diff --git a/libc/str/wcscmp.c b/libc/str/wcscmp.c
index 33abf540a..2ac448237 100644
--- a/libc/str/wcscmp.c
+++ b/libc/str/wcscmp.c
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ int wcscmp(const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b) {
   size_t i = 0;
   if (a == b) return 0;
   while (a[i] == b[i] && b[i]) ++i;
-  return (unsigned)a[i] - (unsigned)b[i];
+  return (a[i] > b[i]) - (a[i] < b[i]);
 }
diff --git a/libc/str/wcsncmp.c b/libc/str/wcsncmp.c
index e12eda01e..fba450993 100644
--- a/libc/str/wcsncmp.c
+++ b/libc/str/wcsncmp.c
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ int wcsncmp(const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b, size_t n) {
   size_t i = 0;
   if (!n-- || a == b) return 0;
   while (i < n && a[i] == b[i] && b[i]) ++i;
-  return (unsigned)a[i] - (unsigned)b[i];
+  return (a[i] > b[i]) - (a[i] < b[i]);
 }
diff --git a/test/libc/str/strcmp_test.c b/test/libc/str/strcmp_test.c
index f7ceb4ff1..ada05d0f8 100644
--- a/test/libc/str/strcmp_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/str/strcmp_test.c
@@ -460,11 +460,11 @@ TEST(wcscmp, testTwosComplementBane) {
   EXPECT_EQ(wcscmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
                    memcpy(B2, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4)),
             0);
-  EXPECT_EQ(-1, wcscmp(memcpy(B1, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4),
-                       memcpy(B2, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4)));
-  EXPECT_EQ(wcscmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
+  EXPECT_LT(0, wcscmp(memcpy(B1, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4),
+                      memcpy(B2, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4)));
+  EXPECT_LT(wcscmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
                    memcpy(B2, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4)),
-            1);
+            0);
   free(B2);
   free(B1);
 }
@@ -475,12 +475,12 @@ TEST(wcsncmp, testTwosComplementBane) {
   EXPECT_EQ(wcsncmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
                     memcpy(B2, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4), 1),
             0);
-  EXPECT_EQ(wcsncmp(memcpy(B1, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4),
+  EXPECT_GT(wcsncmp(memcpy(B1, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4),
                     memcpy(B2, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4), 1),
-            -1);
-  EXPECT_EQ(wcsncmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
+            0);
+  EXPECT_LT(wcsncmp(memcpy(B1, "\x00\x00\x00\x80", 4),
                     memcpy(B2, "\xff\xff\xff\x7f", 4), 1),
-            1);
+            0);
   free(B2);
   free(B1);
 }