diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/useradd.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/useradd.cpp
index 51fc5201e3..f12be48581 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/useradd.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/useradd.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     TRY(Core::System::pledge("stdio wpath rpath cpath chown"));
 
     StringView home_path;
-    int uid = 0;
+    uid_t uid = 0;
     gid_t gid = USERS_GID;
     bool create_home_dir = false;
     DeprecatedString password = "";
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (uid < 0) {
-        warnln("invalid uid {}!", uid);
-        return 3;
-    }
-
     // First, let's sort out the uid for the user
     if (uid > 0) {
         auto pwd = TRY(Core::System::getpwuid(static_cast<uid_t>(uid)));