diff --git a/srcpkgs/cereal/template b/srcpkgs/cereal/template
index 6e2412a8fb5..c454ed85833 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cereal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cereal/template
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ homepage="https://uscilab.github.io/cereal"
 distfiles="https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=329ea3e3130b026c03a4acc50e168e7daff4e6e661bc6a7dfec0d77b570851d5
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl*)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
-		configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=-latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+	configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=-latomic"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE