diff --git a/packages/common/src/ide/types/Configuration.ts b/packages/common/src/ide/types/Configuration.ts
index 6becf59b46..6ee3a7bc87 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/ide/types/Configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/ide/types/Configuration.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ export type CursorlessConfiguration = {
   experimental: { snippetsDir: string | undefined; hatStability: HatStability };
   decorationDebounceDelayMs: number;
   debug: boolean;
-  private: {
-    lineParagraphIterationScope: boolean;
-  };
 };
 
 export type CursorlessConfigKey = keyof CursorlessConfiguration;
@@ -30,9 +27,6 @@ export const CONFIGURATION_DEFAULTS: CursorlessConfiguration = {
     hatStability: HatStability.balanced,
   },
   debug: false,
-  private: {
-    lineParagraphIterationScope: false,
-  },
 };
 
 export interface Configuration {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/LineScopeHandler.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/LineScopeHandler.ts
index ac9b8bce0a..e57b1094c5 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/LineScopeHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/LineScopeHandler.ts
@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@ import {
   Position,
   Range,
   ScopeType,
-  SimpleScopeTypeType,
   TextEditor,
 } from "@cursorless/common";
-import { ide } from "../../../singletons/ide.singleton";
 import { LineTarget } from "../../targets";
 import { BaseScopeHandler } from "./BaseScopeHandler";
 import type { TargetScope } from "./scope.types";
 
 export class LineScopeHandler extends BaseScopeHandler {
   public readonly scopeType = { type: "line" } as const;
-  public readonly iterationScopeType: ScopeType;
+  public readonly iterationScopeType: ScopeType = {
+    type: "paragraph",
+  } as const;
   protected readonly isHierarchical = false;
   public readonly includeAdjacentInEvery: boolean = true;
 
   constructor(_scopeType: ScopeType, _languageId: string) {
     super();
-    this.iterationScopeType = { type: getIterationScopeTypeType() };
   }
 
   *generateScopeCandidates(
@@ -75,10 +74,3 @@ export function fitRangeToLineContent(editor: TextEditor, range: Range) {
     endLine.lastNonWhitespaceCharacterIndex,
   );
 }
-
-function getIterationScopeTypeType(): SimpleScopeTypeType {
-  const useParagraph = ide().configuration.getOwnConfiguration(
-    "private.lineParagraphIterationScope",
-  );
-  return useParagraph ? "paragraph" : "document";
-}
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/modifiers/everyScope/clearEveryLine.yml b/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/modifiers/everyScope/clearEveryLine.yml
index c19c71f88b..68b13cd3cd 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/modifiers/everyScope/clearEveryLine.yml
+++ b/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/modifiers/everyScope/clearEveryLine.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@ finalState:
       active: {line: 0, character: 0}
     - anchor: {line: 1, character: 0}
       active: {line: 1, character: 0}
-    - anchor: {line: 2, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 2, character: 0}
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/takeEveryLine.yml b/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/takeEveryLine.yml
index 21870b59c2..8746b754e8 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/takeEveryLine.yml
+++ b/packages/cursorless-vscode-e2e/src/suite/fixtures/recorded/selectionTypes/takeEveryLine.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ initialState:
     d   e
     f   g
   selections:
-    - anchor: {line: 6, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 6, character: 0}
+    - anchor: {line: 5, character: 0}
+      active: {line: 5, character: 0}
   marks: {}
 finalState:
   documentContents: |
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ finalState:
     d   e
     f   g
   selections:
-    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 0, character: 0}
-    - anchor: {line: 1, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 1, character: 1}
-    - anchor: {line: 2, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 2, character: 0}
     - anchor: {line: 3, character: 0}
       active: {line: 3, character: 5}
     - anchor: {line: 4, character: 0}
       active: {line: 4, character: 5}
     - anchor: {line: 5, character: 0}
       active: {line: 5, character: 5}
-    - anchor: {line: 6, character: 0}
-      active: {line: 6, character: 0}