diff --git a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
index 233961885ce..e68ab36917a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" wxWidgets-gtk3-devel xdg-utils"
 fi
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi