diff --git a/srcpkgs/bloaty/template b/srcpkgs/bloaty/template
index d922716473b..1bcdcc518d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bloaty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bloaty/template
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ homepage="https://github.com/google/bloaty"
 distfiles="https://github.com/google/bloaty/releases/download/v${version}/bloaty-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=e1cf9830ba6c455218fdb50e7a8554ff256da749878acfaf77c032140d7ddde0
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" protobuf"