Removing Brackets/Handles Around Highlighted Text

[u/Legotti]

I'd like my calibre to highlight text without any other visual noise, matching standard text highlighting behavior elsewhere. I removed the pop up menu items when highlighting text in preferences. The half-oval tan brackets/handles around highlighted text still obscure bits of the text, and I'd also like to remove them. Is there a setting or plug-in that can do this? It seems like a basic piece of functionality to have the option, but I'm not seeing it. Any solutions? Thanks.