diff --git a/srcpkgs/namecoin/template b/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
index f957cecbb47..c68b4a88884 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/namecoin/template
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ homepage="https://namecoin.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin-core/archive/nc${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7117a0a0b8f48d49e4abf3577660f8a4eb9a4dea753281d19d9470725fc75d8e
 
-case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh