diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
index d83e75e68c9..49a4ff5fe48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/archive/v${version}
 checksum=e1b3fa2723465f7366a6e8c55e14df53106e90b82cc977db638c78f9bc5c47db
 conf_files="/etc/libbitcoin/bx.cfg"
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6*|ppc|ppc-musl) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" LDFLAGS="-latomic" ;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh