diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/launchEditor.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/launchEditor.js
index bcf0a506069..6f623dcf81b 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/launchEditor.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/launchEditor.js
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ function addWorkspaceToArgumentsIfExists(args, workspace) {
 function getArgumentsForLineNumber(editor, fileName, lineNumber, workspace) {
   const editorBasename = path.basename(editor).replace(/\.(exe|cmd|bat)$/i, '');
   switch (editorBasename) {
-    case 'vim':
-    case 'mvim':
-      return [fileName, '+' + lineNumber];
     case 'atom':
     case 'Atom':
     case 'Atom Beta':
@@ -74,6 +71,8 @@ function getArgumentsForLineNumber(editor, fileName, lineNumber, workspace) {
       return [fileName + ':' + lineNumber];
     case 'notepad++':
       return ['-n' + lineNumber, fileName];
+    case 'vim':
+    case 'mvim':
     case 'joe':
     case 'emacs':
     case 'emacsclient':