diff --git a/extra/editors/gvim/gvim.factor b/extra/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
index 240af7d8ef..041f3db675 100755
--- a/extra/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
+++ b/extra/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ SINGLETON: gvim
 M: gvim vim-command ( file line -- string )
     [ gvim-path , swap , "+" swap number>string append , ] { } make ;
 
-t vim-detach set-global ! don't block the ui
-
 gvim vim-editor set-global
 
 {
diff --git a/extra/editors/vim/vim-docs.factor b/extra/editors/vim/vim-docs.factor
index 020117564d..cf42884084 100644
--- a/extra/editors/vim/vim-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/editors/vim/vim-docs.factor
@@ -11,7 +11,5 @@ $nl
 "USE: vim"
 "\"c:\\\\program files\\\\vim\\\\vim70\\\\gvim\" vim-path set-global"
 }
-"On Unix, you may omit the last line if " { $snippet "\"vim\"" } " is in your " { $snippet "$PATH" } "."
-$nl
-"If you are running the terminal version of Vim, you want it to block Factor until exiting, but for GVim the opposite is desired, so that one can work in Factor and GVim concurrently. The " { $link vim-detach } " global variable can be set to " { $link t } " to detach the Vim process. The default is " { $link f } "." ;
+"On Unix, you may omit the last line if " { $snippet "\"vim\"" } " is in your " { $snippet "$PATH" } "." ;
 
diff --git a/extra/editors/vim/vim.factor b/extra/editors/vim/vim.factor
index 29c16f7cc3..bfbb8f15a5 100755
--- a/extra/editors/vim/vim.factor
+++ b/extra/editors/vim/vim.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ namespaces parser prettyprint sequences editors accessors ;
 IN: editors.vim
 
 SYMBOL: vim-path
-SYMBOL: vim-detach
 
 SYMBOL: vim-editor
 HOOK: vim-command vim-editor ( file line -- array )
@@ -16,10 +15,7 @@ M: vim vim-command
     ] { } make ;
 
 : vim-location ( file line -- )
-    vim-command
-    <process> swap >>command
-    vim-detach get-global [ t >>detached ] when
-    try-process ;
+    vim-command try-process ;
 
 "vim" vim-path set-global
 [ vim-location ] edit-hook set-global