1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Number.Unix.cs b/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Number.Unix.cs
index 19cb02135..39e2dfcb1 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Number.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Number.Unix.cs
@@ -30,14 +30,9 @@ namespace System
             char* dst = number.digits;
 
             number.scale = 0;
-            number.sign = false;
+            number.sign = double.IsNegative(value);
             *dst = '\0';
 
-            if (value < 0.0)
-            {
-                number.sign = true;
-            }
-
             if (value == 0.0)
             {
                 for (int j = 0; j < precision; j++)