diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index e1bc009ae93..b260d4e5ef1 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Released on 2019-10-20?
 ======================================
 
 
+bpo-32411: Stop sorting dict created with desired line order.
+
 bpo-37038: Make idlelib.run runnable; add test clause.
 
 bpo-36958: Print any argument other than None or int passed to
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/browser.py b/Lib/idlelib/browser.py
index 234883fe860..e5b0bc53c66 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/browser.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/browser.py
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ def transform_children(child_dict, modname=None):
     The dictionary maps names to pyclbr information objects.
     Filter out imported objects.
     Augment class names with bases.
-    Sort objects by line number.
+    The insertion order of the dictonary is assumed to have been in line
+    number order, so sorting is not necessary.
 
-    The current tree only calls this once per child_dic as it saves
+    The current tree only calls this once per child_dict as it saves
     TreeItems once created.  A future tree and tests might violate this,
     so a check prevents multiple in-place augmentations.
     """
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def transform_children(child_dict, modname=None):
                     supers.append(sname)
                 obj.name += '({})'.format(', '.join(supers))
             obs.append(obj)
-    return sorted(obs, key=lambda o: o.lineno)
+    return obs
 
 
 class ModuleBrowser:
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_browser.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_browser.py
index dfbab6dd6b5..25d6dc66303 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_browser.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_browser.py
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ class ModuleBrowserTest(unittest.TestCase):
 # Nested tree same as in test_pyclbr.py except for supers on C0. C1.
 mb = pyclbr
 module, fname = 'test', 'test.py'
-f0 = mb.Function(module, 'f0', fname, 1)
-f1 = mb._nest_function(f0, 'f1', 2)
-f2 = mb._nest_function(f1, 'f2', 3)
-c1 = mb._nest_class(f0, 'c1', 5)
-C0 = mb.Class(module, 'C0', ['base'], fname, 6)
-F1 = mb._nest_function(C0, 'F1', 8)
-C1 = mb._nest_class(C0, 'C1', 11, [''])
-C2 = mb._nest_class(C1, 'C2', 12)
-F3 = mb._nest_function(C2, 'F3', 14)
-mock_pyclbr_tree = {'f0': f0, 'C0': C0}
+C0 = mb.Class(module, 'C0', ['base'], fname, 1)
+F1 = mb._nest_function(C0, 'F1', 3)
+C1 = mb._nest_class(C0, 'C1', 6, [''])
+C2 = mb._nest_class(C1, 'C2', 7)
+F3 = mb._nest_function(C2, 'F3', 9)
+f0 = mb.Function(module, 'f0', fname, 11)
+f1 = mb._nest_function(f0, 'f1', 12)
+f2 = mb._nest_function(f1, 'f2', 13)
+c1 = mb._nest_class(f0, 'c1', 15)
+mock_pyclbr_tree = {'C0': C0, 'f0': f0}
 
 # Adjust C0.name, C1.name so tests do not depend on order.
 browser.transform_children(mock_pyclbr_tree, 'test')  # C0(base)
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ class TransformChildrenTest(unittest.TestCase):
         transform = browser.transform_children
         # Parameter matches tree module.
         tcl = list(transform(mock_pyclbr_tree, 'test'))
-        eq(tcl, [f0, C0])
-        eq(tcl[0].name, 'f0')
-        eq(tcl[1].name, 'C0(base)')
+        eq(tcl, [C0, f0])
+        eq(tcl[0].name, 'C0(base)')
+        eq(tcl[1].name, 'f0')
         # Check that second call does not change suffix.
         tcl = list(transform(mock_pyclbr_tree, 'test'))
-        eq(tcl[1].name, 'C0(base)')
+        eq(tcl[0].name, 'C0(base)')
         # Nothing to traverse if parameter name isn't same as tree module.
         tcl = list(transform(mock_pyclbr_tree, 'different name'))
         eq(tcl, [])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2017-12-25-18-48-50.bpo-32411.vNwDhe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2017-12-25-18-48-50.bpo-32411.vNwDhe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5522012923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2017-12-25-18-48-50.bpo-32411.vNwDhe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+In browser.py, remove extraneous sorting by line number since dictionary was
+created in line number order.