diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/text_layout.rs b/crates/gpui/src/text_layout.rs
index 0d0b8bebb50f145f8ae68978b4ad15088f1e3f37..7fb87b10df2ce3baf822fbe5a6fddb4955e5f134 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/text_layout.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/text_layout.rs
@@ -302,11 +302,7 @@ impl Line {
                 prev_x = glyph.position.x();
             }
         }
-        if self.width() - x < x - prev_x {
-            prev_index + 1
-        } else {
-            prev_index
-        }
+        prev_index
     }
 
     pub fn paint(
diff --git a/crates/vim/src/visual.rs b/crates/vim/src/visual.rs
index 05118e22f8caf5f58a084bbd3eae88550c3959fd..0e108251e2e75ac34f7543c4c028c602ab1f97a3 100644
--- a/crates/vim/src/visual.rs
+++ b/crates/vim/src/visual.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ pub fn visual_block_motion(
         };
         let mut goal = SelectionGoal::HorizontalRange { start, end };
 
-        let was_reversed = head_x > tail_x;
+        let was_reversed = tail_x > head_x;
         if !was_reversed && !preserve_goal {
             head = movement::saturating_left(map, head);
         }
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ pub fn visual_block_motion(
 
         let positions = if is_reversed {
             head_x..tail_x
-        } else if head_x == tail_x {
-            map.x_for_point(movement::saturating_left(map, tail), &text_layout_details)..head_x
         } else {
             tail_x..head_x
         };