diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index de47350b21c..6ce166d2399 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def home_callback(self, event):
             insertpt = int(self.text.index("iomark").split(".")[1])
         else:
             line = self.text.get("insert linestart", "insert lineend")
-            for insertpt in xrange(len(line)):
+            for insertpt in range(len(line)):
                 if line[insertpt] not in (' ','\t'):
                     break
             else: