diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfilezilla/template b/srcpkgs/libfilezilla/template
index 8fc24d5f11b..04620b85bc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libfilezilla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfilezilla/template
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ changelog="https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla/libfilezilla/trunk/NEWS?v
 distfiles="https://download.filezilla-project.org/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=a43d49f86d5550e9a81aee2394bac066333d5bb47943e92c629cb9d52037b43a
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl*)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+fi
 
 libfilezilla-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"