diff --git a/srcpkgs/musikcube/template b/srcpkgs/musikcube/template
index f32892b564f..d43e9e9bb00 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/musikcube/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/musikcube/template
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ homepage="https://musikcube.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7841db0358d691fed768d10a7cbb2bfaace85c2a744ad59a65ce581ca972a426
 
-case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS='-latomic'"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS='-latomic'"
+fi
 
 #XXX: Otherwise xbps-install ffmpeg-devel will complain about unresolving shlibs
 # SDL2-2.0.10_3: broken, unresolvable shlib `libGL.so.1'