diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursorCollection.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursorCollection.ts
index 515ca3fbf6d26959d1189408ea1ea1ad43dc6a50..47d6cc402dc772f1cf11354064ffc323e1688764 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursorCollection.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursorCollection.ts
@@ -183,41 +183,39 @@ export class CursorCollection {
 		interface SortedCursor {
 			index: number;
 			selection: Selection;
-			viewSelection: Selection;
 		}
 		let sortedCursors: SortedCursor[] = [];
 		for (let i = 0, len = cursors.length; i < len; i++) {
 			sortedCursors.push({
 				index: i,
 				selection: cursors[i].modelState.selection,
-				viewSelection: cursors[i].viewState.selection
 			});
 		}
 		sortedCursors.sort((a, b) => {
-			if (a.viewSelection.startLineNumber === b.viewSelection.startLineNumber) {
-				return a.viewSelection.startColumn - b.viewSelection.startColumn;
+			if (a.selection.startLineNumber === b.selection.startLineNumber) {
+				return a.selection.startColumn - b.selection.startColumn;
 			}
-			return a.viewSelection.startLineNumber - b.viewSelection.startLineNumber;
+			return a.selection.startLineNumber - b.selection.startLineNumber;
 		});
 
 		for (let sortedCursorIndex = 0; sortedCursorIndex < sortedCursors.length - 1; sortedCursorIndex++) {
 			const current = sortedCursors[sortedCursorIndex];
 			const next = sortedCursors[sortedCursorIndex + 1];
 
-			const currentViewSelection = current.viewSelection;
-			const nextViewSelection = next.viewSelection;
+			const currentSelection = current.selection;
+			const nextSelection = next.selection;
 
 			if (!this.context.config.multiCursorMergeOverlapping) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
 			let shouldMergeCursors: boolean;
-			if (nextViewSelection.isEmpty() || currentViewSelection.isEmpty()) {
+			if (nextSelection.isEmpty() || currentSelection.isEmpty()) {
 				// Merge touching cursors if one of them is collapsed
-				shouldMergeCursors = nextViewSelection.getStartPosition().isBeforeOrEqual(currentViewSelection.getEndPosition());
+				shouldMergeCursors = nextSelection.getStartPosition().isBeforeOrEqual(currentSelection.getEndPosition());
 			} else {
 				// Merge only overlapping cursors (i.e. allow touching ranges)
-				shouldMergeCursors = nextViewSelection.getStartPosition().isBefore(currentViewSelection.getEndPosition());
+				shouldMergeCursors = nextSelection.getStartPosition().isBefore(currentSelection.getEndPosition());
 			}
 
 			if (shouldMergeCursors) {