diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
index 4ec4d46b1ae..05289b93920 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/${version}.tar.gz
 checksum="9ccb2192d7e8c03c58fee07051364d94ed7599363f3b0dce1c5e6cc11c1bb0ec
 	8a6b5661611d89baa59a26eb7ccf4abb3e55d73f99bb52d8f7c32265c8a43020"
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|mips*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE