diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/tabsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/tabsettings.cpp
index 733e06dc4d3..fbcce87e7a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/tabsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/tabsettings.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ void TabSettings::reindentLine(QTextBlock block, int delta) const
 
     QTextCursor cursor(block);
     cursor.beginEditBlock();
-    cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::StartOfBlock);
     cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCharacter, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor, firstNonSpace(text));
     cursor.removeSelectedText();
     cursor.insertText(indentString);