diff --git a/examples/spec/arrays.js b/examples/spec/arrays.js
index 72091a5..bf89bd1 100644
--- a/examples/spec/arrays.js
+++ b/examples/spec/arrays.js
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ let spliceArr2 = [1, 2, 3];
 spliceArr2.splice(1, 0, 99, 100);
 testDeep('splice insert', spliceArr2, [1, 99, 100, 2, 3]);
 
+let spliceNoArgs = [1, 2];
+let spliceNoArgsRemoved = spliceNoArgs.splice();
+testDeep('splice no args leaves array', spliceNoArgs, [1, 2]);
+testDeep('splice no args removes nothing', spliceNoArgsRemoved, []);
+
 let entriesArr = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
 let entriesResult = [];
 for (let [i, v] of entriesArr.entries()) entriesResult.push([i, v]);
diff --git a/src/ant.c b/src/ant.c
index c609665..11bfbff 100644
--- a/src/ant.c
+++ b/src/ant.c
@@ -9938,7 +9938,7 @@ static ant_value_t builtin_array_splice(ant_t *js, ant_value_t *args, int nargs)
     if (start > (int)len) start = (int)len;
   }
 
-  int deleteCount = (int)len - start;
+  int deleteCount = nargs == 0 ? 0 : (int)len - start;
   if (nargs >= 2 && vtype(args[1]) == T_NUM) {
     deleteCount = (int) tod(args[1]);
     if (deleteCount < 0) deleteCount = 0;