts
+++ b/packages/table/src/withTable.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ export const withTable = <
   editor: E,
   plugin: WithPlatePlugin<TablePlugin<V>, V, E>
 ) => {
-  editor = plugin.options.disableCellsMerging
-    ? editor
-    : withMergedCells<V, E>(editor);
   editor = withNormalizeTable<V, E>(editor);
   editor = withDeleteTable<V, E>(editor);
   editor = withGetFragmentTable<V, E>(editor);