diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnunet/template b/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
index 32c4155a8b6..6a8ed1b35d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ homepage="https://gnunet.org"
 distfiles="https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/snapshot/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0a7dbdd8b156722ac71e66129f4c4d9f62062e9172c7340fe244039f0f0a25ae
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|mips*|ppc|ppc-musl)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./bootstrap