diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index f3eb79e6a21..6b73743b6bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dc8d454d79b175c0b9f3c4d268db17da8e80fcd8df3987af0f58cb399bd5da61
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv6l*|ppc*)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+fi
 
 kiwix-lib-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development packages"