diff --git a/srcpkgs/kjsembed/template b/srcpkgs/kjsembed/template
index 7c2ab85ec3..3a25db1aa0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kjsembed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kjsembed/template
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake python kdoctools"
 fi
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6l-musl) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 kjsembed-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"