This can also be fixed by converting books to KEPUB with Calibre, it'll also (for some reason) make page turns faster.
I find it easier to do this using kepubify in a script
I believe Calibre (very) recently added a feature to make conversion to kepub automatic when transferring to a Kobo, so things may have changed on the ease of use front.
Yes, that's true, but I'd rather keep them as ePub so it will work well with other readers.