diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
index a6c4ac42ae..797833e9d8 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema.go
@@ -215,32 +215,15 @@ func leastPermissiveNumericType(strVal string, floatThreshold float64) (ti typei
 		return ti
 	}
 
-	if strings.Contains(strVal, "-") {
-		i, err := strconv.ParseInt(strVal, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return typeinfo.UnknownType
-		}
-		if i >= math.MinInt32 && i <= math.MaxInt32 {
-			return typeinfo.Int32Type
-		} else {
-			return typeinfo.Int64Type
-		}
+	// always parse as signed int
+	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(strVal, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return typeinfo.UnknownType
+	}
+	if i >= math.MinInt32 && i <= math.MaxInt32 {
+		return typeinfo.Int32Type
 	} else {
-		ui, err := strconv.ParseUint(strVal, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return typeinfo.UnknownType
-		}
-
-		// handle leading zero case
-		if len(strVal) > 1 && strVal[0] == '0' {
-			return typeinfo.StringDefaultType
-		}
-
-		if ui <= math.MaxUint32 {
-			return typeinfo.Uint32Type
-		} else {
-			return typeinfo.Uint64Type
-		}
+		return typeinfo.Int64Type
 	}
 }
 
@@ -283,14 +266,13 @@ func chronoTypes() []typeinfo.TypeInfo {
 func numericTypes() []typeinfo.TypeInfo {
 	// prefer:
 	//   ints over floats
-	//   unsigned over signed
 	//   smaller over larger
 	return []typeinfo.TypeInfo{
 		//typeinfo.Uint8Type,
 		//typeinfo.Uint16Type,
 		//typeinfo.Uint24Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint32Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint64Type,
+		//typeinfo.Uint32Type,
+		//typeinfo.Uint64Type,
 
 		//typeinfo.Int8Type,
 		//typeinfo.Int16Type,
@@ -395,12 +377,6 @@ func findCommonNumericType(nums typeInfoSet) typeinfo.TypeInfo {
 		typeinfo.Int24Type,
 		typeinfo.Int16Type,
 		typeinfo.Int8Type,
-
-		typeinfo.Uint64Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint32Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint24Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint16Type,
-		typeinfo.Uint8Type,
 	}
 	for _, numType := range mostToLeast {
 		if setHasType(nums, numType) {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
index a75b7d95e9..c603ecf4de 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/infer_schema_test.go
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ func TestLeastPermissiveType(t *testing.T) {
 		{"lower bool", "true", 0.0, typeinfo.BoolType},
 		{"upper bool", "FALSE", 0.0, typeinfo.BoolType},
 		{"yes", "yes", 0.0, typeinfo.StringDefaultType},
-		{"one", "1", 0.0, typeinfo.Uint32Type},
+		{"one", "1", 0.0, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"negative one", "-1", 0.0, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"negative one point 0", "-1.0", 0.0, typeinfo.Float32Type},
 		{"negative one point 0 with FT of 0.1", "-1.0", 0.1, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"negative one point one with FT of 0.1", "-1.1", 0.1, typeinfo.Float32Type},
 		{"negative one point 999 with FT of 1.0", "-1.999", 1.0, typeinfo.Int32Type},
 		{"zero point zero zero zero zero", "0.0000", 0.0, typeinfo.Float32Type},
-		{"max int", strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxInt64, 10), 0.0, typeinfo.Uint64Type},
+		{"max int", strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxInt64, 10), 0.0, typeinfo.Int64Type},
 		{"bigger than max int", strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxUint64, 10) + "0", 0.0, typeinfo.StringDefaultType},
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/schema-import.bats b/integration-tests/bats/schema-import.bats
index 87c3b5c332..83ffb3e5ae 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/schema-import.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/schema-import.bats
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ teardown() {
     [[ "$output" =~ "\`string\` varchar(16383)" ]] || false
     [[ "$output" =~ "\`boolean\` tinyint" ]] || false
     [[ "$output" =~ "\`float\` float" ]] || false
-    [[ "$output" =~ "\`uint\` int unsigned" ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ "\`uint\` int" ]] || false
     [[ "$output" =~ "\`uuid\` char(36) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin" ]] || false
 }