diff --git a/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee b/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
index 292eb28d9..afda0980c 100644
--- a/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/edit-session-spec.coffee
@@ -252,21 +252,6 @@ describe "EditSession", ->
         editSession.setCursorBufferPosition([10, 0])
         editSession.moveCursorToFirstCharacterOfLine()
 
-    describe ".moveCursorToNextWord()", ->
-      it "moves the cursor to the next word or the end of file if there is no next word", ->
-        editSession.setCursorBufferPosition [2, 5]
-        editSession.addCursorAtBufferPosition [3, 60]
-        [cursor1, cursor2] = editSession.getCursors()
-
-        editSession.moveCursorToNextWord()
-        expect(cursor1.getBufferPosition()).toEqual [2, 7]
-        expect(cursor2.getBufferPosition()).toEqual [4, 4]
-
-        buffer.insert([12, 2], '   ')
-        cursor1.setBufferPosition([12, 1])
-        editSession.moveCursorToNextWord()
-        expect(cursor1.getBufferPosition()).toEqual [12, 5]
-
     describe ".moveCursorToBeginningOfWord()", ->
       it "moves the cursor to the beginning of the word", ->
         editSession.setCursorBufferPosition [0, 8]
diff --git a/src/app/cursor.coffee b/src/app/cursor.coffee
index 4f4c91312..d354b4e0e 100644
--- a/src/app/cursor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/cursor.coffee
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ class Cursor
   moveToEndOfWord: ->
     @setBufferPosition(@getEndOfCurrentWordBufferPosition())
 
-  moveToNextWord: ->
-    @setBufferPosition(@getBeginningOfNextWordBufferPosition())
-
   getBeginningOfCurrentWordBufferPosition: (options = {}) ->
     allowPrevious = options.allowPrevious ? true
     currentBufferPosition = @getBufferPosition()
@@ -146,18 +143,6 @@ class Cursor
       stop()
     endOfWordPosition
 
-  getBeginningOfNextWordBufferPosition: ->
-    currentBufferPosition = @getBufferPosition()
-    eofBufferPosition = @editSession.getEofBufferPosition()
-    range = [currentBufferPosition, eofBufferPosition]
-
-    nextWordPosition = eofBufferPosition
-    @editSession.scanInRange @wordRegex, range, (match, matchRange, { stop }) =>
-      if matchRange.start.isGreaterThan(currentBufferPosition)
-        nextWordPosition = matchRange.start
-        stop()
-    nextWordPosition
-
   getCurrentWordBufferRange: ->
     new Range(@getBeginningOfCurrentWordBufferPosition(allowPrevious: false), @getEndOfCurrentWordBufferPosition(allowNext: false))
 
diff --git a/src/app/edit-session.coffee b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
index 411afd421..50e6231cb 100644
--- a/src/app/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
@@ -478,9 +478,6 @@ class EditSession
   moveCursorToEndOfLine: ->
     @moveCursors (cursor) -> cursor.moveToEndOfLine()
 
-  moveCursorToNextWord: ->
-    @moveCursors (cursor) -> cursor.moveToNextWord()
-
   moveCursorToBeginningOfWord: ->
     @moveCursors (cursor) -> cursor.moveToBeginningOfWord()
 
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 3157bc2b0..122e0fde0 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class Editor extends View
       'core:cut': @cutSelection
       'core:copy': @copySelection
       'core:paste': @paste
-      'editor:move-to-next-word': @moveCursorToNextWord
       'editor:move-to-previous-word': @moveCursorToPreviousWord
       'editor:select-word': @selectWord
       'editor:newline': @insertNewline
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ class Editor extends View
   moveCursorDown: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorDown()
   moveCursorLeft: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorLeft()
   moveCursorRight: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorRight()
-  moveCursorToNextWord: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorToNextWord()
   moveCursorToBeginningOfWord: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorToBeginningOfWord()
   moveCursorToEndOfWord: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorToEndOfWord()
   moveCursorToTop: -> @activeEditSession.moveCursorToTop()