diff --git a/crc/crc32.c b/crc/crc32.c
index 71ca1b6..4c21054 100644
--- a/crc/crc32.c
+++ b/crc/crc32.c
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ uint32_t crc32(const char* s, int len)
         crc32val = crc32_tab[(crc32val ^ s[i]) & 0xFF] ^ ((crc32val >> 8) & 0x00FFFFFF);
     }
 
-    return labs(crc32val ^ 0xFFFFFFFF);
-}
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+    return crc32val ^ 0xFFFFFFFF;
+}