diff --git a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
index 382e7e2361..2129bcef73 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
@@ -46,15 +46,7 @@ bool string_is_equal(const char *a, const char *b)
 
 bool string_is_equal_noncase(const char *a, const char *b)
 {
-   int ca, cb;
-   do
-   {
-      ca = (unsigned char)*a++;
-      cb = (unsigned char)*b++;
-      ca = tolower(toupper(ca));
-      cb = tolower(toupper(cb));
-   } while (ca == cb && ca != '\0');
-   return (ca - cb) == 0;
+   return (strcasecmp(a, b) == 0);
 }
 
 char *string_to_upper(char *s)