diff --git a/srcpkgs/ccls/template b/srcpkgs/ccls/template
index 9e75e591409..2b0d8a4b94e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ccls/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ccls/template
@@ -4,21 +4,15 @@ version=0.20201219
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="clang-tools-extra"
-makedepends="clang llvm ncurses-devel rapidjson zlib-devel"
+makedepends="llvm ncurses-devel rapidjson zlib-devel clang-tools-extra"
 short_desc="C/C++/ObjC language server"
 maintainer="Nathan Owens <ndowens@artixlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/MaskRay/ccls"
 distfiles="https://github.com/MaskRay/ccls/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=edd3435bc7e55d9e5dc931932f9c98275a6a28d1ab1f66416110e029f3f2882a
-nocross="Clang cannot be installed as makedep"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	configure_args="-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=-latomic"
 fi
-
-post_extract() {
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
-		echo "target_link_libraries(ccls PRIVATE atomic)" >> CMakeLists.txt
-	fi
-}