diff --git a/HandmadeMath.h b/HandmadeMath.h
index 9a5ec40..ad54aa8 100644
--- a/HandmadeMath.h
+++ b/HandmadeMath.h
@@ -680,14 +680,7 @@ HMM_Power(float Base, int Exponent)
 HINLINE float
 HMM_PowerF(float Base, float Exponent)
 {
-    if (Base > 0)
-    {
-        return expf(Exponent * logf(Base));
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return -expf(Exponent * logf(-Base));
-    }
+    return expf(Exponent * logf(Base));
 }
 
 HINLINE float
diff --git a/test/hmm_test.cpp b/test/hmm_test.cpp
index e94f624..a14fb2b 100644
--- a/test/hmm_test.cpp
+++ b/test/hmm_test.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ TEST(ScalarMath, PowerF)
 {
     EXPECT_FLOAT_EQ(HMM_PowerF(2.0f, 0), 1.0f);
     EXPECT_NEAR(HMM_PowerF(2.0f, 4.1), 17.148376f, 0.0001f);
-    EXPECT_NEAR(HMM_PowerF(-2.0f, 4.1), -17.148376f, 0.0001f);
     EXPECT_NEAR(HMM_PowerF(2.0f, -2.5), 0.176777f, 0.0001f);
-    EXPECT_NEAR(HMM_PowerF(-2.0f, -2.5), -0.176777f, 0.0001f);
 }
 
 TEST(ScalarMath, Lerp)