diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv/template b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
index fc6e169b413..d707ed34dda 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ homepage="https://opencv.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/opencv/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f0901648a1db3dc3af30e65082665921dbe998673137380450bdd91e8251b567
 
-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