diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index b0205530a13..1437a9091b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 esac
 
 if [ "$build_option_webengine" ]; then
-	# v8 requires libatomic on armv[56]*/ppc*/s390x/mips*
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		armv[56]*|mips*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
-		*) ;;
-	esac
-	# also need it on host when it's one of those archs
-	case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
-		armv[56]*|mips*|ppc*) hostmakedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
-		*) ;;
-	esac
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	fi
+	if [ "$XBPS_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+		hostmakedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	fi
 fi
 
 subpackages="qt5-3d qt5-3d-devel qt5-charts qt5-charts-devel