diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/cursor/oneCursor.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/cursor/oneCursor.ts
index aca60196ee143..a0dc0eafc43ad 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/cursor/oneCursor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/cursor/oneCursor.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { CursorConfiguration, CursorState, ICursorSimpleModel, SelectionStartKind, SingleCursorState } from 'vs/editor/common/cursorCommon';
+import { CursorState, ICursorSimpleModel, SelectionStartKind, SingleCursorState } from 'vs/editor/common/cursorCommon';
 import { CursorContext } from 'vs/editor/common/cursor/cursorContext';
 import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ export class Cursor {
 		return viewModel.normalizePosition(position, PositionAffinity.None);
 	}
 
-	private static _validateViewState(viewModel: ICursorSimpleModel, viewState: SingleCursorState, cursorConfig: CursorConfiguration): SingleCursorState {
+	private static _validateViewState(viewModel: ICursorSimpleModel, viewState: SingleCursorState): SingleCursorState {
 		const position = viewState.position;
 		const sStartPosition = viewState.selectionStart.getStartPosition();
 		const sEndPosition = viewState.selectionStart.getEndPosition();
 
-		const validPosition = viewModel.normalizePosition(position, cursorConfig.cursorStyleKind === 'onCharacter' ? PositionAffinity.Right : PositionAffinity.None);
+		const validPosition = viewModel.normalizePosition(position, PositionAffinity.None);
 		const validSStartPosition = this._validatePositionWithCache(viewModel, sStartPosition, position, validPosition);
 		const validSEndPosition = this._validatePositionWithCache(viewModel, sEndPosition, sStartPosition, validSStartPosition);
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class Cursor {
 
 	private _setState(context: CursorContext, modelState: SingleCursorState | null, viewState: SingleCursorState | null): void {
 		if (viewState) {
-			viewState = Cursor._validateViewState(context.viewModel, viewState, context.cursorConfig);
+			viewState = Cursor._validateViewState(context.viewModel, viewState);
 		}
 
 		if (!modelState) {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/cursorCommon.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/cursorCommon.ts
index bd8ed3ffc799c..c5411aa853987 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/cursorCommon.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/cursorCommon.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { ConfigurationChangedEvent, EditorAutoClosingEditStrategy, EditorAutoClosingStrategy, EditorAutoIndentStrategy, EditorAutoSurroundStrategy, EditorOption, TextEditorCursorStyle } from 'vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions';
+import { ConfigurationChangedEvent, EditorAutoClosingEditStrategy, EditorAutoClosingStrategy, EditorAutoIndentStrategy, EditorAutoSurroundStrategy, EditorOption } from 'vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions';
 import { LineTokens } from 'vs/editor/common/tokens/lineTokens';
 import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
@@ -80,20 +80,6 @@ export class CursorConfiguration {
 
 	private readonly _languageId: string;
 	private _electricChars: { [key: string]: boolean } | null;
-	public readonly cursorStyle: TextEditorCursorStyle;
-
-	public get cursorStyleKind(): 'beforeCharacter' | 'onCharacter' {
-		switch (this.cursorStyle) {
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.Line:
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.LineThin:
-				return 'beforeCharacter';
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.Block:
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.Underline:
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.BlockOutline:
-			case TextEditorCursorStyle.UnderlineThin:
-				return 'onCharacter';
-		}
-	}
 
 	public static shouldRecreate(e: ConfigurationChangedEvent): boolean {
 		return (
@@ -113,7 +99,6 @@ export class CursorConfiguration {
 			|| e.hasChanged(EditorOption.fontInfo)
 			|| e.hasChanged(EditorOption.readOnly)
 			|| e.hasChanged(EditorOption.wordSegmenterLocales)
-			|| e.hasChanged(EditorOption.cursorStyle)
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +137,6 @@ export class CursorConfiguration {
 		this.autoSurround = options.get(EditorOption.autoSurround);
 		this.autoIndent = options.get(EditorOption.autoIndent);
 		this.wordSegmenterLocales = options.get(EditorOption.wordSegmenterLocales);
-		this.cursorStyle = options.get(EditorOption.cursorStyle);
 
 		this.surroundingPairs = {};
 		this._electricChars = null;