diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 6533f41..194c5bc 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -11152,14 +11152,10 @@
     return unicode_compare_eq(left, right_uni);
 }
 
-#define TEST_COND(cond)                         \
-    ((cond) ? Py_True : Py_False)
-
 PyObject *
 PyUnicode_RichCompare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right, int op)
 {
     int result;
-    PyObject *v;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(left) || !PyUnicode_Check(right))
         Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
@@ -11174,13 +11170,11 @@
         case Py_LE:
         case Py_GE:
             /* a string is equal to itself */
-            v = Py_True;
-            break;
+            Py_RETURN_TRUE;
         case Py_NE:
         case Py_LT:
         case Py_GT:
-            v = Py_False;
-            break;
+            Py_RETURN_FALSE;
         default:
             PyErr_BadArgument();
             return NULL;
@@ -11189,32 +11183,12 @@
     else if (op == Py_EQ || op == Py_NE) {
         result = unicode_compare_eq(left, right);
         result ^= (op == Py_NE);
-        v = TEST_COND(result);
+        return PyBool_FromLong(result);
     }
     else {
         result = unicode_compare(left, right);
-
-        /* Convert the return value to a Boolean */
-        switch (op) {
-        case Py_LE:
-            v = TEST_COND(result <= 0);
-            break;
-        case Py_GE:
-            v = TEST_COND(result >= 0);
-            break;
-        case Py_LT:
-            v = TEST_COND(result == -1);
-            break;
-        case Py_GT:
-            v = TEST_COND(result == 1);
-            break;
-        default:
-            PyErr_BadArgument();
-            return NULL;
-        }
+        Py_RETURN_RICHCOMPARE(result, 0, op);
     }
-    Py_INCREF(v);
-    return v;
 }
 
 int