diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/bytes.py b/extra_tests/snippets/bytes.py
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ def __bytes__(self):
assert id(a) == id(a)
assert id(a) != id(a * -1)
assert id(a) != id(a * 0)
-assert id(a) == id(a * 1)  # only case when `id` stays the same
assert id(a) != id(a * 2)



diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/strings.py b/extra_tests/snippets/strings.py
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ def test_removeprefix():
    assert s_uc.removeprefix('😱') == s_ref_uc[1:]
    assert s_uc.removeprefix('😱fo') == s_ref_uc[3:]
    assert s_uc.removeprefix('😱foo') == s_ref_uc[4:]
-    
    assert s_uc.removeprefix('🖖') == s_ref_uc
    assert s_uc.removeprefix('foo') == s_ref_uc
    assert s_uc.removeprefix(' ') == s_ref_uc
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def test_removesuffix():
    assert s_uc.removesuffix('🖖') == s_ref_uc[:-1]
    assert s_uc.removesuffix('oo🖖') == s_ref_uc[:-3]
    assert s_uc.removesuffix('foo🖖') == s_ref_uc[:-4]
-    
    assert s_uc.removesuffix('😱') == s_ref_uc
    assert s_uc.removesuffix('foo') == s_ref_uc
    assert s_uc.removesuffix(' ') == s_ref_uc
@@ -702,3 +702,28 @@ def test_removesuffix_types():
skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removeprefix_types)
skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removesuffix)
skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removesuffix_types)
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/pystr.rs b/vm/src/builtins/pystr.rs
@@ -329,8 +329,15 @@ impl PyStr {

    #[pymethod(name = "__rmul__")]
    #[pymethod(magic)]
-    fn mul(&self, value: isize) -> String {
-        self.value.repeat(value.to_usize().unwrap_or(0))
    }

    #[pymethod(magic)]