diff --git a/spec/line-chart-spec.js b/spec/line-chart-spec.js
index dfac481aa..c78b83696 100644
--- a/spec/line-chart-spec.js
+++ b/spec/line-chart-spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* global appendChartID, flushAllD3Transitions, loadDateFixture, makeDate */
+/* global appendChartID, loadDateFixture, makeDate */
 describe('dc.lineChart', function () {
     var id, chart, data;
     var dimension, group;
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ describe('dc.lineChart', function () {
                     describe('for vertical ref lines', function () {
                         var x;
                         beforeEach(function () {
-                            flushAllD3Transitions();
                             var dot = chart.select('circle.dot');
                             dot.on('mousemove').call(dot[0][0]);
                             x = dot.attr('cx');
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ describe('dc.lineChart', function () {
                         describe('for a left y-axis chart', function () {
                             var x;
                             beforeEach(function () {
-                                flushAllD3Transitions();
                                 var dot = chart.select('circle.dot');
                                 dot.on('mousemove').call(dot[0][0]);
                                 x = dot.attr('cx');
@@ -258,7 +256,6 @@ describe('dc.lineChart', function () {
                             var x;
                             beforeEach(function () {
                                 chart.useRightYAxis(true).render();
-                                flushAllD3Transitions();
                                 var dot = chart.select('circle.dot');
                                 dot.on('mousemove').call(dot[0][0]);
                                 x = dot.attr('cx');
diff --git a/src/line-chart.js b/src/line-chart.js
index 20aa399f8..3cd8e280c 100644
--- a/src/line-chart.js
+++ b/src/line-chart.js
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ dc.lineChart = function (parent, chartGroup) {
                         hideRefLines(g);
                     });
 
-                dots.call(renderTitle, d)
-                    .transition()
-                    .duration(_chart.transitionDuration())
+                dots.call(renderTitle, d);
+
+                dc.transition(dots, _chart.transitionDuration())
                     .attr('cx', function (d) {
                         return dc.utils.safeNumber(_chart.x()(d.x));
                     })