diff --git a/Source/InputMethodController.mm b/Source/InputMethodController.mm
index 2a26f017..1084192e 100644
--- a/Source/InputMethodController.mm
+++ b/Source/InputMethodController.mm
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ public:
         [self popOverflowComposingTextAndWalk:client];
 
         // get user override model suggestion
-        string overrideCandidate = _uom->suggest(_walkedNodes, _builder->cursorIndex(), [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]);
+        string overrideCandidate =
+            (_inputMode == kPlainBopomofoModeIdentifier) ? "" :
+                _uom->suggest(_walkedNodes, _builder->cursorIndex(), [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]);
         if (!overrideCandidate.empty()) {
             size_t cursorIndex = [self actualCandidateCursorIndex];
             vector<NodeAnchor> nodes = _builder->grid().nodesCrossingOrEndingAt(cursorIndex);
@@ -1349,7 +1351,9 @@ public:
     string selectedValue = [[_candidates objectAtIndex:index] UTF8String];
     size_t cursorIndex = [self actualCandidateCursorIndex];
 
-    _uom->observe(_walkedNodes, cursorIndex, selectedValue, [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]);
+    if (_inputMode != kPlainBopomofoModeIdentifier) {
+        _uom->observe(_walkedNodes, cursorIndex, selectedValue, [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970]);
+    }
 
     vector<NodeAnchor> nodes = _builder->grid().nodesCrossingOrEndingAt(cursorIndex);
     for (vector<NodeAnchor>::iterator ni = nodes.begin(), ne = nodes.end(); ni != ne; ++ni) {