diff --git a/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
index 453303410d6..61d055eea7c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monero-gui/template
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ checksum=fbb58d8afe8c5b88785d33922f578dde0a851fb87162dca70cad17c3116e5b6c
 pre_configure() {
 	echo "var GUI_VERSION = \"${version}\"" > version.js
 	echo "var GUI_MONERO_VERSION = \"${version}\"" >> version.js
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl) # armv[56]* and ppc need to link libatomic.a for __atomic_fetch_sub_8
-			sed -i *.pro -e "s;-leasylogging;-leasylogging -latomic;"
-			;;
-	esac
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+		sed -i *.pro -e "s;-leasylogging;-leasylogging -latomic;"
+	fi
 }
 
 pre_build() {