diff --git a/helix-core/src/state.rs b/helix-core/src/state.rs
index 7cecba29a..ffe88c3f6 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/state.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/state.rs
@@ -159,10 +159,9 @@ impl State {
             (Direction::Forward, Granularity::Character) => {
                 // Clamp to line
                 let line = text.char_to_line(pos);
-                let start = text.line_to_char(line);
-                let len = text.line(line).len_chars();
-                // convert to 0-indexed, subtract another 1 because len_chars() counts \n
-                let end = start + len.saturating_sub(2);
+                // Line end is pos at the start of next line - 1
+                // subtract another 1 because the line ends with \n
+                let end = text.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(2);
                 std::cmp::min(nth_next_grapheme_boundary(&text.slice(..), pos, count), end)
             }
             (Direction::Forward, Granularity::Word) => {
diff --git a/helix-view/src/commands.rs b/helix-view/src/commands.rs
index fc18e3a73..d611e4f66 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/commands.rs
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ pub fn move_line_end(view: &mut View, count: usize) {
         .into_iter()
         .map(|index| {
             // adjust all positions to the end of the line.
-            let line = view.state.doc.line(index);
-            let line_start = view.state.doc.line_to_char(index);
-            line_start + line.len_chars() - 1
+
+            // Line end is pos at the start of next line - 1
+            // subtract another 1 because the line ends with \n
+            view.state.doc.line_to_char(index + 1).saturating_sub(2)
         })
         .map(|pos| Range::new(pos, pos));
 
@@ -236,10 +237,8 @@ pub fn open_below(view: &mut View, _count: usize) {
     let positions: Vec<_> = lines
         .into_iter()
         .map(|index| {
-            // adjust all positions to the end of the line.
-            let line = view.state.doc.line(index);
-            let line_start = view.state.doc.line_to_char(index);
-            line_start + line.len_chars()
+            // adjust all positions to the end of the line/start of the next one.
+            view.state.doc.line_to_char(index + 1)
         })
         .collect();