diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacity/template b/srcpkgs/audacity/template
index b351628dd3b..340ff8dec28 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/audacity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacity/template
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) ;;
 	*) configure_args+=" --disable-sse" ;;
 esac
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	arm*|ppc|ppc-musl)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
-		 ;;
-esac
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/LICENSE.txt