diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
index a4d372e6d03..5c6247bc085 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibC/stdio.cpp
@@ -631,12 +631,10 @@ char* fgets(char* buffer, int size, FILE* stream)
 int fgetc(FILE* stream)
 {
     VERIFY(stream);
-    char ch;
-    size_t nread = fread(&ch, sizeof(char), 1, stream);
+    unsigned char ch;
+    size_t nread = fread(&ch, sizeof(unsigned char), 1, stream);
     if (nread == 1) {
-        // Note: We do this static_cast because otherwise when casting a char that contains
-        // 0xFF results in an int containing -1, so an explicit cast is required here.
-        return static_cast<int>(ch & 0xff);
+        return ch;
     }
     return EOF;
 }
@@ -644,8 +642,8 @@ int fgetc(FILE* stream)
 int fgetc_unlocked(FILE* stream)
 {
     VERIFY(stream);
-    char ch;
-    size_t nread = fread_unlocked(&ch, sizeof(char), 1, stream);
+    unsigned char ch;
+    size_t nread = fread_unlocked(&ch, sizeof(unsigned char), 1, stream);
     if (nread == 1)
         return ch;
     return EOF;